Whoopi Goldberg

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1955-11-13 (69 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Caryn Elaine Johnson, Whoopie Goldberg, 烏比·戈德堡

Whoopi Goldberg

Biography

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

Actor

Leopardi & Co

as Mildred

Sister Act 3

as Deloris Van Cartier

Anansi Boys

as Bird Woman

Saturday TV Funhouse

as Iceberg (voice)

2024
Atrabilious

as Dr. Andrea Hart

2024
Ezra

as Jayne

2024
Babes

as Dawn's Breasts

2024
Outlaw Posse

as Stagecoach Mary

2024
2023
The Color Purple

as Midwife (uncredited)

2023
Three Trees

as (Narration)

2023
Barry Humphries at the BBC

as Self (archive material)

2022
My Father's Dragon

as Cat (voice)

2022
Till

as Alma

2022
Luck

as Captain (voice)

2022
Bill Cosby: Walking Free

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Cuomo

as Self - Guest

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022
2021
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2021
Harlem

as Dr. Elise Pruitt

2021
JFK: Destiny Betrayed

as Self - Narrator (voice)

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

as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)

2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as Self - Co-host, "The View"

2020
My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

2020
2020
Siempre, Luis

as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Stand

as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle

2020
The Con

as Narrator (voice)

2020
Staged

as Mary

2020
2019
The Most Magnificent Thing

as Narrator (voice)

2019
Cracked Up

as Self

2019
Godfather of Harlem

as Miss Willa

2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

2019
Amphibia

as Mother Olm (voice)

2019
Desus & Mero

as Self

2019
Lorena

as Herself

2018
Olympia

as Herself

2018
2018
Trump @War

as Self (archive footage)

2018
2018
Furlough

as Moms

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

2018
The Shop

as Self

2018
Random Acts of Flyness

as Police Officer

2018
Summer Camp Island

as Barb (voice)

2018
Citizen Rose

as Self

2017
9/11

as Metzie

2017
Descendants 2

as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

2017
Gilbert

as Self

2017
A Very Sordid Wedding

as Abernatha Coleman

2017
King of the Dancehall

as Loretta Brixton

2017
The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

2016
2016
The Tick

as Whoopi Goldberg

2015
Black Dog, Red Dog

as Calliope

2014
Top Five

as Self

2014
Big Stone Gap

as Fleeta Mullins

2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Bernadette Thompson

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Mikhaela (voice)

2014
The 7D

as Magic Mirror (voice)

2014
Broad City

as Self

2013
Blackfish

as Self

2013
Moms Mabley

as Self

2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)

2012
Radioman

as Self

2011
The Muppets

as Whoopi Goldberg

2011
2011
The Little Engine That Could

as The Tower (voice)

2011
Suburgatory

as Yakult (voice)

2011
Bubble Guppies

as Pirate Myra (voice)

2010
For Colored Girls

as Alice / White

2010
2010
Toy Story 3

as Stretch (voice)

2010
2010
See You in September

as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)

2010
Blue Bloods

as Regina Thomas

2010
2009
Journey to the Stars

as Narrator (voice)

2009
Kambakkht Ishq

as Whoopi Goldberg

2009
2009
Stream

as Jodi Quinn

2009
The Middle

as Jane Marsh

2009
Glee

as Carmen Tibideaux

2009
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

2008
Descendants

as Red Flower (voice)

2008
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008
Snow Buddies

as Miss Mittens (voice)

2006
Farce of the Penguins

as Helen (voice)

2006
Homie Spumoni

as Thelma

2006
Everyone's Hero

as Darlin' (voice)

2006
Doogal

as Ermintrude (voice)

2006
The N Word

as Self

2006
30 Rock

as Whoopi Goldberg

2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2005
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Whoopi Goldberg

2005
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

2005
Racing Stripes

as Franny (voice)

2005
2005
Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

2004
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

as Whoopi Goldberg

2004
Pinocchio 3000

as Cyberina (voice)

2004
The Lion King 1½

as Shenzi (voice)

2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

2003
Blizzard

as Blizzard (voice)

2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead

as Whoopi Goldberg

2003
Good Fences

as Mabel Spader

2003
Whoopi

as Mavis Rae

2002
Star Trek: Nemesis

as Guinan (uncredited)

2002
Madeline: My Fair Madeline

as Miss Clavel (voice)

2002
Showboy

as Herself

2002
Making Rat Race

as Herself

2001
Call Me Claus

as Lucy Cullins

2001
The Hollywood Sign

as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

2001
Rat Race

as Vera Baker

2001
Kingdom Come

as Raynelle Slocumb

2001
Monkeybone

as Death

2001
Golden Dreams

as Califia, the Queen of California

2001
What Makes a Family

as Terry Harrison

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Chesley Watkins

2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

as Self - Host / Narrator

2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

as Judge Cameo (uncredited)

2000
The Weber Show

as Whoopi Goldberg

2000
Strong Medicine

as Dr. Lydia Emerson

1999
1999
Jackie's Back!

