Oprah Winfrey Sees Her Portrait Unveiled at Washington Gallery

A portrait of Oprah Winfrey hangs in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Photo: Jacqueline Martin/AP

A portrait of Oprah Winfrey was put on display. is on display at the American National Portrait Gallery.

The billionaire TV star is pictured smiling in a flowing purple dress, holding an olive branch.

Ms Winfrey, 70, joins the likes . President John F. Kennedy and anti-slavery campaigner Harriet Tubman in a portrait hanging in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren caught Winfrey's attention after he included an image of the owner in a mural. Photo: Jacqueline Martin/AP

The painting was created by Shawn Michael Warren, a Chicago artist who caught Winfrey's attention when he included an image of the talk show host in a mural he painted in the city three years ago.

Winfrey told the crowd that the color purple is «crucial» in her life.

Her role in the 1985 film The Color Purple helped catapult her into film stardom, and she is a producer on the upcoming film version of the musical The Color Purple. .