The 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala was one of the most star-studded events of the year and we have so many amazing photos that were snapped inside the event!
19.10.2023 - 03:39 / justjared.com
Oprah Winfrey is looking back at her role in The Color Purple.
In a new interview, the 69-year-old media mogul looked back at making her acting debut in the 1985 adaption of Alice Walker’s novel playing Sofia. The role earned her an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nod.
When she first learned that the novel was getting turned into a movie, Oprah told Essence that she “wanted nothing more in my life than to be in The Color Purple” and revealed just how much she was paid for her role.
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“They were only offering $35,000 to be in this film,” Oprah revealed. “And it is the best $35,000 I ever earned.”
Oprah went on to say that the role “changed everything and taught me so much. It is God moving through my life.”
A new Color Purple movie – based on the Tony Award-winning musical – will be hitting theaters this winter with Danielle Brooks playing Sofia. (Danielle earned a Tony nomination for her performance in the role during the 2016 Broadway revival.)
Oprah is serving as a producer on the new musical movie.
The Color Purple – which also stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Halle Bailey, and H.E.R. – hits theaters on December 25. Watch the trailer here!
The 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala was one of the most star-studded events of the year and we have so many amazing photos that were snapped inside the event!
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1985 film “The Color Purple” was the “best $35,000 I ever made.” Speaking with Essence magazine, Winfrey, 69, revealed she “wanted nothing more in my life than to be in ‘The Color Purple'” when it was announced that Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book would hit the silver screen. “They were only offering $35,000 to be in this film,” Winfrey told the outlet for their cover story on the upcoming movie adaptation of the Broadway musical.
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Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul but before achieving all of that she starred in The Color Purple back in 1985. Her performance as Sofia in the Steven Spielberg-directed film went on to earn her a nomination at the Oscars.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director The upcoming release of “The Color Purple” musical film marks a full circle moment for Oprah Winfrey, who is producing the new adaptation 38 years after playing Sofia in Steven Spielberg’s take on Alice Walker’s seminal novel. Oprah earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actress, and now “The Color Purple” musical could earn her another one as a producer if it lands a best picture nomination. Oprah produced the film along with Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.