Whoopi Goldberg
Known for Acting · 409 credits
- Born
- 1955-11-13 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Caryn Elaine Johnson · Whoopie 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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Janette Grayson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / Good Witch
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest Host
TV Shows (124)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Janette Grayson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / Good Witch
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest Host
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Chesley Watkins
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Blue Bloods
2010
as Regina Thomas
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self (uncredited) / The Iceberg (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Guinan
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge / Self - Special Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Moderator / Self - Co-Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
The Nanny
1993
as Whoopi Goldberg / Edna
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
The Middle
2009
as Jane Marsh
Glee
2009
as Carmen Tibideaux
Wogan
1982
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Presenter
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Mikhaela (voice)
Hacks
2021
as Whoopi Goldberg
Entourage
2004
as Whoopi Goldberg
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Lydia Emerson
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
30 Rock
2006
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
as Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Desus & Mero
2019
as Self
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Barb (voice)
A Different World
1987
as Dr. Jordan
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Peligre
Moonlighting
1985
as Camille Brand
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self
Godfather of Harlem
2019
as Miss Willa
Star Trek: Picard
2020
as Guinan
American Masters
1986
as Self
Bubble Guppies
2011
as Pirate Myra (voice)
Amphibia
2019
as Mother Olm (voice)
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Louise Clarkson
Classic Albums
1997
as Self (archive footage)
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Winner
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
as Self - Guest Judge
The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Presenter
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Gaia (voice)
Suburgatory
2011
as Yakult (voice)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self
The Tick
2016
as Whoopi Goldberg
Movies (285)
Toy Story 3
2010
as Stretch (voice)
The Lion King
1994
as Shenzi (voice)
Descendants 2
2017
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
as Bernadette Thompson
Luck
2022
as Captain (voice)
Ghost
1990
as Oda Mae Brown
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Valerie
The Lion King 1½
2004
as Shenzi (voice)
The Little Rascals
1994
as Buckwheat's Mom
Sister Act
1992
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016
as Self
The Muppets
2011
as Whoopi Goldberg
Babes
2024
as Dawn's Breasts
Rat Race
2001
as Vera Baker
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Deloris Van Cartier
Till
2022
as Alma
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
as Guinan (uncredited)
The Color Purple
2023
as Midwife (uncredited)
The Color Purple
1985
as Celie
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Terry Dolittle
Racing Stripes
2005
as Franny (voice)
The Player
1992
as Detective Avery
Bordello of Blood
1996
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Pagemaster
1994
as Fantasy (voice)
Pinocchio 3000
2004
as Cyberina (voice)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
as Viola
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Cheshire Cat
The Rugrats Movie
1998
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
as Self
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
as Candy Bliss
In & Out
1997
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
Monkeybone
2001
as Death
Alegría
1999
as Baby Clown
Everyone's Hero
2006
as Darlin' (voice)
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self
Star Trek: Generations
1994
as Guinan (uncredited)
Boys on the Side
1995
as Jane Deluca
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
as God
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Cat (voice)
Top Five
2014
as Whoopi Goldberg
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2027
Citizen Steve
1987
as Self - Actress
Ezra
2024
as Jayne
Blackfish
2013
as Self
Leopardi & Co
2025
as Mildred
King of the Dancehall
2017
as Loretta Brixton
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Myrlie Evers
Corrina, Corrina
1994
as Corrina Washington
Soapdish
1991
as Rose Schwartz
The Long Walk Home
1990
as Odessa Cotter
Radioman
2012
as Self
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
In the Gloaming
1997
as Nurse Myrna
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Whoopi Goldberg
Big Stone Gap
2014
as Fleeta Mullins
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
as (voice)
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
as Self
Cinderella
1997
as Queen Constantina
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Eddie
1996
as Eddie Franklin
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Sylvie Morrow
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
as Self (uncredited)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Stream
2009
as Jodi Quinn
Snow Buddies
2008
as Miss Mittens (voice)
Made in America
1993
as Sarah Mathews
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as Daniel's 'Boss'
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Delilah Abraham
9/11
2017
as Metzie
Burglar
1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as Whoopi Goldberg
Group Therapy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
as Self
The Little Engine That Could
2011
as The Tower (voice)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
For Colored Girls
2010
as Alice / White
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Aqua (voice)
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
as Self
Nobody's Fool
2018
as Lola
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Billy York (uncredited)
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self
The Associate
1996
as Laurel Ayres
The Sunshine Boys
1996
as Nurse (uncredited)
New York Street Games
2010
as Self
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019
as Self
Gilbert
2017
as Self
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
as Abernatha Coleman
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
as Self
Olympia
2018
as Self
The Problem with Apu
2017
as Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Whoopi Goldberg
Call Me Claus
2001
as Lucy Cullins
Wisecracks
1992
House Party 2
1991
as Professor (uncredited)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
as Self
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
Bogus
1996
as Harriet Franklin
See You in September
2010
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
Farce of the Penguins
2006
as Helen (voice)
Descendants
2008
as Red Flower (voice)
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024
as self
Repairs
1987
as The Voice (voice)
Kingdom Come
2001
as Raynelle Slocumb
Like Tears in Rain
2024
as Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Comic Relief '90
1990
as Self
The Hollywood Sign
2002
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Cléo
Atrabilious
2024
as Dr. Andrea Hart
Furlough
2018
as Moms
About 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… With 409 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Whoopi Goldberg has appeared in 285 films and 124 TV shows.
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Most Popular Whoopi Goldberg Movies
- Toy Story 3 (2010) — as Stretch (voice)
- The Lion King (1994) — as Shenzi (voice)
- Descendants 2 (2017) — as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) — as Bernadette Thompson
- Luck (2022) — as Captain (voice)
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