9. Viola Davis as Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey’s hardluck tale of growing up poor, being sexual abused, becoming pregnant as a teen and overcoming all of that to become a billionaire with a media empire, is a well-known story. It must be memorialized and Viola Davis (“Doubt,” “Eat Pray Love”) is the talented, versatile actress who is more than capable of stepping up to the challenge.