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Whoopi Goldberg

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Nov 13, 1955 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Acting
2028Captain Zero: The Movie(voice)
2026KevinCupcake (Voice)
2025Leopardi & CoMildred
2025Flower of the DawnStoryteller (voice)
2025ASALI: Power of the PollinatorsGalbanum (voice)
2025Number One on the Call SheetSelf
2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff StorySelf (archive footage)
2024Outlaw PosseStagecoach Mary
2024AtrabiliousDr. Andrea Hart
2024Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve StorySelf
2024EzraJayne
2024Butterfly in the SkySelf
2024BabesDawn's Breasts
2024Like Tears in RainSelf
2024Group TherapySelf (archive footage)
2024Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreamsself
2023Barry Humphries at the BBCSelf (archive material)
2023The Color PurpleMidwife (uncredited)
2023Oprah & The Color Purple JourneySelf
2023Three Trees(Narration)
2023Our BarbaraSelf
2022LuckCaptain (voice)
2022Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning ActSelf (archive footage)
2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens RisingSelf
2022Tony Bennett: Forget Me NotSelf
2022Bill Cosby: Walking FreeSelf (archive footage)
2022My Father's DragonCat (voice)
2022Is That Black Enough for You?!?Self
2022Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20Self
202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of WakandaSelf
2022Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black MambazoSelf
2022TillAlma
2022SherriSelf - Guest
2022CuomoSelf - Guest
2022JANET JACKSON.Self
2021The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney WorldSelf - Host
2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItSelf
2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny DaysSelf - Guest
2021JFK Revisited: Through the Looking GlassSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021The Story of Late NightSelf
2021Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
2021JFK: Destiny BetrayedSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021HarlemDr. Elise Pruitt
2021HacksWhoopi Goldberg
2020My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)
2020Feeding America Comedy FestivalSelf
2020Find Your GrooveSelf
2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf - Co-host, "The View"
2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowSelf
2020Walter Winchell: The Power of GossipNarrator
2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's FineWhoopi Goldberg (voice)
2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...Self
2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in AmericaWhoopi Goldberg
2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU(archive footage)
2020A Virtual Princess Bride ReunionThe Mother / The Ancient Booer
2020Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020StagedMary
2020Star Trek: PicardGuinan
2020The StandAbagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
2020The ConSelf - Narrator (voice)
2019Charley Pride: I'm Just MeSelf
2019Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
2019The Most Magnificent ThingNarrator (voice)
2019Cracked UpSelf
2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
2019Desus & MeroSelf
2019AmphibiaMother Olm (voice)
2019Godfather of HarlemMiss Willa
2019LorenaHerself
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2018FurloughMoms
2018The Gospel According to AndréSelf
2018Mister Rogers: It's You I LikeSelf
2018Nobody's FoolLola
2018Trump @WarSelf (archive footage)
2018OlympiaSelf
2018The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge UncutSelf - Host
2018The ShopSelf
2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)
2018Citizen RoseSelf
2018Random Acts of FlynessPolice Officer
2018Summer Camp IslandBarb (voice)
2018James Cameron's Story of Science FictionSelf
2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsYari (voice)
2017Descendants 2Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2017GilbertSelf
20179/11Metzie
2017The Truth Is in the StarsSelf
2017King of the DancehallLoretta Brixton
2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeSelf
2017A Very Sordid WeddingAbernatha Coleman
2017Decorating Disney: Holiday MagicHost
2017The Problem with ApuSelf
2017RioGayle Morgenstern
2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)
2017When We RisePat Norman
201650 Years of Star TrekSelf
2016Floyd Norman: An Animated LifeHerself
2016The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring YearsSelf
2016X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-TimeSelf
2016Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)Self (archive footage)
2016Ask the Storybots
2016The TickWhoopi Goldberg
2016The Stinky & Dirty ShowMeg (voice)
2015The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!Self
2015Misery Loves ComedySelf
2015The Magic of the Diary of Anne FrankSelf
2015Black Dog, Red DogCalliope
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf
2014A Day Late and a Dollar ShortViola
2014Top FiveWhoopi Goldberg
2014Big Stone GapFleeta Mullins
2014Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesBernadette Thompson
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014Broad CitySelf
2014The 7DMagic Mirror (voice)
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014BoJack HorsemanMikhaela (voice)
2013Why We Laugh: Funny WomenSelf
2013Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableySelf
2013Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicSelf
2013Miracle Rising: South AfricaSelf
2013Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music TaleSelf
2013The Contradictions of Fair HopeNarrator
2013BlackfishSelf
2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both WorldsGuinan (archive footage)
2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - RedemptionGuinan
2013Once Upon a Time in WonderlandMrs. Rabbit (voice)
2012RadiomanSelf
2012Katy Perry: Part of MeSelf
201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy ReliefSelf
2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf
2012Python Legs!
2011A Little Bit of HeavenGod
2011The Little Engine That CouldThe Tower (voice)
2011Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's JourneyNarrator (voice)
2011The MuppetsWhoopi Goldberg
2011Bubble GuppiesPirate Myra (voice)
2011SuburgatoryYakult (voice)
2010Toy Story 3Stretch (voice)
2010For Colored GirlsAlice / White
2010Teenage PaparazzoSelf
20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(archive footage)
2010New York Street GamesSelf
2010The Black List: Volume ThreeSelf
2010See You in SeptemberLindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2010RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedSelf - Guest Judge
2010Blue BloodsRegina Thomas
2009Star Trek: The Captain's SummitSelf
2009Kambakkht IshqWhoopi Goldberg
2009Journey to the StarsNarrator (voice)
2009StreamJodi Quinn
2009Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePantsSelf (archive footage)
2009Madea Goes to JailSelf
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge
2009Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009The Justin Lee Collins ShowSelf - Guest
2009The MiddleJane Marsh
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Special Guest
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009GleeCarmen Tibideaux
2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf
2008A Muppets Christmas: Letters to SantaTaxi Driver
2008DescendantsRed Flower (voice)
2008Snow BuddiesMiss Mittens (voice)
2008Meerkat Manor: The Story BeginsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2008Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008Shatner's Raw NerveSelf
2007Ghost Stories: The Making of a ClassicSelf
2007If I Had Known I Was a GeniusMom
2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf
2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensSelf
2007Elton 60: Live At Madison Square GardenSelf
2007The Sophisticated MisfitSelf
2007Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's CutSelf
2007The Naked Brothers BandWhoopi Goldberg
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2007The Word According to WhoopiHerself
2006DoogalErmintrude (voice)
2006Comic Relief 2006
2006Everyone's HeroDarlin' (voice)
2006Homie SpumoniThelma
2006Farce of the PenguinsHelen (voz)
2006The N WordSelf
2006The One ShowSelf - Guest
200630 RockWhoopi Goldberg
2006So NoTORIousMaMa Belle
2006Rachael Ray
2006More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: ComedySelf
2005The AristocratsSelf
2005Whoopi Goldberg: Back to BroadwayHerself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
2005Racing StripesFranny (voice)
2005Jiminy Glick in LalawoodWhoopi Goldberg
2005Everybody Hates ChrisLouise Clarkson
2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListSelf
2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant Patron
2005The Reichen ShowSelf
2004The Lion King 1½Shenzi (voice)
2004Pinocchio 3000Cyberina (voice)
2004Uta Hagen's Acting ClassSelf
2004Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2Whoopi Goldberg
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)
2004The World of Nat King ColeSelf
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
2004Whoopi's Littleburg
2004EntourageWhoopi Goldberg
2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!Self
2003Good FencesMabel Spader
2003Declaration of IndependenceSelf
2003Pauly Shore Is DeadWhoopi Goldberg
2003New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 ChampionsVoice
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesNarrator (voice)
2003BlizzardBlizzard (voice)
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003WhoopiMavis Rae
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2002Star Trek: NemesisGuinan (uncredited)
2002It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas MovieDaniel's 'Boss'
2002Madeline: My Fair MadelineMiss Clavel (voice)
2002The Hollywood SignWoman at Funeral (uncredited)
2002ShowboyHerself
2002Searching for Debra WingerSelf
2002Making Rat RaceHerself
2002Liberty's KidsRobert Shirtliff (voice)
2002Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2001MonkeyboneDeath
2001Call Me ClausLucy Cullins
2001Ghost: Remembering the MagicSelf
2001What Makes a FamilyTerry Harrison
2001Kingdom ComeRaynelle Slocumb
