Gayle King Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the Matrix Award in 2010 by the New York Women in Communications
• Won the 2010 Individual Achievement Award for Host in Entertainment or Information
• Won the 2008 American Women in Radio & Television Gracie Award for Outstanding Radio Talk Show
• Started working as a reporter and weekend anchor after graduating from the University of Maryland in 1976
• Met Oprah Winfrey while the two were working at a local Baltimore television station in the 1980s
• Quote: "I don't see myself standing in [Oprah Winfrey's] shadows, ever․ I really do see myself standing in her light․"
• Quote: "I know that Oprah and I mean a lot to each other․․․ I know at all times I have somebody that I can count on always․"
• Her long journalism career has encompassed anchoring television news programs, hosting talk shows and working in print and radio
• Often works with her close friend Oprah Winfrey, serving as an editor-at-large for "O, The Oprah Magazine" and starting in her own talk show on the OWN network in 2011
• During her childhood, she spent several years in Ankara, Turkey