Oprah Winfrey drops a big hint she’s planning acting return

Oprah Winfrey has hinted that she plans to return to acting.

The TV titan, 68, has starred in a number of films and has also juggled her career as a talk show host.

She won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1985 drama The Color Purple and starred in other films such as The Butler (2013) and Selma (2014).

Her last major acting role came four years ago in Ava DuVernay’s 2018 offering A Wrinkle in Time.

Now Oprah has appeared in Variety’s The Power of Women Issue teamed up with filmmaker Ava and suggested a return to the big screen is in the works.

When asked about another acting role, Oprah said, “Listen, I live on a mountain in Maui…”

Ava then jumped in and said, “But when something perfect comes along…,” which prompted Oprah to add, “I really think something perfect is coming, and I kind of know what it is.”

“Let me tell you, it takes a lot of effort to get me off the porch,” she added jokingly.

Oprah gave no further details, but the exchange suggested another project with Ava is in the works.

In addition to A Wrinkle in Time and Selma, Ava and Oprah have collaborated on Queen Sugar for Oprah’s OWN TV network and 2019 TV series When They See Us, which Oprah boasted as an executive producer.

During the interview, Ava seemed to push her friend in the direction of a different acting role by telling her, “I hope she acts more. She is, I think, the best actress in her category.’

Oprah then joked, “That means ‘someone who was a former talk show host’.”

DuVernay, for her part, will soon begin directing the television movie Battle of Versailles, which will revolve around ‘the 1973 fashion show ‘Palace of Versailles’, where top French designers such as Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Cardin were pitted against American newcomer Oscar. de la Renta, Bill Blass, Anne Klein and Halston’ according to the film’s IMDb page.