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:
- 234
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Academy Awards 1953-03-18
- Latest Project:
- Series Saturday TV Funhouse 2022
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2022 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
| Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
| Series | Lorena | Herself | 2019-02-14 |
| Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self | 2019-02-22 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! | Herself | 2019-11-09 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Herself | 2018-03-06 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | 2018-01-19 | |
| Series | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Herself | 2018-04-29 |
| Series | Citizen Rose | Herself | 2018-01-30 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | Olympia | Herself | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Series | Random Acts of Flyness | Police Officer | 2018-08-03 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Herself | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Herself | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | The Problem with Apu | Herself | 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 | 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 | 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 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Herself | 2016-09-15 |
| Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Herself | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | herself | 2015-04-29 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Herself - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Top Five | Herself | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Series | BoJack Horseman | Mikhaela (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Herself | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Moms Mabley | Herself | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Herself | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Herself | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Herself | 2013-12-11 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Mrs. Rabbit (voice) | 2013-10-10 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Herself | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower | 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 | Self | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Herself | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Herself | 2010-02-08 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Whoopi | 2009-02-16 |
| Series | Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren | Unknown | 2009-01-16 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Unknown | 2009-03-19 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Herself | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | The Captains' Summit | Herself | 2009-04-12 |
| Series | Glee | Carmen Tibideaux | 2009-05-19 |
| Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
| Movie | Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins | Narrator | 2008-06-03 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
| 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 | Herself | 2007-03-29 |
| Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Herself | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Herself | 2007-10-13 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Herself - Actress | 2007-05-19 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | 2006-09-08 | |
| Series | So NoTORIous | Unknown | 2006-04-02 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-09-15 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Series | Rachael Ray | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Herself | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
| Series | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
| Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
| 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 | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | The World Of Nat King Cole | Herself | 2004-06-15 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Herself | 2004-09-18 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Herself | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | Declaration of Independence | Herself | 2003-06-10 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Movie | Showboy | Herself | 2002-06-22 |
| 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 | 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 | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
| Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| 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 | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo | 2000-06-30 |
| Series | Strong Medicine | Unknown | 2000-07-23 |
| Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation | 2000-11-08 | |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Alegría, the film | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| 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 Owens | 1999-03-24 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Janette Grayson | 1999-09-20 |
| 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 |
| Series | Celebrity Deathmatch | Unknown | 1998-05-14 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-20 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Herself | 1998-07-17 |
| 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 | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Series | The View | Herself - Moderator | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
| Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
| Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1996-03-17 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Herself | 1996-01-30 |
| Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
| Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Herself | 1995-12-05 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi the Hyena (voice) | 1994-06-23 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Herself (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
| Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-05-27 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York | 1993-02-04 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
| Movie | A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
| Series | The Nanny | Edna | 1993-11-03 |
| Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
| Movie | The Player | Susan Avery | 1992-04-03 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
| Movie | Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | House Party 2 | Professor | 1991-10-23 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-12 |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Herself | 1990-12-01 |
| Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Herself | 1989-07-17 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Whoopi Goldberg | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | Fontaine...Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse | 1988-12-25 | |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Herself | 1987-05-18 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
| Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-04-23 |
| Series | Comic Relief | Herself - Host | 1986-03-29 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Herself - 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 | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | 1985-12-18 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | Herself | 1985-07-20 |
| Series | Muppet Babies | Unknown | 1984-11-05 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
| Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 | |
| Series | Wogan | Herself | 1982-05-04 |
| 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 |