2001Golden DreamsCalifia, the Queen of California
2001The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'Self - Hostess
2001Rescued from the ClosetSelf
2001Rat RaceVera Baker
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentChesley Watkins
2000Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great YearsSelf - Host
2000Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelf - Host / Narrator
2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleJudge Cameo (uncredited)
2000More Dogs Than BonesCléo
2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationSelf
2000Strong MedicineDr. Lydia Emerson
2000The Weber ShowWhoopi Goldberg
1999Girl, InterruptedValerie
1999Alice in WonderlandCheshire Cat
1999The Deep End of the OceanCandy Bliss
1999Jackie's Back!Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1999Get Bruce!Self
1999Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999Our Friend, MartinMrs. Peck (voice)
1999AlegríaBaby Clown
1999The Magical Legend of the LeprechaunsThe Grand Banshee
1999The FoxbustersRansome (voice)
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJanette Grayson
1998A Knight in CamelotDr. Vivien Morgan
1998How Stella Got Her Groove BackDelilah Abraham
1998Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieStormella (voice)
1998The Rugrats MovieRanger Margaret (voice)
1998TiteyThe Iceberg (voice)
1998Junket WhoreSelf
1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnWhoopi Goldberg
1998Jackie Chan: My StorySelf (uncredited)
1998Creating RagtimeHost
1998Celebrity Deathmatch
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist
1998Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self
1997CinderellaQueen Constantina
1997In the GloamingNurse Myrna
1997A Christmas CarolSpirit of Christmas Present (voice)
1997PitchSelf
1997Destination AnywhereCabbie
1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)
1997Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' SpecialMother Gooseberg (voice)
1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of LifeSelf
1997In & OutWhoopi Goldberg
1997The ViewSelf - Moderator
1997Bear in the Big Blue HouseEdwina Badger (voice)
1997The Chris Rock ShowSelf
1997The ViewSelf - Co-Host
1997Classic AlbumsSelf (archive footage)
1996BogusHarriet Franklin
1996EddieEddie Franklin
1996The AssociateLaurel Ayres
1996Ghosts of MississippiMyrlie Evers
1996Bordello of BloodHospital Patient (uncredited)
1996The Celluloid ClosetSelf
1996The Sunshine BoysNurse (uncredited)
1996Muppets TonightSelf
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest
1996Pulp ComicsWhoopi Goldberg
1995Boys on the SideJane Deluca
1995Theodore RexKatie Coltrane
1995Moonlight and ValentinoSylvie Morrow
1995The Rolling Stones: Voodoo LoungeSelf - Hostess
1995Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk AboutSelf
1995MADtvSelf
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildZenobia (voice)
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMother Gooseberg (voice)
1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistWhoopi (voice)
1994Star Trek: GenerationsGuinan (uncredited)
1994Corrina, CorrinaCorrina Washington
1994The Little RascalsBuckwheat's Mom
1994The Lion KingShenzi (voice)
1994The PagemasterFantasy (voice)
1994LiberationNarrator
1994But... SeriouslySelf (archive footage)
1994Sesame Street: The Best of ElmoSelf
1994The Making of 'The Pagemaster'Self (archive footage)
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1993Naked in New YorkTragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitDeloris Van Cartier
1993Made in AmericaSarah Mathews
1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1Billy York (uncredited)
1993Aretha Franklin: DuetsSelf
1993A Cool Like That ChristmasMom / Irwin (voice)
1993Sesame Street Jam: A Musical CelebrationSelf (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
1993The NannyWhoopi Goldberg
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993The NannyEdna
1992Sister ActDeloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1992The PlayerDetective Avery
1992Sarafina!Mary Masembuko
1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf
1992Defenders of Dynatron CityMs. Megawatt (voice)
