Nicole Avant

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this intimate special, Oprah welcomes filmmaker, diplomat and philanthropist Nicole Avant. Oprah and Avant reminisce about her childhood, dotted with visits from luminaries like Sidney Poitier, Muhammed Ali, Whitney Houston and Bill Clinton. She also takes Oprah through the terrifying moment when she learned that her beloved mother had been shot in her own home, resulting in a shocking death that rocked both her family and Hollywood. Avant shares insights from her new memoir, Think You’ll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude, including how she has learned to retain her faith and remain positive, hopeful and live life to its fullest in the wake of devastating grief. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:14.0	Witness's journey as he becomes one of the first black U.S.
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0:27.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey.
0:29.0	Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the Podcast. I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give
0:35.4	yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present. Your journey to become more inspired and more Nicole Avant is an activist, a filmmaker, a diplomat, and what many in
0:57.5	Hollywood call black royalty.
1:00.1	Nicole was raised in Beverly Hills, the daughter of legendary music executive Clarence Avant,
1:06.7	who was known as the Black Godfather and philanthropist Jacqueline Avant. Nicole grew up surrounded by some of the most notable luminaries of our time,
1:17.0	Muhammad Ali, Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Sydney Portier,
1:21.0	and so many more were all going in and out of her house all of the time.
1:26.7	She went on to become a powerhouse political fundraiser and the first black woman to serve as
1:31.3	U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas under former
1:34.1	president Barack Obama. In 2009 Nicole married Netflix co-cio CEO Ted
1:40.1	Surandis. Her life seemed like a fairy tale until the unthinkable happened on December 1st, 2021.
1:50.0	Her mother's violent murder rocked the entertainment world devastating Nicole's family.
1:57.0	Tonight an uplifting conversation with Nicole Avon that has stayed with me ever since.
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