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.

Known For

The Lion King
Toy Story 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ghost
Girl, Interrupted
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Birth Location New York City, New York, USA
Born 1955-11-13

Movies

Ezra as Jayne
2024
Leopardi & Co as Mildred
2024
Atrabilious as Dr. Andrea Hart
2024
Outlaw Posse as Stagecoach Mary
2024
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story as Self (archive footage)
2024
The Color Purple as Midwife (uncredited)
2023
Three Trees as (Narration)
2023
Barry Humphries at the BBC as Self (archive material)
2023
My Father's Dragon as Cat (voice)
2022
Till as Alma
2022
Luck as Captain (voice)
2022
The Hardest Thing as Mother Olm
2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage)
2022
2021
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self - Co-host, "The View"
2020
My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
Siempre, Luis as Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
The Most Magnificent Thing as Narrator (voice)
2019
Olympia as Herself
2018
Nobody's Fool as Lola
2018
Trump @War as Self (archive footage)
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2018
Furlough as Moms
2018
2017
9/11 as Metzie
2017
Descendants 2 as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2017
Gilbert as Self
2017
A Very Sordid Wedding as Abernatha Coleman
2017
King of the Dancehall as Loretta Brixton
2017
2016
2016
Black Dog, Red Dog as Calliope
2015
2015
Top Five as Self
2014
Big Stone Gap as Fleeta Mullins
2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Bernadette Thompson
2014
Blackfish as Self
2013
Moms Mabley as Self
2013
Radioman as Self
2012
2012
The Muppets as Whoopi Goldberg
2011
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey as Narrator (voice)
2011
The Little Engine That Could as The Tower (voice)
2011
For Colored Girls as Alice / White
2010
Toy Story 3 as Stretch (voice)
2010
2010
See You in September as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2010
Journey to the Stars as Narrator (voice)
2009
Kambakkht Ishq as Whoopi Goldberg
2009
2009
Stream as Jodi Quinn
2009
Descendants as Red Flower (voice)
2008
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Snow Buddies as Miss Mittens (voice)
2008
Farce of the Penguins as Helen (voice)
2007
2007
Homie Spumoni as Thelma
2006
Everyone's Hero as Darlin' (voice)
2006
Doogal as Ermintrude (voice)
2006
The N Word as Herself
2006
The Aristocrats as Self
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Whoopi Goldberg
2005
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
2005
Racing Stripes as Franny (voice)
2005
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 as Whoopi Goldberg
2004
Pinocchio 3000 as Cyberina (voice)
2004
The Lion King 1½ as Shenzi (voice)
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as Self (archive footage)
2004
Blizzard as Blizzard (voice)
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead as Whoopi Goldberg
2003
Good Fences as Mabel Spader
2003
Star Trek: Nemesis as Guinan (uncredited)
2002
Madeline: My Fair Madeline as Miss Clavel (voice)
2002
Showboy as Herself
2002
Call Me Claus as Lucy Cullins
2001
The Hollywood Sign as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
2001
Rat Race as Vera Baker
2001
Kingdom Come as Raynelle Slocumb
2001
Monkeybone as Death
2001
Golden Dreams as Califia, the Queen of California
2001
What Makes a Family as Terry Harrison
2001
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self - Host / Narrator
2000
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
2000
Girl, Interrupted as Valerie Owens
1999
Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as The Grand Banshee
1999
Jackie's Back! as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1999
The Deep End of the Ocean as Candy Bliss
1999
Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat
1999
Our Friend, Martin as Mrs. Peck (voice)
1999
1999
Get Bruce! as Self
1999
The Rugrats Movie as Ranger Margaret (voice)
1998
A Knight in Camelot as Dr. Vivien Morgan
1998
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Delilah Abraham
1998
1998
Titey as The Iceberg (voice)
1998
A Christmas Carol as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
1997
Cinderella as Queen Constantina
1997
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1997
In & Out as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
1997
Pitch as Herself
1997
1997
In the Gloaming as Nurse Myrna
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi as Myrlie Evers
1996
The Associate as Laurel Ayres
1996
Bogus as Harriet Franklin
1996
Bordello of Blood as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1996
The Sunshine Boys as Nurse (uncredited)
1996
Eddie as Eddie Franklin
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self (archive footage)
1996
1996
Theodore Rex as Katie Coltrane
1995
1995
Moonlight and Valentino as Sylvie Morrow
1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow as Guinan (archive footage)
1995
Boys on the Side as Jane Deluca
1995
The Making of 'The Pagemaster' as Self (archive footage)
1994
The Pagemaster as Fantasy (voice)
1994
Star Trek: Generations as Guinan (uncredited)
1994
Corrina, Corrina as Corrina Washington
1994
The Little Rascals as Buckwheat's Mom
1994
The Lion King as Shenzi (voice)
1994
But... Seriously as Self (archive footage)
1994
Liberation as Narrator
1994
A Cool Like That Christmas as Mom / Irwin (voice)
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Deloris Van Cartier
1993
Naked in New York as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as Billy York (uncredited)
1993
Made in America as Sarah Mathews
1993
Sarafina! as Mary Masembuko
1992
1992
Sister Act as Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence
1992
The Player as Detective Avery
1992
Defenders of Dynatron City as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1992
House Party 2 as Professor (uncredited)
1991
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption as Guinan (archive footage)
1991
Chez Whoopi as Self - Host
1991
Soapdish as Rose Schwartz
1991
The Long Walk Home as Odessa Cotter
1990
1990
Ghost as Oda Mae Brown
1990
1989
Homer and Eddie as Eddie Cervi
1989
1989
Kiss Shot as Sarah Collins
1989
1988
Clara's Heart as Clara Mayfield
1988
The Telephone as Vashti Blue
1988
Fatal Beauty as Rita Rizzoli
1987
1987
Burglar as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1987
Citizen Steve as Self - Actress
1987
Jumpin' Jack Flash as Terry Dolittle
1986
The Color Purple as Celie Harris Johnson
1985
1985
1982
Sister Act 3 as Deloris
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Movies

Butterfly in the Sky Executive Producer
2024
A New Orleans Noel Executive Producer
2022
Till Producer
2022
Caught in His Web Executive Producer
2022
Moms Mabley Producer
2013
Moms Mabley Executive Producer
2013
Moms Mabley Director
2013
The Piano Man's Daughter Executive Producer
2003
Good Fences Producer
2003
Call Me Claus Executive Producer
2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood Executive Producer
2001
What Makes a Family Executive Producer
2001
The Mao Game Co-Producer
1999
Chez Whoopi Executive Producer
1991
Sister Act 3 Producer
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