1992Wisecracks
1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaSelf
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991SoapdishRose Schwartz
1991House Party 2Professor (uncredited)
1991Chez WhoopiSelf - Host
1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf
1991Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola NutsNarrator (voice)
1990GhostOda Mae Brown
1990The Long Walk HomeOdessa Cotter
1990Celebrity Guide to WineSelf
1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterSelf (uncredited)
1990Comic Relief '90Self
1990Help Save Planet EarthSelf
1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersGaia (voice)
1990Bagdad CafeBrenda
1989Homer and EddieEddie Cervi
1989Kiss ShotSarah Collins
1989Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy ConnollyHerself
1989Comic Relief III
1989Hanna-Barbera's 50thSelf
1989Beverly Hills BratsSelf
1989Tales from the CryptPeligre
1988Clara's HeartClara Mayfield
1988The TelephoneVashti Blue
1988Free to Be... a FamilySelf
1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas SpecialSelf
1988The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday ConcertSelf
1988Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?Fontaine
1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf
1988This MorningSelf
1987Citizen SteveSelf - Actress
1987Fatal BeautyRita Rizzoli
1987BurglarBernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1987Carol, Carl, Whoopi and RobinSelf
1987Scared Straight!: 10 Years LaterSelf - Host
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional VaudevilleLu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1987The Pointer Sisters: Up All NiteSelf
1987RepairsThe Voice (voice)
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationGuinan
1987A Different WorldDr. Jordan
1987DollySelf
1986Jumpin' Jack FlashTerry Dolittle
1986Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose SauceSelf
1986The Making of Captain EOSelf
1986Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This ShowSelf
1986The Best of Comic ReliefSelf
1986Comic ReliefSelf - Host
1986American MastersSelf
1985The Color PurpleCelie
1985Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from BroadwaySelf
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
1985MoonlightingCamille Brand
1984Muppet Babies
1984CBS Schoolbreak SpecialMariah Johnston
1983Reading RainbowSelf
1982Citizen
1982WoganSelf
1981Wetten, dass..?Self
1981De TV ShowSelf
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)
1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - Winner
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1953The OscarsSelf
1953The OscarsSelf - Presenter
-Naya: Legend of the Golden DolphinAqua (voice)
-Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
-Sisters in Italy
-Sister Act 3Deloris
-Anansi BoysBird Woman
-Saturday TV FunhouseIceberg (voice)
Production
2028Captain Zero: The MovieExecutive Producer
2025Leopardi & CoExecutive Producer
2025Number One on the Call SheetExecutive Producer
2024Butterfly in the SkyExecutive Producer
2022TillProducer
2022Caught in His WebExecutive Producer
2022A New Orleans NoelExecutive Producer
2013Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableyExecutive Producer
2013Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableyProducer
2009Head GamesProducer
2007The Word According to WhoopiExecutive Producer
2006Just for KicksProducer
2003Good FencesProducer
2003The Piano Man's DaughterExecutive Producer
2003WhoopiProducer
2001Call Me ClausExecutive Producer
2001Ruby's Bucket of BloodExecutive Producer
2001What Makes a FamilyExecutive Producer
2000Strong MedicineProducer
1999The Mao GameCo-Producer
1998Hollywood SquaresExecutive Producer
1991Chez WhoopiExecutive Producer
-Sister Act 3Producer
-More Than a MedalExecutive Producer
Directing
2013Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableyDirector
Writing
2005Whoopi Goldberg: Back to BroadwayWriter
1985Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from BroadwayWriter
Crew
2025Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part IIThanks
1998Jackie Chan: My StoryThanks
1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistAdditional Writing