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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1955-11-13
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
Star Trek: Generations
1994
6.50
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
6.30
Ghost
1990
7.20
The Color Purple
1985
7.74
Toy Story 3
2010
7.80
Girl, Interrupted
1999
7.57
Sister Act
1992
6.83
Bogus
1996
5.79
The Player
1992
7.20
Corrina, Corrina
1994
6.68
The Little Rascals
1994
6.79
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
6.08
Eddie
1996
5.46
The Associate
1996
6.20
The Lion King 1½
2004
6.60
Naked in New York
1993
4.38
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
6.37
Alice in Wonderland
1999
6.20
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
6.55
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
6.60
Monkeybone
2001
5.16
A Knight in Camelot
1998
5.48
Doogal
2006
4.95
The Lion King
1994
8.30
Made in America
1993
5.50
Soapdish
1991
6.20
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
6.70
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
5.80
Boys on the Side
1995
6.37
Citizen Steve
1987
5.90
Comic Relief 2006
2006
7.00
Fatal Beauty
1987
5.51
Sarafina!
1992
6.10
Jackie's Back!
1999
6.50
Theodore Rex
1995
3.62
The Rugrats Movie
1998
6.25
Luck
2022
7.75
Cinderella
1997
6.52
Descendants
2008
7.00
The Pagemaster
1994
6.40
Everyone's Hero
2006
6.04
The Aristocrats
2005
5.90
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
4.20
Good Fences
2003
5.72
In the Gloaming
1997
5.88
House Party 2
1991
5.35
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
6.37
For Colored Girls
2010
6.64
Burglar
1987
5.19
A Christmas Carol
1997
6.43
Call Me Claus
2001
5.74
Titey
1998
0.00
Homer and Eddie
1989
5.54
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
5.50
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
6.00
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
4.10
Get Bruce!
1999
6.20
Kiss Shot
1989
5.90
The Long Walk Home
1990
7.64
Pitch
1997
6.30
The Little Engine That Could
2011
6.20
Clara's Heart
1988
5.45
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
7.00
The Telephone
1988
4.20
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
8.00
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002
5.70
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
8.50
The Making of Captain EO
1986
6.70
What Makes a Family
2001
6.23
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
0.00
Outlaw Posse
2024
4.50
Free to Be... a Family
1988
9.30
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
10.00
Pinocchio 3000
2004
4.36
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
7.60
Journey to the Stars
2009
7.00
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
8.33
Destination Anywhere
1997
6.82
Bordello of Blood
1996
5.91
My Father's Dragon
2022
7.10
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
7.20
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
8.00
Radioman
2012
6.00
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
7.00
Leopardi & Co
2025
7.00
Liberation
1994
7.83
Atrabilious
2024
1.00
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
8.50
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
5.00
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
10.00
Chez Whoopi
1991
10.00
Comic Relief III
1989
0.00
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
6.24
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
10.00
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
0.00
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.20
But... Seriously
1994
10.00
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
6.63
Snow Buddies
2008
6.14
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
7.50
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
9.30
Top Five
2014
6.09
The Color Purple
2023
7.02
Our Friend, Martin
1999
6.90
Homie Spumoni
2006
4.27
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008
6.60
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
6.00
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987
10.00
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992
6.80
Stream
2009
0.00
Ezra
2024
6.95
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
3.30
Racing Stripes
2005
5.89
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
3.54
The Celluloid Closet
1996
7.10
Descendants 2
2017
7.35
Three Trees
2023
0.00
Big Stone Gap
2014
5.91
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
5.92
Our Barbara
2023
10.00
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
9.20
Kingdom Come
2001
6.50
Declaration of Independence
2003
10.00
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
8.20
Flower of the Dawn
2025
0.00
Babes
2024
5.98
Junket Whore
1998
3.50
New York Street Games
2010
0.00
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
6.40
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016
7.40
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
7.50
The Sunshine Boys
1996
4.74
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007
0.00
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
4.60
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
4.80
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
4.10
Gilbert
2017
6.70
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
5.00
9/11
2017
5.10
Golden Dreams
2001
5.00
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
4.34
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
6.50
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
7.10
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
6.30
Citizen
1982
10.00
In & Out
1997
6.46
The Hollywood Sign
2002
4.30
Showboy
2002
3.38
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
2.88
See You in September
2010
4.31
Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
1999
6.60
Farce of the Penguins
2006
4.12
The Muppets
2011
6.68
King of the Dancehall
2017
7.60
Blackfish
2013
7.84
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
5.30
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017
7.80
The Problem with Apu
2017
4.80
Wisecracks
1992
8.00
Furlough
2018
5.70
The Gospel According to André
2018
6.30
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
5.70
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
7.90
Nobody's Fool
2018
6.10
The World of Nat King Cole
2004
0.00
Trump @War
2018
7.80
Olympia
2018
8.00
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019
3.80
Blizzard
2003
5.90
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019
8.60
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993
8.00
My Darling Vivian
2020
6.78
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
5.80
Find Your Groove
2020
10.00
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987
6.50
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020
10.00
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
5.40
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
6.30
The N Word
2006
6.60
Cracked Up
2019
7.20
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
7.20
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994
6.00
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2026
0.00
Rescued from the Closet
2001
6.00
Till
2022
7.30
Comic Relief '90
1990
5.00
Making Rat Race
2002
0.00
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
0.00
Like Tears in Rain
2024
7.50
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
6.30
Sisters in Italy
0.00
Rio
2017
1.00
Rat Race
2001
6.28
Repairs
1987
0.00
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025
0.00
Creating Ragtime
1998
0.00
Python Legs!
2012
0.00
