Whoopi Goldberg

Biography

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.

Known For

Guinan (uncredited)

Star Trek: Generations

Guinan (uncredited)

Star Trek: Nemesis

Oda Mae Brown

Ghost

Celie

The Color Purple

Stretch (voice)

Toy Story 3

Valerie

Girl, Interrupted

Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

Sister Act

Harriet Franklin

Bogus

Detective Avery

The Player

Corrina Washington

Corrina, Corrina

Buckwheat's Mom

The Little Rascals

Terry Dolittle

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Eddie Franklin

Eddie

Laurel Ayres

The Associate

Self - Host

The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World

Shenzi (voice)

The Lion King 1½

Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

Naked in New York

Deloris Van Cartier

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Cheshire Cat

Alice in Wonderland

Candy Bliss

The Deep End of the Ocean

Myrlie Evers

Ghosts of Mississippi

Death

Monkeybone

Dr. Vivien Morgan

A Knight in Camelot

Ermintrude (voice)

Doogal

Shenzi (voice)

The Lion King

Sarah Mathews

Made in America

Rose Schwartz

Soapdish

Self

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit

Delilah Abraham

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Stormella (voice)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

Taxi Driver

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

Jane Deluca

Boys on the Side

Billy York (uncredited)

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Self - Actress

Citizen Steve

Self

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

Daniel's 'Boss'

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Vera Baker

Rat Race

Comic Relief 2006

Rita Rizzoli

Fatal Beauty

Self (archive footage)

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story

Mary Masembuko

Sarafina!

Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

Jackie's Back!

Ranger Margaret (voice)

The Rugrats Movie

Katie Coltrane

Theodore Rex

Captain (voice)

Luck

Queen Constantina

Cinderella

Red Flower (voice)

Descendants

Fantasy (voice)

The Pagemaster

Darlin' (voice)

Everyone's Hero

Self

The Aristocrats

Whoopi Goldberg

कमबख़्त इश्क़

Mabel Spader

Good Fences

Nurse Myrna

In the Gloaming

Self

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

Professor (uncredited)

House Party 2

God

A Little Bit of Heaven

Alice / White

For Colored Girls

Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

Burglar

Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)

A Christmas Carol

Lucy Cullins

Call Me Claus

The Iceberg (voice)

Titey

Eddie Cervi

Homer and Eddie

Aqua (voice)

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

Sylvie Morrow

Moonlight and Valentino

Self

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic

Self

Ghost: Remembering the Magic

Mom

If I Had Known I Was a Genius

Self

Get Bruce!

Self - Host

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years

Sarah Collins

Kiss Shot

Odessa Cotter

The Long Walk Home

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

Guinan (archive footage)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow

Self

Pitch

The Tower (voice)

The Little Engine That Could

Clara Mayfield

Clara's Heart

Self

Teenage Paparazzo

Vashti Blue

The Telephone

Narrator (voice)

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

Self

Aretha Franklin: Duets

Miss Clavel (voice)

Madeline: My Fair Madeline

Self (archive footage)

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

Self

The Making of Captain EO

Terry Harrison

What Makes a Family

Self

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

Self

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

Self - Host / Narrator

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Stagecoach Mary

Outlaw Posse

Self

Free to Be... a Family

Self

Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not

Cyberina (voice)

Pinocchio 3000

Self (archive material)

Barry Humphries at the BBC

Narrator (voice)

Journey to the Stars

Self (archive footage)

Bill Cosby: Walking Free

Self (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Cabbie

Destination Anywhere

Self - Hostess

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge

Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Bordello of Blood

Cat (voice)

My Father's Dragon

Self

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

Self

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Self

Radioman

Self

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Self

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Mildred

Leopardi & Co

Narrator

Liberation

Dr. Andrea Hart

Atrabilious

Self

Miracle Rising: South Africa

Self

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

Herself

Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly

Narrator

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

Guinan (archive footage)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

Self

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Self

Celebrity Guide to Wine

Self - Host

Chez Whoopi

Comic Relief III

Viola

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Self (archive footage)

