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:
- 170
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Citizen 1982-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin 2025-06-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
| Movie | I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-20 |
| Movie | Butterfly in the Sky | Self | 2024-03-17 |
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Stagecoach Mary | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | Witches | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-09 |
| Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-08-01 |
| Movie | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
| Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Self | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Herself | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | Journey to the Oscars | Herself | 2016-02-26 |
| 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 | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Self | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
| Movie | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
| Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower (voice) | 2011-03-22 |
| Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
| Movie | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Self | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Whoopi Goldberg | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2003-12-24 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
| Movie | Golden Dreams | Califia, the Queen of California | 2001-02-08 |
| Movie | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
| Movie | Monkeybone | Death | 2001-02-23 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| Movie | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - Host / Narrator | 2000-09-12 |
| Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
| Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
| Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
| Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie | 1999-12-21 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-27 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
| Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
| Series | The View | Herself - Moderator | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| Movie | The Making of 'The Pagemaster' | Self (archive footage) | 1994-12-01 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
| Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
| Movie | Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | The Player | Detective Avery | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Star Trek The Next Generation: Time's Arrow | 1992-09-19 | |
| Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
| Movie | House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
| Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self | 1989-07-17 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Self | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Host | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 |