Oprah’s Hair Through the Years

The Oprah Winfrey Show website has a great slideshow up about Oprah’s many hairstyles through the years. Let’s take a look!

There’s Oprah as a child (cute!):

And a teenager:

Then we see Oprah in her early days as a TV reporter, sporting everything from an afro:

To a jheri curl:

When we finally get to the Oprah Winfrey Show years, the hairstyles don't stop. She sports straight hair:

Curly hair:

Wigs:

And braids:

She’s had so many looks! During a taping with Chris Rock, Oprah said she credits her long-time hairdresser, Andre Walker, with helping her keep her real hair for nearly twenty-five years. “In the summer, I braid my hair. I wear weaves. I’ve worn weaves on the show. I’ve worn weaves on the magazine covers,” she says. “I have done pretty much all of it because in order to keep your hair, you can’t put heat in your hair every day.”

You can read a cool interview with Walker, including his tips for keeping African-American hair healthy, here.