Whoopi Goldberg
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
as Mildred
as Storyteller (voice)
as Deloris
as Bird Woman
as Iceberg (voice)
as Aqua (voice)
as Dr. Andrea Hart
as Jayne
as Dawn's Breasts
as Self
as Stagecoach Mary
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Midwife (uncredited)
as (Narration)
as Self (archive material)
as Cat (voice)
as Alma
as Self
as Captain (voice)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
as Self
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
as Narrator
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self - Co-host, "The View"
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
as Narrator (voice)
as Mary
as Guinan
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Miss Willa
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
as Mother Olm (voice)
as Self
as Herself
as Self - Host
as Herself
as Lola
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Moms
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Police Officer
as Barb (voice)
as Self
as Host
as Self
as Yari
as Metzie
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Abernatha Coleman
as Loretta Brixton
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Herself
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Calliope
as Self
as Self
as Fleeta Mullins
as Self
as Bernadette Thompson
as Viola
as Mikhaela (voice)
as Magic Mirror (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Guinan (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Narrator (voice)
as The Tower (voice)
as God
as Pirate Myra (voice)
as Alice / White
as archival footage
as Self
as Stretch (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
as Regina Thomas
as Self - Guest
as Narrator (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
as Self
as Jodi Quinn
as Jane Marsh
as Self - Guest
as Carmen Tibideaux
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Judge
as Self - Special Guest
as Taxi Driver
as Red Flower (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Miss Mittens (voice)
as Self
as Herself
as Herself
as Self
as Herself
as Helen (voice)
as Thelma
as Darlin' (voice)
as Ermintrude (voice)
as Herself
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
as Franny (voice)
as Self
as Self - Restaurant Patron
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
as Cyberina (voice)
as Self
as Shenzi (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as Daniel's 'Boss'
as Self
as Blizzard (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Narrator (voice)
as Mabel Spader
as Mavis Rae
as Self
as Self
as Guinan (uncredited)
as Miss Clavel (voice)
as Self
as Herself
as Self - Hostess
as Lucy Cullins
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
as Vera Baker
as Self
as Self
as Raynelle Slocumb
as Death
as Califia, the Queen of California
as Terry Harrison
as Chesley Watkins
as Self - Host / Narrator
as Cléo
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Dr. Lydia Emerson
as Valerie
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
as Candy Bliss
as Cheshire Cat
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
as Baby Clown
as Self
as The Grand Banshee
as Janette Grayson
as Ransome (voice)
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
as Dr. Vivien Morgan
as Stormella (voice)
as Self
as Delilah Abraham
as Self
as The Iceberg (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Self - Panelist
as Self
as Herself
as Self
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
as Queen Constantina
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
as Herself
as Cabbie
as Nurse Myrna
as Self (archive footage)
as Edwina Badger (voice)
as Self - Moderator
as Self - Co-Host
as Self (archive footage)
as Myrlie Evers
as Laurel Ayres
as Harriet Franklin
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Eddie Franklin
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Katie Coltrane
as Self - Hostess
as Sylvie Morrow
as Guinan (archive footage)
as Jane Deluca
as Self
as Zenobia (voice)
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Fantasy (voice)
as Guinan (uncredited)
as Corrina Washington
as Buckwheat's Mom
as Shenzi (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Mom / Irwin (voice)
as Deloris Van Cartier
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
as Self
as Billy York (uncredited)
as Sarah Mathews
as Whoopi Goldberg
as Edna
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Mary Masembuko
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
as Detective Avery
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
as Professor (uncredited)
as Guinan (archive footage)
as Self - Host
as Rose Schwartz
as Odessa Cotter
as Self (uncredited)
as Oda Mae Brown
as Self
as Gaia (voice)
as Self
as Herself
as Eddie Cervi
as Self
as Sarah Collins
as Peligre
as Self
as Clara Mayfield
as Fontaine
as Vashti Blue
as Self
as Rita Rizzoli
as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
as Self
as Self - Host
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
as Self
as Self - Actress
as Guinan
as Dr. Jordan
as Terry Dolittle
as Host
as Self
as Self - Host
as Celie
as Self
as Camille Brand
as Mariah Johnston
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Host
as Self
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Co-Producer
as Executive Producer
Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director