The last time Oprah Winfrey physically acted in a film, it was the 1998 film adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning novel 'Beloved.'

After voicing several animated films, including 2009's 'The Princess and the Frog,' the media mogul is ready to step back in front of the camera as Deadline.com is reporting that Winfrey is in talks to star for HBO Films in 'Ruined,' an adaptation of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

'Ruined,' which starred Saidah Arrika Ekulona and Phylicia Rashad's daughter, Condola Rashad, won a slew of awards during its 2009 off-Broadway run at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

The play focuses on a brothel in war-torn Congo and the struggles of its madam, Mama Nadi, to keep herself and the women working for her from getting caught between the government and rebel armies.

Through her production company Harpo Productions, Oprah Winfrey and Kate Forte will be executive producers as Nottage will write the script.