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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

ActingBorn November 13, 1955 (age 70)New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

2028Movie
2026
Kevin

as Cupcake (voice)

TV
2025
Leopardi & Co

as Mildred

Movie
2025Movie
2025
Flower of the Dawn

as Storyteller (voice)

Movie
2024Movie
2024
Hollywood Black

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2024
Atrabilious

as Dr. Andrea Hart

Movie
2024
Group Therapy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
Ezra

as Jayne

Movie
2024Movie
2024
Babes

as Dawn's Breasts

Movie
2024
Outlaw Posse

as Stagecoach Mary

Movie
2024Movie
2023
The Color Purple

as Midwife (uncredited)

Movie
2023
Three Trees

as (Narration)

Movie
2023
Barry Humphries at the BBC

as Self (archive material)

Movie
2023
Commitment to Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2023Movie
2022
My Father's Dragon

as Cat (voice)

Movie
2022
Till

as Alma

Movie
2022
Cuomo

as Self - Guest

TV
2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

TV
2022
Luck

as Captain (voice)

Movie
2022
Bill Cosby: Walking Free

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022TV
2021
Harlem

as Dr. Elise Pruitt

TV
2021
JFK: Destiny Betrayed

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2021Movie
2021
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.

as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)

TV
2021
Hacks

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
2020
The Stand

as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle

TV
2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

Movie
2020
The Con

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2020TV
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

as The Mother / The Ancient Booer

Movie
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as Self - Co-host, "The View"

Movie
2020
Staged

as Mary

TV
2020
My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020Movie
2020TV
2020Movie
2019
Godfather of Harlem

as Miss Willa

TV
2019
The Most Magnificent Thing

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2019
Cracked Up

as Self

Movie
2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

TV
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

TV
2019
Amphibia

as Mother Olm (voice)

TV
2019TV
2019
Lorena

as Herself

TV
2018
Olympia

as Self

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Trump @War

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2018
The Shop

as Self

TV
2018
Random Acts of Flyness

as Police Officer

TV
2018Movie
2018
Summer Camp Island

as Barb (voice)

TV
2018
Furlough

as Moms

Movie
2018TV
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017
9/11

as Metzie

Movie
2017
Descendants 2

as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2017
The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2017
Gilbert

as Self

Movie
2017
A Very Sordid Wedding

as Abernatha Coleman

Movie
2017
When We Rise

as Pat Norman

TV
2017
King of the Dancehall

as Loretta Brixton

Movie
2017
Rio

as Gayle Morgenstern

Movie
2016Movie
2016TV
2016
The Tick

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
2016Movie
2015Movie
2015Movie
2014
Top Five

as Whoopi Goldberg

Movie
2014
Big Stone Gap

as Fleeta Mullins

Movie
2014
BoJack Horseman

as Mikhaela (voice)

TV
2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Bernadette Thompson

Movie
2014
The 7D

as Magic Mirror (voice)

TV
2014
Broad City

as Self

TV
2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)

TV
2013
Blackfish

as Self

Movie
2012
Radioman

as Self

Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2011
The Muppets

as Whoopi Goldberg

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Suburgatory

as Yakult (voice)

TV
2011
The Little Engine That Could

as The Tower (voice)

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Bubble Guppies

as Pirate Myra (voice)

TV
2010
For Colored Girls

as Alice / White

Movie
2010
Blue Bloods

as Regina Thomas

TV
2010Movie
2010Movie
2010Movie
2010
Toy Story 3

as Stretch (voice)

Movie
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2010
See You in September

as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)

Movie
2009
The Middle

as Jane Marsh

TV
2009Movie
2009
Journey to the Stars

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2009
Kambakkht Ishq

as Whoopi Goldberg

Movie
2009
Glee

as Carmen Tibideaux

TV
2009TV
2009Movie
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

TV
2009
Stream

as Jodi Quinn

Movie
2008TV
2008
Descendants

as Red Flower (voice)

Movie
2008
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2008
Snow Buddies

as Miss Mittens (voice)

Movie
2007Movie
2007
The Naked Brothers Band

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
2006
Farce of the Penguins

as Helen (voz)

Movie
2006
30 Rock

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
2006
Homie Spumoni

as Thelma

Movie
2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2006
Everyone's Hero

as Darlin' (voice)

Movie
2006
So NoTORIous

as MaMa Belle

TV
2006
Doogal

as Ermintrude (voice)

Movie
2006
The N Word

as Self

Movie
2005TV
2005
Everybody Hates Chris

as Louise Clarkson

TV
2005Movie
2005
Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

TV
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Whoopi Goldberg

Movie
2005
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

Movie
2005
Racing Stripes

as Franny (voice)

Movie
2004
The Lion King 1½

as Shenzi (voice)

Movie
2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2004Movie
2004
Entourage

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
2004
Pinocchio 3000

as Cyberina (voice)

Movie
2004Movie
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Whoopi

as Mavis Rae

TV
2003
Blizzard

as Blizzard (voice)

Movie
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead

as Whoopi Goldberg

Movie
2003TV
2003
Good Fences

as Mabel Spader

Movie
2002
Star Trek: Nemesis

as Guinan (uncredited)

Movie
2002Movie
2002
Madeline: My Fair Madeline

as Miss Clavel (voice)

