
Whoopi Goldberg
Born November 13, 1955 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Movies

The Lion King

Toy Story 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ghost

Luck

Girl, Interrupted

The Lion King 1½

The Little Rascals

The Color Purple

Sister Act

The Muppets

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

Descendants 2

The Player

Racing Stripes

Rat Race

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Star Trek: Nemesis

The Rugrats Movie

Bordello of Blood

In & Out

Babes

Monkeybone

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

The Pagemaster

Ezra

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

The Color Purple

Star Trek: Generations

Alice in Wonderland

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Soapdish

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Everyone's Hero

Night of 100 Stars II

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

Jackie Chan: My Story

Madea Goes to Jail

Till

Snow Buddies

The Associate

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Blackfish

Feeding America Comedy Festival

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

Corrina, Corrina

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Nobody's Fool

The Aristocrats

Burglar

Radioman

Eddie

Cinderella

Made in America

Boys on the Side

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

For Colored Girls

Kambakkht Ishq

9/11

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

A Little Bit of Heaven

My Father's Dragon

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

If I Had Known I Was a Genius

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

Kingdom Come

Sarafina!

Top Five

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

50 Years of Star Trek

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Ghosts of Mississippi

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Doogal

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Olympia

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

The Celluloid Closet

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

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

Fatal Beauty

Theodore Rex

Bogus

Misery Loves Comedy

The Long Walk Home

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

A Knight in Camelot

Searching for Debra Winger

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

Moonlight and Valentino

Farce of the Penguins

Naked in New York

Our Friend, Martin

Pinocchio 3000

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

The N Word

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Find Your Groove

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

Pauly Shore Is Dead

A Very Sordid Wedding

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Call Me Claus

Declaration of Independence

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Gilbert

Blizzard

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
TV Shows

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Blue Bloods

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Late Show with David Letterman

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Real Time with Bill Maher

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The View

The Middle

Glee

Hacks

Hollywood Squares

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Nanny

30 Rock

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The One Show

BoJack Horseman

Entourage

Sherri

Great Performances

Hell's Kitchen

Wogan

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Strong Medicine

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Summer Camp Island

Tony Awards

American Masters

Tamron Hall

Amphibia

The Drew Barrymore Show

Moonlighting

A Different World

Tales from the Crypt

Star Trek: Picard

Wetten, dass..?

Godfather of Harlem

Everybody Hates Chris

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

The Reichen Show

Bubble Guppies

The 7D

The Oscars

People's Choice Awards

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Broad City

Suburgatory

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Reading Rainbow

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Muppet Babies

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Basketball: A Love Story

Bear in the Big Blue House

Classic Albums

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

The Shop

The Tick

The Stand

Rachael Ray

Desus & Mero

Staged

Harlem

Number One on the Call Sheet

The Chris Rock Show

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Muppets Tonight

Ask the Storybots

The Nineties

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Liberty's Kids

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.

Celebrity Deathmatch

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Cuomo

Kevin

The Naked Brothers Band

Shatner's Raw Nerve

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

The Stinky & Dirty Show

CBS Schoolbreak Special

Dolly

Whoopi

The Weber Show

When We Rise

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

Hollywood Black

So NoTORIous

The Foxbusters

De TV Show

This Morning

JANET JACKSON.

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

Citizen Rose

MADtv

Saturday TV Funhouse

Bagdad Cafe

The Story of Late Night

Random Acts of Flyness

Pulp Comics

Comic Relief

Inside the Actors Studio

Anansi Boys

Lorena

The Con

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

Whoopi's Littleburg
More Movies

The Little Engine That Could

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

House Party 2

Get Bruce!

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

What Makes a Family

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

My Darling Vivian

Teenage Paparazzo

The Sunshine Boys

Outlaw Posse

Making Rat Race

Homer and Eddie

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Clara's Heart

Jackie's Back!

Captain Zero: The Movie

Furlough

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

Group Therapy

See You in September

Alegría

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

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

Junket Whore

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Black Dog, Red Dog

Destination Anywhere

The Telephone

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Good Fences

Our Barbara

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

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

Rescued from the Closet

In the Gloaming

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Liberation

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Big Stone Gap

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Flower of the Dawn

The Making of Captain EO

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

A Cool Like That Christmas

Free to Be... a Family

Titey

A Christmas Carol

Citizen Steve

Like Tears in Rain

Madeline: My Fair Madeline

Cracked Up

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

Sports on the Silver Screen

Commitment to Life

Pitch

Atrabilious

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

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

Homie Spumoni

Aretha Franklin: Duets

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

The Gospel According to André

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Descendants

Kiss Shot

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation

Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

More Dogs Than Bones

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic

The Hollywood Sign

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

The World of Nat King Cole

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

Barry Humphries at the BBC

New York Street Games

Butterfly in the Sky

Defenders of Dynatron City

Beverly Hills Brats

Golden Dreams

Trump @War

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

The Most Magnificent Thing

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

Help Save Planet Earth

The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

The Truth Is in the Stars

Citizen

The Problem with Apu

New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions

Python Legs!

Wisecracks

Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic

Ghost: Remembering the Magic

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Celebrity Guide to Wine

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

Leopardi & Co

King of the Dancehall

Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Comic Relief III

The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

Bill Cosby: Walking Free

Comic Relief 2006

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge

Sister Act 3

Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway

The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

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

Comic Relief VII

Chez Whoopi

The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut

Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me

Creating Ragtime

Journey to the Stars

Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts




