
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.

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

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

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

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

Self
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 (voz)
Farce of the Penguins

Herself
Showboy

Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
See You in September

Baby Clown
Alegría

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)
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

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

Self
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

Vera Baker
Rat Race

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

The Voice (voice)
Repairs

ASALI: Power of the Pollinators

Host
Creating Ragtime

Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway

Guinan
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

Python Legs!

Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Mother Olm
Amphibia: The Hardest Thing
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
271
Gender
Female
Birthday
1955-11-13
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Caryn Elaine Johnson