Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955) is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man (Patrick Swayze) find his killer in the blockbuster film Ghost. This performance won her a second Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Notable later films include Sister Act and Sister Act 2, The Lion King, Made in America, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Girl, Interrupted and Rat Race. She is also acclaimed for her roles as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Terry Dolittle in Jumpin' Jack Flash. Her latest role is the voice of Stretch in Toy Story 3. Goldberg has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television. She was co-producer of the popular game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004. She has been the moderator of the daytime talk show The View since 2007. Goldberg has a Grammy, two Emmys, two Golden Globes, a Tony, and an Oscar. In addition, Goldberg has a British Academy Film Award, four People's Choice Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
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- Born:
- Nov 13, 1955 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 239
- First Appeared:
- In the series Anansi Boys
- Latest Project:
- Movie Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin 2025-06-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
| Movie | Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk | 2025 | |
| Movie | Fairy Tale Forest: Flower of the Dawn | Storyteller (voice) | 2025 |
| Series | Anansi Boys | Bird Woman | 2025 |
| Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2025 |
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Stagecoach Mary | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-20 |
| Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-08-01 |
| Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | 2024-09-21 |
| Movie | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Babes | Dawn's Breasts | 2024-05-17 |
| Movie | Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | Barry Humphries at the BBC | Self (archive material) | 2023-05-28 |
| Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
| Movie | Luck | Captain (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 | Self | 2022-08-23 |
| Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
| Movie | Till | Alma | 2022-10-14 |
| Movie | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-04 |
| Movie | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
| Series | The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021-05-02 |
| Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
| Series | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-22 |
| Movie | The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World | Self - Host | 2021-10-01 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
| Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
| Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
| Movie | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Whoopi Goldberg | 2020-10-08 |
| Movie | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
| Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
| Movie | Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self | 2019-02-22 |
| Movie | Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2019-11-09 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self | 2018-03-06 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | 2018-01-19 | |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | Olympia | Herself | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Self - Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Self | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
| Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Herself | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself | 2016-10-28 |
| Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self | 2016-09-15 |
| Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2016-08-14 |
| Movie | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! | Self | 2015-05-05 |
| Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self | 2015-04-29 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Self | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds | Guinan (archive footage) | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower (voice) | 2011-03-22 |
| Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
| Movie | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-14 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Self | 2009-02-16 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
| Movie | Stream | Jodi Quinn | 2009-01-15 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
| Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic | Self | 2007-03-13 |
| Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Self | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | The N Word | Self | 2006-01-16 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Whoopi Goldberg | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
| Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
| Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2003-12-24 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
| Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
| Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
| Movie | Golden Dreams | Califia, the Queen of California | 2001-02-08 |
| Movie | Monkeybone | Death | 2001-02-23 |
| Movie | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
| Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
| Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
| Movie | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - Host / Narrator | 2000-09-12 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
| Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie | 1999-12-21 |
| Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-27 |
| Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
| Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997-02-24 |
| Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
| Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Series | The View | Self - Co-Host | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-17 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
| Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| Movie | The Making of 'The Pagemaster' | Self (archive footage) | 1994-12-01 |
| Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
| Movie | A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
| Movie | Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
| Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | The Player | Detective Avery | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
| Movie | House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self (uncredited) | 1990-12-01 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Self | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly | Herself | 1989-09-10 |
| Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self | 1989-07-17 |
| Movie | The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Free to Be... a Family | Self | 1988-12-14 |
| Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Self - Actress | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
| Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Host | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Celie | 1985-12-18 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 |