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:
- 178
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Citizen 1982-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2026 |
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Stagecoach Mary | 2024-03-01 |
| 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 | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Witches | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-09 |
| Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-08-01 |
| 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 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| 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 | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari (voice) | 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 |
| Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Self | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower (voice) | 2011-03-22 |
| Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
| Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
| 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 | 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 | Star Trek: The Captain's Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
| Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-14 |
| 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 | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
| Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Self | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
| 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 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-10-28 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2002-09-17 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| 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 | 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 | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
| 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 | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| 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's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
| Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
| 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 | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
| Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Series | The View | Herself - Moderator | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997-02-24 |
| Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg | 1997-09-10 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| 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) | 1994-06-15 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
| 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 | 1992-05-08 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica | Self | 1992-08-12 |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Star Trek The Next Generation: Time's Arrow | 1992-09-19 | |
| 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 | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
| 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 | 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 | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Free to Be... a Family | Self | 1988-12-14 |
| Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Self | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 |