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:
- 209
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Night of 100 Stars II 1985-03-10
- Latest Project:
- Series Saturday TV Funhouse 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2025 |
| Movie | I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-20 |
| Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-03-12 |
| Movie | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Barry Humphries at the BBC | Self (archive material) | 2023-05-28 |
| Movie | Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
| Movie | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | 2022-03-04 | |
| Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
| Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
| Movie | Till | Alma | 2022-10-14 |
| 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 | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
| Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
| Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
| Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
| Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self | 2019-02-22 |
| Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! | Self | 2019-11-09 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self | 2018-03-06 |
| Movie | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | 2018-01-19 | |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Self - Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Movie | Olympia | Herself | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Self | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2016-08-14 |
| Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self | 2016-09-15 |
| Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Self | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself | 2016-10-28 |
| Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self | 2015-04-29 |
| Movie | The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! | Self | 2015-05-05 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Herself | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
| Movie | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower (voice) | 2011-03-22 |
| Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
| Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Self | 2009-02-16 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009-07-14 | |
| Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
| Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| Movie | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
| 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 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Herself | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Whoopi Goldberg | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
| Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| Movie | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2003-12-24 |
| Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
| Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
| Movie | Monkeybone | Death | 2001-02-23 |
| Movie | Golden Dreams | Califia, the Queen of California | 2001-02-08 |
| Movie | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| 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 | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie Owens | 1999-12-21 |
| 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 | Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-05 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Herself | 1998-07-17 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-27 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
| Series | The View | Self - Co-Host | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
| 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 | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| 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 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
| Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
| 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 | A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | The Player | Detective Avery | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
| Movie | House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
| Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| 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 | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self | 1989-07-17 |
| 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 | Beverly Hills Brats | Self | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Herself - Host | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | 1985-12-18 |