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:
- 259
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Oscars 1953-03-18
- Latest Project:
- Series Saturday TV Funhouse 2022
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sister Act 3 | Deloris | 2022 |
| Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2022 |
| Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It | Self | 2021-01-29 |
| Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Herself | 2020-05-10 |
| Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Herself | 2020-04-15 |
| Movie | Find Your Groove | 2020-03-24 | |
| Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
| Movie | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Herself | 2020-10-08 |
| Movie | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
| Movie | Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | 2020-12-28 | |
| Series | The Con | Narrator (voice) | 2020-10-14 |
| Movie | Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip | Narrator | 2020-10-20 |
| Movie | Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self | 2019-02-22 |
| Series | Lorena | Herself | 2019-02-14 |
| Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | Cracked Up: The Darrell Hammond Story | Self | 2019-09-13 |
| Series | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2019-06-27 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! | Herself | 2019-11-09 |
| Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Series | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Herself | 2018-04-29 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Unknown | 2018-01-19 |
| Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Herself | 2018-03-06 |
| Series | Citizen Rose | Herself | 2018-01-30 |
| Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-25 |
| Series | Random Acts of Flyness | Police Officer | 2018-08-03 |
| Movie | Olympia | Herself | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Movie | Trump @War | Herself (Archive Footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Herself | 2017-05-01 |
| Movie | Gilbert | Herself | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
| 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 | 50 Years of Star Trek | herself | 2016-08-14 |
| 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 | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Herself (Archival Footage) | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself | 2016-10-28 |
| Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | herself | 2015-04-29 |
| Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Herself | 2015-01-23 |
| Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Herself - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | The 7D | The Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| Series | BoJack Horseman | Mikhaela (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Top Five | Herself | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Herself | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Herself | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Moms Mabley | Herself | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Mrs. Rabbit (voice) | 2013-10-10 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Herself | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Herself | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Blackfish | Herself | 2013-06-07 |
| Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
| Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower | 2011-03-22 |
| Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | The Muppets | Self | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Herself | 2010-01-22 |
| 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 | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Series | Blue Bloods | Regina Thomas | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Whoopi | 2009-02-16 |
| Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | herself | 2009-03-02 |
| Series | Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren | Unknown | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Herself | 2009-07-03 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Unknown | 2009-03-19 |
| 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 | Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins | Narrator | 2008-06-03 |
| Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| Movie | Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden | Herself | 2007-03-29 |
| Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
| Series | The Naked Brothers Band | Herself | 2007-02-03 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
| 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 | So NoTORIous | Unknown | 2006-04-02 |
| Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | The N Word | Herself | 2006-01-16 |
| Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Homie Spumoni | Unknown | 2006-09-08 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Series | Rachael Ray | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Herself | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Series | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
| Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Unknown | 2005-08-03 |
| Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
| Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Unknown | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | Unknown | 2004-01-18 |
| Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| 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 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Herself | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo | 2000-06-30 |
| Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| Series | Strong Medicine | Unknown | 2000-07-23 |
| Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation | Unknown | 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 | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | Alegría, the film | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie Owens | 1999-03-24 |
| 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 | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
| Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Herself | 1998-06-23 |
| Series | Celebrity Deathmatch | Unknown | 1998-05-14 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-20 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Herself | 1998-07-17 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Herself | 1998-08-05 |
| 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 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-01-01 |
| Series | Leute heute | self | 1997-07-23 |
| Movie | Pitch | Herself | 1997-09-04 |
| Series | The View | Self - Moderator | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | 1997-09-10 |
| 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 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Herself | 1995-12-05 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | But... Seriously | Herself (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi the Hyena (voice) | 1994-06-23 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | Unknown | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan | 1994-11-18 |
| Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-05-27 |
| Series | The Nanny | Edna | 1993-11-03 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York | 1993-02-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Unknown | 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 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Best of Both Worlds | Guinan | 1990-06-16 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | Unknown | 1990-03-30 |
| Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-12 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Herself | 1990-12-01 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
| Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Herself | 1989-07-17 |
| Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly | Herself | 1989-09-10 |
| Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Whoopi Goldberg | 1989-10-06 |
| Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| Movie | Fontaine...Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1988-12-25 |
| Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Herself | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Herself | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Series | Showtime at the Apollo | Unknown | 1987-09-12 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
| Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-04-23 |
| Series | Comic Relief | Herself - Host | 1986-03-29 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder | Self | 1986-04-26 |
| Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Herself - Host | 1986-09-12 |
| Movie | Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | Unknown | 1986-05-24 |
| Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
| Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
| 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 | 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 | Great Performances | self | 1971-01-28 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Herself - Host | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
