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Whoopi Goldberg

Television Actress / Film Actress / Radio Personality / Singer-songwriter / Penwoman / Novelist / Voice Actress / Character Actress / Stage Actress / Comedian / Film Producer / Television Presenter / Screenwriter / Theatrical Producer / Television Producer / Composer / Actress | * 11/13/1955 (68) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of 19 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Goldberg began her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, Spook Show, which transferred to Broadway under the title Whoopi Goldberg, running from 1984 to 1985. She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the recording of the show. Her film breakthrough came in 1985 with her role as Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in Steven Spielberg's period drama film The Color Purple, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. For her role as an eccentric psychic in the romantic fantasy film Ghost (1990), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equ ...

The Color Purple

PG-13

1985 | 3.9/5 | 2h 34min
Drama
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Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is ...

Ghost

PG-13

1990 | 3.6/5 | 2h 7min
Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance / Love
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A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the oth ...

Sister Act

PG

1992 | 3.4/5 | 1h 40min
Music, Comedy
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Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn ...

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

PG

1993 | 3.2/5 | 1h 47min
Music, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Whoopi Goldberg

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Theatre World Award Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Golden Globe Awards Crystal Award Honorary Doctor of Brandeis University Drama Desk Award Emmy Awards Grammy Awards Tony Awards Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Drama League Award Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year GLAAD Vanguard Award Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
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Movies with Whoopi Goldberg as Actress(218)

