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.
Series | Anansi Boys | Bird Woman | 2025 |
Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
Movie | Fairy Tale Forest: Flower of the Dawn | Storyteller (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk | 2025 | |
Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-20 |
Movie | Outlaw Posse | Stagecoach Mary | 2024-03-01 |
Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | 2024-09-21 |
Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-08-01 |
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 | Barry Humphries at the BBC | Self (archive material) | 2023-05-28 |
Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
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 | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 |
Movie | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-04 |
Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
Series | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-22 |
Series | The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021-05-02 |
Movie | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
Movie | The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World | Self - Host | 2021-10-01 |
Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | 2021-06-18 |
Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
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 | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
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 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
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 | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
Movie | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-16 |
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 | X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself | 2016-10-28 |
Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Herself | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
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 | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
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 | Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
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 | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
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 | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
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 | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-14 |
Movie | Stream | Jodi Quinn | 2009-01-15 |
Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Self | 2009-02-16 |
Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Self | 2007-04-26 |
Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
Movie | Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic | Self | 2007-03-13 |
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 N Word | Self | 2006-01-16 |
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 | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
Movie | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | 2004-06-15 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2003-12-24 |
Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
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 | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
Movie | The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
Movie | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - Host / Narrator | 2000-09-12 |
Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie | 1999-12-21 |
Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-27 |
Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
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 | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
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 | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
Series | The View | Self - Co-Host | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-17 |
Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
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 | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Pagemaster' | Self (archive footage) | 1994-12-01 |
Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
Movie | A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
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 | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
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 | House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self (uncredited) | 1990-12-01 |
Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
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 | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
Movie | Free to Be... a Family | Self | 1988-12-14 |
Movie | The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
Movie | Citizen Steve | Self - Actress | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Host | 1986-09-12 |
Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | The Color Purple | Celie | 1985-12-18 |
Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 |