Whoopi Goldberg
Biography
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.
Acting (243 movies)
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
Ghost
1990
The Color Purple
1985
Toy Story 3
2010
Girl, Interrupted
1999
Sister Act
1992
Bogus
1996
The Player
1992
Corrina, Corrina
1994
The Little Rascals
1994
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
Eddie
1996
The Associate
1996
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
The Lion King 1½
2004
Naked in New York
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Alice in Wonderland
1999
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Monkeybone
2001
A Knight in Camelot
1998
Doogal
2006
The Lion King
1994
Made in America
1993
Soapdish
1991
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Boys on the Side
1995
Citizen Steve
1987
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Fatal Beauty
1987
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
Sarafina!
1992
Jackie's Back!
1999
The Rugrats Movie
1998
Theodore Rex
1995
Luck
2022
Cinderella
1997
Descendants
2008
The Pagemaster
1994
Everyone's Hero
2006
The Aristocrats
2005
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
Good Fences
2003
In the Gloaming
1997
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
House Party 2
1991
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
For Colored Girls
2010
Burglar
1987
A Christmas Carol
1997
Call Me Claus
2001
Titey
1998
Homer and Eddie
1989
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
2027
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
Get Bruce!
1999
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000
Kiss Shot
1989
The Long Walk Home
1990
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Pitch
1997
The Little Engine That Could
2011
Clara's Heart
1988
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
The Telephone
1988
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
The Making of Captain EO
1986
What Makes a Family
2001
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1985
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
Outlaw Posse
2024
Free to Be... a Family
1988
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
Pinocchio 3000
2004
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
Journey to the Stars
2009
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Destination Anywhere
1997
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995
Bordello of Blood
1996
My Father's Dragon
2022
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | 1985 | Writer |
| Chez Whoopi | 1991 | Executive Producer |
| What Makes a Family | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Ruby's Bucket of Blood | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Call Me Claus | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Good Fences | 2003 | Producer |
| The Piano Man's Daughter | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | 2005 | Writer |
| Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | 2013 | Producer |
| Caught in His Web | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Till | 2022 | Producer |
| A New Orleans Noel | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Butterfly in the Sky | 2024 | Executive Producer |