as Mildred2024 Leopardi & Co
as Self (archive footage)2024 I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024 Outlaw Posse
as Dr. Andrea Hart2024 Atrabilious
as herself2024 Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
as Midwife (uncredited)2023 The Color Purple
as herself2023 Our Barbara -- A Special Edition of 20/20
2023 Ezra
2023 Comic Relief 2006
as Aqua (voice)2023 Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Deloris2023 Sister Act 3
2023 Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk
as herself2022 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022 Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as herself2022 Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
as herself2022 Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as herself2022 Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Captain (voice)2022 Luck
as Cat (voice)2022 My Father's Dragon
as Self (archive footage)2022 Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
as Alma2022 Till
as herself2021 Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days
as Self - Host2021 The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
as herself2020 The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as (archive footage)2020 The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as herself2020 Find Your Groove
as Narrator2020 Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
as herself2020 Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self - Co-host, "The View"2020 Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)2020 Siempre, Luis
as Self (archive footage)2020 My Darling Vivian
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)2020 Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as herself2019 Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
as herself2019 Cracked Up: The Darrell Hammond Story
as herself2019 Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
as Narrator (voice)2019 The Most Magnificent Thing
as Moms2018 Furlough
as herself2018 Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
as Lola2018 Nobody's Fool
as herself2018 Olympia
as Self (archive footage)2018 Trump @War
as herself2018 The Gospel According to André
as herself2018 Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
as Host2017 Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
as Abernatha Coleman2017 A Very Sordid Wedding
as Metzie2017 9/11
as herself2017 Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as herself2017 The Problem with Apu
as herself2017 Gilbert
as herself2017 The Truth Is in the Stars
as Yari2017 Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Loretta Brixton2017 King of the Dancehall
as herself2016 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as herself2016 Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
as herself2016 X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
as herself2016 50 Years of Star Trek
as herself2015 The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
as herself2015 Misery Loves Comedy
as Calliope2015 Black Dog, Red Dog
as Fleeta Mullins2014 Big Stone Gap
as Bernadette Thompson2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Viola2014 A Day Late and a Dollar Short
as Self - Interviewee2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as herself2014 Top Five
as Narrator2013 The Contradictions of Fair Hope
as herself2013 Moms Mabley
as herself2013 Blackfish
as herself2013 Miracle Rising: South Africa
as herself2013 Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
as herself2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as herself2013 Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as herself2012 Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as God2011 A Little Bit of Heaven
as herself2011 The Muppets
as Narrator (voice)2011 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
as Narrator (voice)2011 Bubblegum and Broken Fingers
as The Tower (voice)2011 The Little Engine That Could
as Stretch (voice)2010 Toy Story 3
as herself2010 Teenage Paparazzo
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)2010 See You in September
as herself2010 The Black List: Volume Three
as Alice / White2010 For Colored Girls
as herself2009 Madea Goes to Jail
as herself2009 Star Trek: The Captains' Summit
as herself2009 Kambakkht Ishq
as Red Flower (voice)2008 Descendants
as Miss Mittens (voice)2008 Snow Buddies
as Narrator (voice)2008 Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
as Taxi Driver2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as herself2007 Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
as herself2007 Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Helen (voice)2007 Farce of the Penguins
as herself2007 Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as herself2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Mom2007 If I Had Known I Was a Genius
as herself2007 The Sophisticated Misfit
as Darlin' (voice)2006 Everyone's Hero
as herself2006 The N Word
2006 Homie Spumoni
as Ermintrude (voice)2006 Doogal
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady2005 Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
as Franny (voice)2005 Racing Stripes
as herself2005 The Aristocrats
as herself2004 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as herself2004 Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
as Self (archive footage)2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Cyberina (voice)2004 Pinocchio 3000
as Shenzi (voice)2004 The Lion King 1½
as herself2003 Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as Mabel Spader2003 Good Fences
as Voice2003 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
as herself2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead
as herself2003 Declaration of Independence
as Narrator (voice)2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as Blizzard (voice)2003 Blizzard
as Guinan2002 Star Trek: Nemesis
as herself2002 Showboy
as herself2002 Searching for Debra Winger
as Miss Clavel (voice)2002 Madeline: My Fair Madeline
as Daniel's 'Boss'2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)2001 The Hollywood Sign
as Raynelle Slocumb2001 Kingdom Come
as Death2001 Monkeybone
as herself2001 Rescued from the Closet
as herself2001 Ghost: Remembering the Magic
as Califia, the Queen of California2001 Golden Dreams
as Lucy Cullins2001 Call Me Claus
as Vera Baker2001 Rat Race
as Terry Harrison2001 What Makes a Family
as Judge Cameo2000 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Cléo2000 More Dogs Than Bones
2000 Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation
1999 Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
as Candy Bliss1999 The Deep End of the Ocean
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)1999 Jackie's Back!
as The Grand Banshee1999 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Cheshire Cat1999 Alice in Wonderland
as Baby Clown1999 Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
as Narrator1999 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Mrs. Peck (voice)1999 Our Friend, Martin
as Valerie Owens1999 Girl, Interrupted
as herself1999 Get Bruce!
as Ranger Margaret (voice)1998 The Rugrats Movie
as Dr. Vivien Morgan1998 A Knight in Camelot
as herself1998 Jackie Chan: My Story
as Stormella (voice)1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as Delilah Abraham1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as herself1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as The Iceberg (voice)1998 Titey
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)1997 Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)1997 In & Out
as herself1997 Pitch
as Queen Constantina1997 Cinderella
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)1997 A Christmas Carol
as Self (archive footage)1997 Sports on the Silver Screen
as Cabbie1997 Destination Anywhere
as Nurse Myrna1997 In the Gloaming
as Nurse1996 The Sunshine Boys
as herself1996 The Celluloid Closet
as Harriet Franklin1996 Bogus
as Myrlie Evers1996 Ghosts of Mississippi
as Eddie Franklin1996 Eddie
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)1996 Bordello of Blood
as Laurel Ayres1996 The Associate
as Sylvie Morrow1995 Moonlight and Valentino
as Katie Coltrane1995 Theodore Rex
as Guinan (archive footage)1995 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow
as Jane Deluca1995 Boys on the Side
as Self - Hostess1995 The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
as Self (archive footage)1994 Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Herself (archive footage)1994 But... Seriously
as Guinan1994 Star Trek: Generations
as herself1994 Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
as Buckwheat's Mom1994 The Little Rascals
as Narrator1994 Liberation
as Fantasy (voice)1994 The Pagemaster
as Herself - Archival Footage1994 The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
as Corrina Washington1994 Corrina, Corrina
as Shenzi (voice)1994 The Lion King
as Deloris Van Cartier1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall1993 Naked in New York
as Billy York1993 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Mom / Irwin (voice)1993 A Cool Like That Christmas
as Sarah Mathews1993 Made in America
as Mary Masembuko1992 Sarafina!
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)1992 Defenders of Dynatron City
1992 Wisecracks
as Detective Avery1992 The Player
as herself1992 The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence1992 Sister Act
as Professor1991 House Party 2
as herself1991 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as Rose Schwartz1991 Soapdish
as Self - Host1991 Chez Whoopi
as Self - Choir Member1990 Voices That Care
as Odessa Cotter1990 The Long Walk Home
as Guinan (archive footage)1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Oda Mae Brown1990 Ghost
as Sarah Collins1989 Kiss Shot
as herself1989 Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly
as herself1989 Hanna-Barbera's 50th
as Eddie Cervi1989 Homer and Eddie
as herself1989 Beverly Hills Brats
as Vashti Blue1988 The Telephone
as Clara Mayfield1988 Clara's Heart
as herself1988 Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Fontaine1988 Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr1987 Burglar
as herself1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self - Actress1987 Citizen Steve
as Rita Rizzoli1987 Fatal Beauty
as Terry Dolittle1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash
as herself1986 Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
as Host1986 The Making of Captain EO
as herself1985 Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
as Celie Harris Johnson1985 The Color Purple
1982 Citizen

