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:
- 262
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin
- Latest Project:
- Series Saturday TV Funhouse 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2025 |
| Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2025 |
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Stagecoach Mary | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-20 |
| Movie | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-31 |
| Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-03-12 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
| Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
| Movie | Till | Alma | 2022-10-14 |
| Movie | Luck | Captain (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
| Series | The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021-05-02 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
| Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World | Self - Host | 2021-10-01 |
| Series | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-22 |
| Movie | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
| Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
| Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
| Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
| Movie | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
| Movie | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Herself | 2020-10-08 |
| Series | The Comedy Store | Self | 2020-10-04 |
| Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
| Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! | Self | 2019-11-09 |
| Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self | 2018-03-06 |
| Series | Citizen Rose | Herself | 2018-01-30 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018-01-19 |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Self - Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Self | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
| Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Self | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2016-08-14 |
| Movie | X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself | 2016-10-28 |
| Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self | 2016-09-15 |
| Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self | 2015-04-29 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | The 7D | Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Herself | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
| 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 | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| Series | Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren | Unknown | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Self | 2009-02-16 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Unknown | 2009-03-19 |
| Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009-07-14 | |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
| Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| Movie | Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-06-03 |
| Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Series | The Naked Brothers Band | Herself | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic | Self | 2007-03-13 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
| 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 | Herself | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Series | So NoTORIous | Unknown | 2006-04-02 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Series | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Self | 2005-05-08 |
| Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
| Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Unknown | 2005-08-03 |
| Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
| Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | 2004-06-15 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
| Movie | Showboy | Herself | 2002-06-22 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
| Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2002-11-29 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
| Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Monkeybone | Death | 2001-02-23 |
| Movie | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
| Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
| Movie | Golden Dreams | Califia, the Queen of California | 2001-02-08 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
| Series | Strong Medicine | Unknown | 2000-07-23 |
| 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 | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
| Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie Owens | 1999-12-21 |
| Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
| Series | Celebrity Deathmatch | Unknown | 1998-05-14 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-20 |
| Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Herself | 1998-07-17 |
| Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Series | The View | Self - Co-Host | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
| Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
| Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| 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 | Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
| Movie | Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
| Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
| Movie | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | 1993-05-09 |
| Series | The Nanny | Unknown | 1993-11-03 |
| Movie | A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
| 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 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | The Player | Detective Avery | 1992-04-03 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
| Movie | House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
| Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1990-02-28 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
| Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self (uncredited) | 1990-12-01 |
| Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self | 1989-07-17 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Self | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly | Herself | 1989-09-10 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | Free to Be... a Family | Self | 1988-12-14 |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Self - Actress | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
| Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
| Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-04-23 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Host | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
| Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
| Series | Moonlighting | Unknown | 1985-03-03 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | Self | 1985-07-20 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | 1985-12-18 |
| Series | Muppet Babies | Unknown | 1984-11-05 |
| Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 | |
| Series | Wogan | Herself | 1982-05-04 |
| Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
| Series | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Mariah Johnston | 1980-04-19 |
| Series | The Oscars | Whoopi Goldberg | 1953-03-19 |