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:
- 238
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
- Latest Project:
- Movie Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin 2025-06-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk | 2025 | |
| Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
| Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (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 | Butterfly in the Sky | Self | 2024-03-17 |
| Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | 2024-09-21 |
| Movie | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-08-01 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
| Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
| Movie | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-04 |
| Movie | Till | Alma | 2022-10-14 |
| Movie | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022-11-04 |
| Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
| Movie | Luck | Captain (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 | Self | 2022-08-23 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
| Series | The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021-05-02 |
| Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
| Series | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-22 |
| Movie | The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World | Self - Host | 2021-10-01 |
| Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
| Movie | Miss Americana | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-31 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
| Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
| Movie | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
| Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
| Movie | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Whoopi Goldberg | 2020-10-08 |
| Series | The Comedy Store | Self | 2020-10-04 |
| Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self | 2019-02-22 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2019-11-09 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018-01-19 |
| Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self | 2018-03-06 |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Self - Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Self | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
| Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| 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 | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Herself | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! | Self | 2015-05-05 |
| Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self | 2015-04-29 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Robin Williams Remembered | Self | 2014-09-09 |
| Series | The 7D | Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Self | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds | Guinan (archive footage) | 2013-04-25 |
| 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 | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
| 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 | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | archival footage | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Self | 2009-02-16 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-14 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
| Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
| Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| 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 | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
| Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Self | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | The N Word | Herself | 2006-01-16 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| 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 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
| Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
| Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2003-12-24 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
| Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
| Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
| Movie | Monkeybone | Death | 2001-02-23 |
| Movie | Golden Dreams | Califia, the Queen of California | 2001-02-08 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
| Movie | The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| 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 | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| 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 | 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 | 1998-02-27 |
| Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self | 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 | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997-02-24 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Series | The View | Self - Co-Host | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
| Movie | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
| Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-17 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
| Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | The Making of 'The Pagemaster' | Self (archive footage) | 1994-12-01 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| 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 | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | 1993-05-09 |
| Movie | A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
| Movie | Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
| Movie | The Player | Detective Avery | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1991-02-28 |
| 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 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Movie | Celebrity Guide to Wine | Self | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
| Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self (uncredited) | 1990-12-01 |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| 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 | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | Liberian Girl | Whoopi Goldberg | 1989-07-03 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Self - Actress | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Host | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Celie | 1985-12-18 |
| Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 |