
Whoopi Goldberg
14 FOLLOWERS • 146 CREDITS • NOV 13, 1955 • 69
Biography
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: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Blue Bloods

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Oscars

The Graham Norton Show

The Middle

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The One Show

Tony Awards

Honest Trailers

Tales from the Crypt

Hacks

The Nanny

BoJack Horseman

Hollywood Squares

Broad City

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

Classic Albums

Real Time with Bill Maher

Glee

Suburgatory

Star Trek: Picard

RuPaul's Drag Race

Wogan

A Different World

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Desus & Mero

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Summer Camp Island

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

MADtv

Amphibia

The Shop

The Weber Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Bubble Guppies

The Tick

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

The Chris Rock Show

Staged

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Harlem

Godfather of Harlem

The Stinky & Dirty Show

Random Acts of Flyness

Citizen Rose

The Naked Brothers Band

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

Number One on the Call Sheet

The 7D

Ask the Storybots

30 Rock

Bear in the Big Blue House

Everybody Hates Chris

CBS Schoolbreak Special

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Lorena

Hell's Kitchen

In & Out

Descendants 2

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Vice

Miss Americana

Katy Perry: Part of Me

The Muppets

House Party 2

The Color Purple

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Star Trek: Generations

Blackfish

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

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

Star Trek: Nemesis

Babes

Toy Story 3

Madea Goes to Jail

The Little Rascals

Top Five

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Snow Buddies

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Lion King

Making Rat Race

Girl, Interrupted

Barry Humphries at the BBC

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Soapdish

The Lion King 1½

The Magic School Bus

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

The Comedy Store

Till

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

The Celluloid Closet

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

Atrabilious

Anansi Boys

Nobody's Fool

But... Seriously

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

Rat Race

Luck

Moonlight and Valentino

The Stand

Cinderella

In the Gloaming

Ghost

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Sarafina!

The Black List: Volume Three

Comic Relief

The Color Purple

A Knight in Camelot

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act

The Rugrats Movie

Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly

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

Whoopi

Bagdad Cafe

The Associate

Golden Dreams

The Con

Defenders of Dynatron City

Boys on the Side

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

The Making of Captain EO
Production Credits
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