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

1999
1999
Alice in Wonderland

as Cheshire Cat

1999
Our Friend, Martin

as Mrs. Peck (voice)

1999
Get Bruce!

as Self

1999
1999
1999
The Foxbusters

as Ransome (voice)

1998
The Rugrats Movie

as Ranger Margaret (voice)

1998
A Knight in Camelot

as Dr. Vivien Morgan

1998
Junket Whore

as Self

1998
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story

as Self (uncredited)

1998
Titey

as The Iceberg (voice)

1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

1998
1997
A Christmas Carol

as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)

1997
Cinderella

as Queen Constantina

1997
1997
In & Out

as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)

1997
Pitch

as Self

1997
1997
In the Gloaming

as Nurse Myrna

1997
Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1997
Bear in the Big Blue House

as Edwina Badger (voice)

1997
The View

as Self - Moderator

1997
The View

as Self - Co-Host

1997
Classic Albums

as Self (archive footage)

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi

as Myrlie Evers

1996
The Associate

as Laurel Ayres

1996
Bogus

as Harriet Franklin

1996
Bordello of Blood

as Hospital Patient (uncredited)

1996
The Sunshine Boys

as Nurse (uncredited)

1996
Eddie

as Eddie Franklin

1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

as Self (archive footage)

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

1996
1995
Theodore Rex

as Katie Coltrane

1995
1995
Moonlight and Valentino

as Sylvie Morrow

1995
1995
Boys on the Side

as Jane Deluca

1995
MADtv

as Self

1995
1994
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

as Self (archive footage)

1994
The Pagemaster

as Fantasy (voice)

1994
Star Trek: Generations

as Guinan (uncredited)

1994
Corrina, Corrina

as Corrina Washington

1994
The Little Rascals

as Buckwheat's Mom

1994
The Lion King

as Shenzi (voice)

1994
But... Seriously

as Self (archive footage)

1994
Liberation

as Narrator

1993
A Cool Like That Christmas

as Mom / Irwin (voice)

1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Deloris Van Cartier

1993
Naked in New York

as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

as Billy York (uncredited)

1993
Made in America

as Sarah Mathews

1993
The Nanny

as Whoopi Goldberg

1993
The Nanny

as Edna

1993
1992
Sarafina!

as Mary Masembuko

1992
Sister Act

as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

1992
The Player

as Detective Avery

1992
Defenders of Dynatron City

as Ms. Megawatt (voice)

1991
House Party 2

as Professor (uncredited)

1991
1991
1991
Chez Whoopi

as Self - Host

1991
Soapdish

as Rose Schwartz

1990
The Long Walk Home

as Odessa Cotter

1990
Ghost

as Oda Mae Brown

1990
1989
Homer and Eddie

as Eddie Cervi

1989
Kiss Shot

as Sarah Collins

1989
1988
Clara's Heart

as Clara Mayfield

1988
The Telephone

as Vashti Blue

1988
This Morning

as Self

1987
Fatal Beauty

as Rita Rizzoli

1987
1987
Burglar

as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

1987
Citizen Steve

as Self - Actress

1987
A Different World

as Dr. Jordan

1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash

as Terry Dolittle

1986
1986
Comic Relief

as Self - Host

1985
1985
Moonlighting

as Camille Brand

1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special

as Mariah Johnston

1982
Wogan

as Self

1981
De TV Show

as Self

1981
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1971
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

Sister Act 3

as Producer

2024
Butterfly in the Sky

as Executive Producer

2022
Till

as Producer

2022
Caught in His Web

as Executive Producer

2022
A New Orleans Noel

as Executive Producer

2013
Moms Mabley

as Executive Producer

2013
Moms Mabley

as Producer

2009
Head Games

as Producer

2007
The Word According to Whoopi

as Executive Producer

2006
Just for Kicks

as Producer

2003
Good Fences

as Producer

2003
The Piano Man's Daughter

as Executive Producer

2003
Whoopi

as Producer

2001
Call Me Claus

as Executive Producer

2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood

as Executive Producer

2001
What Makes a Family

as Executive Producer

2000
Strong Medicine

as Producer

1999
The Mao Game

as Co-Producer

1991
Chez Whoopi

as Executive Producer

Creator

2016
Strut

as Creator

2006
Just for Kicks

as Creator

2000
Strong Medicine

as Creator

Director

2013
Moms Mabley

as Director

Crew

1998