Movie
2002
The Hollywood Sign

as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

Movie
2002
Liberty's Kids

as Robert Shirtliff (voice)

TV
2002
Showboy

as Herself

Movie
2002
Making Rat Race

as Herself

Movie
2001
Call Me Claus

as Lucy Cullins

Movie
2001TV
2001
Rat Race

as Vera Baker

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Kingdom Come

as Raynelle Slocumb

Movie
2001
Monkeybone

as Death

Movie
2001
Golden Dreams

as Califia, the Queen of California

Movie
2001
What Makes a Family

as Terry Harrison

Movie
2000
The Weber Show

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

as Self - Host / Narrator

Movie
2000
Strong Medicine

as Dr. Lydia Emerson

TV
2000Movie
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

as Judge Cameo (uncredited)

Movie
1999Movie
1999TV
1999TV
1999
The Foxbusters

as Ransome (voice)

TV
1999
Jackie's Back!

as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Alice in Wonderland

as Cheshire Cat

Movie
1999
Our Friend, Martin

as Mrs. Peck (voice)

Movie
1999
Alegría

as Baby Clown

Movie
1999
Get Bruce!

as Self

Movie
1998
The Rugrats Movie

as Ranger Margaret (voice)

Movie
1998
A Knight in Camelot

as Dr. Vivien Morgan

Movie
1998Movie
1998Movie
1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

TV
1998Movie
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1998
Titey

as The Iceberg (voice)

Movie
1998Movie
1997
A Christmas Carol

as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)

Movie
1997
Cinderella

as Queen Constantina

Movie
1997
Bear in the Big Blue House

as Edwina Badger (voice)

TV
1997Movie
1997
In & Out

as Whoopi Goldberg

Movie
1997
Pitch

as Self

Movie
1997
The View

as Self - Moderator

TV
1997
The View

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1997Movie
1997
In the Gloaming

as Nurse Myrna

Movie
1997
Classic Albums

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997TV
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi

as Myrlie Evers

Movie
1996
The Associate

as Laurel Ayres

Movie
1996
Pulp Comics

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
1996
Bogus

as Harriet Franklin

Movie
1996
Bordello of Blood

as Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Movie
1996
The Sunshine Boys

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1996TV
1996
Eddie

as Eddie Franklin

Movie
1996Movie
1996TV
1995
Theodore Rex

as Katie Coltrane

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Comic Relief VII

as Self - Host

Movie
1995
MADtv

as Self

TV
1995
Moonlight and Valentino

as Sylvie Morrow

Movie
1995TV
1995TV
1995
Boys on the Side

as Jane Deluca

Movie
1994
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1994
The Pagemaster

as Fantasy (voice)

Movie
1994
Star Trek: Generations

as Guinan (uncredited)

Movie
1994
Corrina, Corrina

as Corrina Washington

Movie
1994
The Little Rascals

as Buckwheat's Mom

Movie
1994
The Lion King

as Shenzi (voice)

Movie
1994
But... Seriously

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1994
Liberation

as Narrator

Movie
1993
A Cool Like That Christmas

as Mom / Irwin (voice)

Movie
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Deloris Van Cartier

Movie
1993
Naked in New York

as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

Movie
1993
The Nanny

as Whoopi Goldberg

TV
1993
The Nanny

as Edna

TV
1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

Movie
1993TV
1993
Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1993Movie
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

as Billy York (uncredited)

Movie
1993
Made in America

as Sarah Mathews

Movie
1992
Sarafina!

as Mary Masembuko

Movie
1992Movie
1992
Sister Act

as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

Movie
1992
The Player

as Detective Avery

Movie
1992
Defenders of Dynatron City

as Ms. Megawatt (voice)

Movie
1991
House Party 2

as Professor (uncredited)

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Chez Whoopi

as Self - Host

Movie
1991
Soapdish

as Rose Schwartz

Movie
1990
The Long Walk Home

as Odessa Cotter

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Ghost

as Oda Mae Brown

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Bagdad Cafe

as Brenda

TV
1990Movie
1990Movie
1989Movie
1989
Homer and Eddie

as Eddie Cervi

Movie
1989Movie
1989TV
1989
Kiss Shot

as Sarah Collins

Movie
1989Movie
1988Movie
1988
Clara's Heart

as Clara Mayfield

Movie
1988TV
1988
The Telephone

as Vashti Blue

Movie
1987
Fatal Beauty

as Rita Rizzoli

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Dolly

as Self

TV
1987
A Different World

as Dr. Jordan

TV
1987Movie
1987
Burglar

as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

Movie
1987
Citizen Steve

as Self - Actress

Movie
1987
Repairs

as The Voice (voice)

Movie
1986Movie
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash

as Terry Dolittle

Movie
1986Movie
1986TV
1986
Comic Relief

as Self - Host

TV
1985Movie
1985Movie
1985
Moonlighting

as Camille Brand

TV
1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special

as Mariah Johnston

TV
1983TV
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1982Movie
1981
De TV Show

as Self

TV
1981TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as The Iceberg (voice)

TV
1975
People's Choice Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1971TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self - Presenter

TV
Movie
Sister Act 3

as Deloris

Movie
Anansi Boys

as Bird Woman

TV
Saturday TV Funhouse

as Iceberg (voice)

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 13, 1955
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Popularity3.2