TV Shows/Series with Whoopi Goldberg as Actress(91)

as Bird Woman2024 Anansi Boys
as herself2022 JANET JACKSON.
as Self - Guest2022 Cuomo
as herself2021 The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)2021 Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
as Narrator2021 JFK: Destiny Betrayed
as herself2021 The Story of Late Night
as herself2020 The Comedy Store
as Narrator (voice)2020 The Con
as herself2020 The George Lucas Talk Show
as Guinan2020 Star Trek: Picard
as Mary2020 Staged
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Mother Olm (voice)2019 Amphibia
as Miss Willa2019 Godfather of Harlem
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as herself2019 Desus & Mero
as herself2019 Lorena
as herself2018 The Shop
2018 James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Police Officer2018 Random Acts of Flyness
as herself2018 Citizen Rose
as Barb (voice)2018 Summer Camp Island
as Self (archive footage)2017 The Nineties
2016 Ask the Storybots
as herself2016 The Tick
as herself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as herself2015 StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Mikhaela (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as The Magic Mirror (voice)2014 The 7D
as herself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)2013 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as Regina Thomas2010 Blue Bloods
as Carmen Tibideaux2009 Glee
as Self - Guest2009 The Justin Lee Collins Show
as herself2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as herself2007 The Naked Brothers Band
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
2006 Rachael Ray
2006 So NoTORIous
as herself2006 30 Rock
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
2005 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Herself/Restaurant Patron2005 Hell's Kitchen
2005 Everybody Hates Chris
as herself2005 The Reichen Show
2004 The Tony Danza Show
as herself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
as Mavis Rae2003 Whoopi
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as herself2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2002 Liberty's Kids
2002 Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
as Chesley Watkins2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2000 Strong Medicine
as Janette Grayson1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ransome (voice)1999 Foxbusters
as herself1998 Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as herself1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 Celebrity Deathmatch
as herself1997 Leute heute
as Self (archive footage)1997 Classic Albums
as Self - Moderator1997 The View
as Self - Co-Host1997 The View
as Self - Guest1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as herself1996 Muppets Tonight
as herself1995 MADtv
as herself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as herself1993 The Nanny
as Edna1993 The Nanny
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1990 Bagdad Cafe
as Gaia1990 Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1989 Tales from the Crypt
as herself1988 This Morning
as Dr. Jordan1987 A Different World
as Guinan1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1986 Pee-wee's Playhouse
as herself1986 American Masters
1985 Moonlighting
1984 Muppet Babies
as herself1982 Wogan
as herself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as Mariah Johnston1980 CBS Schoolbreak Special
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)1975 Saturday Night Live
as herself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as herself1971 Great Performances

Movies with Whoopi Goldberg as Crew(15)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Butterfly in the Sky
Production/Producer2023 Sister Act 3
Production/Executive Producer2022 Caught in His Web
Production/Executive Producer2022 A New Orleans Noel
Production/Producer2022 Till
Directing/Director2013 Moms Mabley
Production/Executive Producer2013 Moms Mabley
Production/Producer2013 Moms Mabley
Writing/Writer2005 Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
Production/Executive Producer2003 The Piano Man's Daughter
Production/Producer2003 Good Fences
Production/Executive Producer2001 Call Me Claus
Production/Co-Producer1999 The Mao Game
Production/Executive Producer1991 Chez Whoopi
Writing/Writer1985 Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

TV Shows/Series with Whoopi Goldberg as Crew(6)

Creator/Creator2016 Strut
Production/Producer2006 Just for Kicks
Creator/Creator2006 Just for Kicks
Production/Producer2003 Whoopi
Production/Producer2000 Strong Medicine
Creator/Creator2000 Strong Medicine

Additional Information

Born: Sunday, 11/13 1955 (November) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 68 years + 159 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New York University, Washington Irving High School, HB Studio
Employer: UNICEF
Record Label: MCA Records
Net worth estimate: 45,000,000 USD
Named after: whoopee cushion
Spouses (current/former): Lyle Trachtenberg, David Claessen, Alvin Martin
Children: Alex Martin
Other names for Whoopi Goldberg (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Caryn Elaine Johnson"
"Whoopie Goldberg"
"우피 골드버그"
Whoopi Goldberg frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (39x, Actor)
Chris Rock (39x, Actor)
Bill Hader (28x, Actor)
Kenan Thompson (28x, Actor)
Tom Hanks (25x, Actor)
Patton Oswalt (25x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (25x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (24x, Actress)
Bobby Moynihan (24x, Actor)
Martin Short (23x, Actor)
Rachel Dratch (23x, Actress)
Robin Williams (17x, Actor)
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