Sports on the Silver Screen

Self

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Self

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Self (archive footage)

But... Seriously

Self

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Miss Mittens (voice)

Snow Buddies

Self

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

Self

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

Self

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

Self

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

Self

Top Five

Midwife (uncredited)

The Color Purple

Mrs. Peck (voice)

Our Friend, Martin

Thelma

Homie Spumoni

Self - Narrator (voice)

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

Self

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Self

Misery Loves Comedy

Self - Host

Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later

Ms. Megawatt (voice)

Defenders of Dynatron City

Self

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Jodi Quinn

Stream

Jayne

Ezra

Self (archive footage)

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Self

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Self

Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Self

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

Franny (voice)

Racing Stripes

Yari (voice)

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Self

The Celluloid Closet

Self

De magie van het dagboek van Anne Frank

Self

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

Descendants 2

(Narration)

Three Trees

Fleeta Mullins

Big Stone Gap

Bernadette Thompson

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Self

Our Barbara

Mother Gooseberg (voice)

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Self

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Fontaine

Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?

Self

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Raynelle Slocumb

Kingdom Come

Self

Declaration of Independence

Self

Butterfly in the Sky

Self

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Storyteller (voice)

Flower of the Dawn

Dawn's Breasts

Babes

(archive footage)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Self

Junket Whore

Self

New York Street Games

Self

50 Years of Star Trek

Herself

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

Calliope

Black Dog, Red Dog

Self

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Self

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Nurse (uncredited)

The Sunshine Boys

Herself

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time

Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Self

Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden

Judge Cameo (uncredited)

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Self

The Sophisticated Misfit

Cléo

More Dogs Than Bones

Self

The Black List: Volume Three

Self

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Whoopi Goldberg

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Self

Gilbert

Self

Beverly Hills Brats

Metzie

9/11

Califia, the Queen of California

Golden Dreams

Whoopi Goldberg

Pauly Shore Is Dead

Self

Madea Goes to Jail

Self

The Truth Is in the Stars

Whoopi Goldberg

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Self

Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show

Self (uncredited)

成龍的傳奇

Whoopi Goldberg

In & Out

Citizen

Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

The Hollywood Sign

Helen (voice)

Farce of the Penguins

Herself

Showboy

Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)

See You in September

Baby Clown

Alegría: An Enchanting Fable

Whoopi Goldberg

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

Whoopi Goldberg

The Muppets

Loretta Brixton

King of the Dancehall

Voice

New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions

Self

Blackfish

Self

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

Abernatha Coleman

A Very Sordid Wedding

Self (archive footage)

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Host

Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic

Self

The Problem with Apu

Wisecracks

Moms

Furlough

Self

The Gospel According to André

Narrator (voice)

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Lola

Nobody's Fool

Self

The World of Nat King Cole

Self (archive footage)

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Self (archive footage)

Trump @War

Herself

Olympia

Self

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me

Self - Host

The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut

Blizzard (voice)

Blizzard

Self (archive footage)

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Self

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Narrator (voice)

The Most Magnificent Thing

Mom / Irwin (voice)

A Cool Like That Christmas

Self

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Self (archive footage)

My Darling Vivian

Self

Feeding America Comedy Festival

Self

Find Your Groove

Self (uncredited)

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Self

The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite

Self - Co-host, "The View"

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Self

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

Self - Hostess

The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

Narrator

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

Self (archive footage)

Siempre, Luis

Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

Self

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Self

Searching for Debra Winger

Self

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

Self

The N Word

Guinan (archive footage)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

Whoopi Goldberg

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Self

Cracked Up

Self - Guest

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

Self

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

Self

Rescued from the Closet

Self - Narrator (voice)

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

Alma

Till

(archive footage)

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Self

Comic Relief '90

Herself

Making Rat Race

Narrator (voice)

Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts

Self

The Best of Comic Relief

Self

Like Tears in Rain

The Mother / The Ancient Booer

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

Self

Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut

Sisters in Italy

Gayle Morgenstern

Rio

Self

Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

265

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-11-13

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Caryn Elaine Johnson