
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born13 November 1955 (age 71)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Whoopi Goldberg

- Known ForActing
- Born13 November 1955 (age 71)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2026

Leopardi & Co
2025

Flower of the Dawn
2025
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024

Outlaw Posse
2024

Atrabilious
2024

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024

Ezra
2024

Butterfly in the Sky
2024

Babes
2024

Like Tears in Rain
2024

Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023

The Color Purple
2023

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023

Three Trees
2023

Our Barbara
2023

Till
2022

Luck
2022

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022

Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022

Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022

My Father's Dragon
2022

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022

Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022

Amphibia: The Hardest Thing
2022

The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021

My Darling Vivian
2020

Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020

Find Your Groove
2020

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020

Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019

The Most Magnificent Thing
2019

Cracked Up
2019

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018

Furlough
2018

The Gospel According to André
2018

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018

Nobody's Fool
2018

Trump @War
2018

Olympia
2018

The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
2018

Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017

Descendants 2
2017

Gilbert
2017

9/11
2017

The Truth Is in the Stars
2017

King of the Dancehall
2017

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017

A Very Sordid Wedding
2017

Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017

The Problem with Apu
2017
Rio
2017

50 Years of Star Trek
2016

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015

Misery Loves Comedy
2015

The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015

Black Dog, Red Dog
2015

A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014

Top Five
2014

Big Stone Gap
2014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013

Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013

The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013

Blackfish
2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013

Radioman
2012

Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012

Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012

Python Legs!
2012

A Little Bit of Heaven
2011

The Little Engine That Could
2011

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011

The Muppets
2011

Toy Story 3
2010

For Colored Girls
2010

Teenage Paparazzo
2010

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010

New York Street Games
2010
The Black List: Volume Three
2010

See You in September
2010

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009

Kambakkht Ishq
2009

Journey to the Stars
2009
Stream
2009

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009

Madea Goes to Jail
2009

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008

Descendants
2008

Snow Buddies
2008

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007

If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007

Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
2007

Doogal
2006

Comic Relief 2006
2006

Everyone's Hero
2006

Homie Spumoni
2006

Farce of the Penguins
2006

The N Word
2006

The Aristocrats
2005

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005

Racing Stripes
2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005

The Lion King 1½
2004

Pinocchio 3000
2004

Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004

The World of Nat King Cole
2004

Good Fences
2003

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003

Declaration of Independence
2003

Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003

New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
2003

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003

Blizzard
2003

Star Trek: Nemesis
2002

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002

Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002

The Hollywood Sign
2002
Showboy
2002

Searching for Debra Winger
2002

Making Rat Race
2002

Monkeybone
2001

Call Me Claus
2001

Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001

What Makes a Family
2001

Kingdom Come
2001

Golden Dreams
2001

The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
2001

Rescued from the Closet
2001

Rat Race
2001

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000

More Dogs Than Bones
2000

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000

Girl, Interrupted
1999

Alice in Wonderland
1999

The Deep End of the Ocean
1999

Jackie's Back!
1999

Get Bruce!
1999

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999

Our Friend, Martin
1999

Alegría
1999

A Knight in Camelot
1998

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998

The Rugrats Movie
1998

Titey
1998

Junket Whore
1998

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998

Jackie Chan: My Story
1998

Creating Ragtime
1998

Cinderella
1997

In the Gloaming
1997

A Christmas Carol
1997

Pitch
1997

Destination Anywhere
1997

Sports on the Silver Screen
1997

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997

In & Out
1997

Bogus
1996

Eddie
1996

The Associate
1996

Ghosts of Mississippi
1996

Bordello of Blood
1996

The Celluloid Closet
1996

The Sunshine Boys
1996

Boys on the Side
1995

Theodore Rex
1995

Moonlight and Valentino
1995

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995
Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About
1995

Star Trek: Generations
1994

Corrina, Corrina
1994

The Little Rascals
1994

The Lion King
1994

The Pagemaster
1994

Liberation
1994
But... Seriously
1994

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994

The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994

Naked in New York
1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993

Made in America
1993

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993

Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993

A Cool Like That Christmas
1993

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993

Sister Act
1992

The Player
1992

Sarafina!
1992

The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992

Defenders of Dynatron City
1992

Wisecracks
1992

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992

Soapdish
1991

House Party 2
1991
Chez Whoopi
1991

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991

Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991

Ghost
1990

The Long Walk Home
1990

Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Comic Relief '90
1990

Homer and Eddie
1989

Kiss Shot
1989
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989

Comic Relief III
1989

Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989

Beverly Hills Brats
1989

Clara's Heart
1988

The Telephone
1988

Free to Be... a Family
1988

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988

Citizen Steve
1987

Fatal Beauty
1987

Burglar
1987
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987
Repairs
1987

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986

The Making of Captain EO
1986

Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986
The Best of Comic Relief
1986

The Color Purple
1985

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1985

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
