
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.
Movie | Hollywood Outlaw | 2020 | |
Movie | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Mother Goose | 2020 |
Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Herself | 2018-03-06 |
Movie | Gilbert | Herself | 2017-04-20 |
Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2017-04-05 |
Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Herself | 2017-05-01 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-08-02 |
Movie | The Problem with Apu | Herself | 2017-11-19 |
Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-08 |
Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Herself | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | Journey to the Oscars | 2016-02-26 | |
Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | herself | 2016-08-14 |
Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Herself | 2016-09-15 |
Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | herself | 2015-04-29 |
Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Herself | 2015-01-23 |
Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Herself - Interviewee | 2014-02-02 |
Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
Movie | Top Five | Herself | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Herself | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | Blackfish | Herself | 2013-06-07 |
Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Herself | 2013-12-11 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Herself | 2013-04-23 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Herself | 2013-03-21 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Herself | 2013-04-20 |
Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
Movie | The Little Engine That Could | 2011-03-22 | |
Movie | The Muppets | Herself | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Herself | 2010-01-22 |
Movie | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Herself | 2010-02-08 |
Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch the Octopus (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Whoopi | 2009-02-16 |
Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Herself | 2009-07-03 |
Movie | Star Trek: The Captain's Summit | Herself | 2009-04-12 |
Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
Movie | Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins | Narrator | 2008-06-03 |
Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Herself | 2007-01-03 |
Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Herself | 2007-12-04 |
Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
Movie | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | 2007-03-29 | |
Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Herself | 2007-04-26 |
Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude | 2006-02-24 |
Series | So Notorious | Unknown | 2006-04-02 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2006-12-01 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | Homie Spumoni | 2006-09-08 | |
Movie | The Aristocrats | Herself | 2005-01-01 |
Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
Series | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Unknown | 2005-08-03 |
Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 2004-01-01 | |
Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Herself | 2004-09-18 |
Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Herself | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
Movie | Declaration of Independence | Herself | 2003-06-10 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2002-11-29 |
Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan | 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 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
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 | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
Series | Strong Medicine | Unknown | 2000-07-23 |
Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo | 2000-06-30 |
Movie | Get Bruce! | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie Owens | 1999-12-21 |
Movie | Alegria | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly | Herself | 1999-09-10 |
Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-20 |
Series | Celebrity Deathmatch | Unknown | 1998-05-14 |
Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Herself | 1998-07-17 |
Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
Movie | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
Series | The View | Herself - Moderator | 1997-08-11 |
Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
Movie | Eddie | Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Herself | 1996-01-30 |
Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse | 1996-08-08 |
Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Herself | 1995-12-05 |
Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi the Hyena (voice) | 1994-05-07 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
Movie | But... Seriously | 1994-03-25 | |
Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan | 1994-11-17 |
Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York | 1993-02-04 |
Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-05-27 |
Series | The Nanny | Unknown | 1993-11-03 |
Movie | Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
Movie | The Player | Detective Susan Avery | 1992-04-03 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
Movie | House Party 2 | Professor | 1991-10-23 |
Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
Movie | Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special | Herself | 1991-09-28 |
Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-12 |
Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Herself | 1989-07-17 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Whoopi Goldberg | 1989-10-06 |
Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
Movie | Fontaine...Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
Movie | Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | 1988-12-25 | |
Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Herself - Host | 1986-09-12 |
Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | Herself | 1985-01-01 |
Series | Moonlighting | Unknown | 1985-03-03 |
Movie | The Color Purple | Celie | 1985-12-18 |
Series | Muppet Babies | Unknown | 1984-11-05 |
Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 | |
Series | Wanna bet, that..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Hollywood Squares | Unknown | 1966-10-17 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Whoopi Goldberg | 1953-03-18 |