Whoopi Goldberg
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:
- 228
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Most Magnificent Thing
- Latest Project:
- Series The Stand 2021
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2021 |
| Movie | Hollywood Outlaw | 2021 | |
| Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2021 |
| Series | Lorena | Herself | 2019-02-14 |
| Movie | Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self | 2019-02-22 |
| Movie | Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Herself | 2019-11-09 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Herself | 2018-03-06 |
| Series | Citizen Rose | Herself | 2018-01-30 |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | 2018-01-19 | |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Series | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Herself | 2018-04-30 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | Olympia | Herself | 2018-11-11 |
| Series | Random Acts of Flyness | Police Officer | 2018-08-03 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Herself (Archive Footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Herself | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Herself | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-08-02 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Herself | 2017-11-19 |
| Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
| 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 | Herself | 2016-09-15 |
| Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | herself | 2016-08-14 |
| Movie | X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself | 2016-10-28 |
| Movie | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Herself (Archival Footage) | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Herself | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | herself | 2015-04-29 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Herself - Interviewee | 2014-02-02 |
| 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 | Herself | 2014-12-12 |
| Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Series | BoJack Horseman | Mikhaela (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Herself | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Herself | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Mrs. Rabbit (voice) | 2013-10-10 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Herself | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Herself | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Herself | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Herself | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
| Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower | 2011-03-22 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Herself | 2011-11-22 |
| 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 | The Black List: Volume Three | Herself | 2010-02-08 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Herself | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch the Octopus (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Series | Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren | Unknown | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Whoopi | 2009-02-16 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Unknown | 2009-03-19 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Herself | 2009-07-03 |
| Series | Glee | Carmen Tibideaux | 2009-05-19 |
| Movie | The Captains' Summit | Herself | 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 | Narrator | 2008-06-03 |
| Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
| Series | The Naked Brothers Band | Herself | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden | 2007-03-29 | |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Herself - Actress | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Herself | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Herself | 2007-10-13 |
| Series | So NoTORIous | Unknown | 2006-04-02 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude | 2006-02-24 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | 2006-09-08 | |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-09-15 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Series | Rachael Ray | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Herself | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
| Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Unknown | 2005-08-03 |
| Series | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
| Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 2004-01-01 | |
| Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Herself | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | The World Of Nat King Cole | Herself | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Herself | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
| Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Herself | 2003-06-10 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Series | Liberty's Kids | 2002-09-02 | |
| Movie | Showboy | Herself | 2002-06-22 |
| Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
| Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2002-11-29 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan | 2002-12-13 |
| 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 | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo | 2000-06-30 |
| Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation | 2000-11-08 | |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| Series | Strong Medicine | Unknown | 2000-07-23 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Cirque du Soleil: Alegría | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Janette Grayson | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly | Herself | 1999-09-10 |
| Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
| Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie Owens | 1999-03-24 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-20 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Herself | 1998-07-17 |
| Series | Celebrity Deathmatch | Unknown | 1998-05-14 |
| Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| 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 | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
| Series | The View | Herself - Moderator | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Herself (Archive Footage, Uncredited) | 1996-03-17 |
| Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Herself | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| 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 | Herself | 1995-12-05 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi the Hyena (voice) | 1994-05-07 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Herself (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York | 1993-02-04 |
| Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-05-27 |
| Series | The Nanny | Edna | 1993-11-03 |
| Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
| 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 | Susan Avery | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | House Party 2 | Professor | 1991-10-23 |
| Movie | Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special | Herself | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-12 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
| Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Herself | 1989-07-17 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Whoopi Goldberg | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Fontaine...Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
| Movie | Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse | 1988-12-25 | |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Herself | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
| Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
| Series | Comic Relief | Herself - Host | 1986-03-29 |
| Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
| Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Herself - Host | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | 1985-12-18 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | Herself | 1985-07-20 |
| Series | Moonlighting | Unknown | 1985-03-03 |
| Series | Muppet Babies | Unknown | 1984-11-05 |
| Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
| Series | Wogan | Herself | 1982-05-04 |
| Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 | |
| Series | Wanna bet, that..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
| Series | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Mariah Johnston | 1980-04-19 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Herself - Host | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |