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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
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