Whoopi Goldberg
female
Born on November 13, 1955 (69 years old)
From New York City, New York, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2027
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
Luck
as
Captain (voice)
2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
as
Self (archive footage)
2022
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as
Self
2022
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
as
Self
2022
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as
Self (archive footage)
2022
My Father's Dragon
as
Cat (voice)
2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as
Self
2022
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
as
Self
2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as
Self
2022
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
as
Self
2022
Till
as
Alma
2022
Sherri
as
Self - Guest
2022
Cuomo
as
Self - Guest
2022
JANET JACKSON.
as
Self
2022
- 2021
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
as
Self - Host
2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as
Self
2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
as
Self - Guest
2021
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
The Story of Late Night
as
Self
2021
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
as
Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
2021
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as
Self
2021
Harlem
as
Dr. Elise Pruitt
2021
Hacks
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2021
- 2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as
Self (archive footage)
2018
Furlough
as
Moms
2018
The Gospel According to André
as
Self
2018
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
as
Self
2018
Nobody's Fool
as
Lola
2018
Trump @War
as
Self (archive footage)
2018
Olympia
as
Herself
2018
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
as
Self - Host
2018
The Shop
as
Self
2018
Basketball: A Love Story
as
Self (archive footage)
2018
Citizen Rose
as
Self
2018
Random Acts of Flyness
as
Police Officer
2018
Summer Camp Island
as
Barb (voice)
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as
Self
2018
- 2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as
Yari (voice)
2017
Descendants 2
as
Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2017
Gilbert
as
Self
2017
9/11
as
Metzie
2017
The Truth Is in the Stars
as
Self
2017
King of the Dancehall
as
Loretta Brixton
2017
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as
Self
2017
A Very Sordid Wedding
as
Abernatha Coleman
2017
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
as
Host
2017
The Problem with Apu
as
Self
2017
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Rio
as
Gayle Morgenstern
2017
The Nineties
as
Self (archive footage)
2017
When We Rise
as
Pat Norman
2017
- 2016
50 Years of Star Trek
as
Self
2016
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
as
Herself
2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as
Self
2016
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
as
Herself
2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as
Self (archive footage)
2016
Ask the Storybots
2016
The Tick
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2016
The Stinky & Dirty Show
as
Meg (voice)
2016
- 2015
- 2014
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
as
Viola
2014
Top Five
as
Self
2014
Big Stone Gap
as
Fleeta Mullins
2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as
Bernadette Thompson
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self
2014
Broad City
as
Self
2014
The 7D
as
Magic Mirror (voice)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as
Self
2014
BoJack Horseman
as
Mikhaela (voice)
2014
- 2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as
Self
2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as
Self
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as
Self
2013
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Miracle Rising: South Africa
as
Self
2013
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
as
Self
2013
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
as
Narrator
2013
Blackfish
as
Self
2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as
Guinan (archive footage)
2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as
Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
Toy Story 3
as
Stretch (voice)
2010
For Colored Girls
as
Alice / White
2010
Teenage Paparazzo
as
Self
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as
(archive footage)
2010
New York Street Games
as
Self
2010
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The Black List: Volume Three
as
Self
2010
See You in September
as
Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as
Self - Guest Judge
2010
Blue Bloods
as
Regina Thomas
2010
- 2009
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
as
Self
2009
Kambakkht Ishq
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2009
Journey to the Stars
as
Narrator (voice)
2009
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Stream
as
Jodi Quinn
2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
as
Self (archive footage)
2009
Madea Goes to Jail
as
Self
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as
Self - Guest Judge
2009
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Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
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The Justin Lee Collins Show
as
Self - Guest
2009
The Middle
as
Jane Marsh
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as
Self - Special Guest
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as
Self - Guest
2009
Glee
as
Carmen Tibideaux
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as
Self
2009
- 2008
- 2007
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
as
Self
2007
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
as
Mom
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as
Self
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as
Self
2007
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
as
Self
2007
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The Sophisticated Misfit
as
Self
2007
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Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
as
Self
2007
The Naked Brothers Band
as
Herself
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as
Self
2007
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The Word According to Whoopi
as
Herself
2007
- 2006
Doogal
as
Ermintrude (voice)
2006
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Everyone's Hero
as
Darlin' (voice)
2006
Homie Spumoni
as
Thelma
2006
Farce of the Penguins
as
Helen (voice)
2006
The N Word
as
Self
2006
The One Show
as
Self - Guest
2006
30 Rock
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2006
So NoTORIous
as
MaMa Belle
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as
Self
2006
- 2005
The Aristocrats
as
Self
2005
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
as
Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
2005
Racing Stripes
as
Franny (voice)
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2005
Everybody Hates Chris
as
Louise Clarkson
2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as
Self
2005
Hell's Kitchen
as
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
The Reichen Show
as
Self
2005
- 2004
The Lion King 1½
as
Shenzi (voice)
2004
Pinocchio 3000
as
Cyberina (voice)
2004
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
as
Self
2004
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as
Self (archive footage)
2004
The World of Nat King Cole
as
Self
2004
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The Tony Danza Show
as
Self - Guest
2004
Whoopi's Littleburg
2004
Entourage
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2004
- 2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as
Self
2003
Good Fences
as
Mabel Spader
2003
Declaration of Independence
as
Self
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2003
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
as
Voice
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as
Narrator (voice)
2003
Blizzard
as
Blizzard (voice)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as
Self
2003
Whoopi
as
Mavis Rae
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as
Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
as
Self
2003
- 2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
as
Guinan (uncredited)
2002
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as
Daniel's 'Boss'
2002
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
as
Miss Clavel (voice)
2002
The Hollywood Sign
as
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
2002
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Showboy
as
Herself
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
as
Self
2002
Making Rat Race
as
Herself
2002
Liberty's Kids
as
Robert Shirtliff (voice)
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
- 2001
Monkeybone
as
Death
2001
Call Me Claus
as
Lucy Cullins
2001
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
as
Self
2001
What Makes a Family
as
Terry Harrison
2001
Kingdom Come
as
Raynelle Slocumb
2001
Golden Dreams
as
Califia, the Queen of California
2001
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
as
Self - Hostess
2001
Rescued from the Closet
as
Self
2001
Rat Race
as
Vera Baker
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as
Chesley Watkins
2001
- 2000
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
as
Self - Host
2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as
Self - Host / Narrator
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as
Judge Cameo (uncredited)
2000
More Dogs Than Bones
as
Cléo
2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as
Self
2000
Strong Medicine
as
Dr. Lydia Emerson
2000
The Weber Show
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2000
- 1999
Girl, Interrupted
as
Valerie
1999
Alice in Wonderland
as
Cheshire Cat
1999
The Deep End of the Ocean
as
Candy Bliss
1999
Jackie's Back!
as
Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1999
Get Bruce!
as
Self
1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Our Friend, Martin
as
Mrs. Peck (voice)
1999
Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
as
Baby Clown
1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as
The Grand Banshee
1999
The Foxbusters
as
Ransome (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as
Janette Grayson
1999
- 1998
A Knight in Camelot
as
Dr. Vivien Morgan
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as
Delilah Abraham
1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as
Stormella (voice)
1998
The Rugrats Movie
as
Ranger Margaret (voice)
1998
Titey
as
The Iceberg (voice)
1998
Junket Whore
as
Self
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as
Whoopi Goldberg
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
as
Self (uncredited)
1998
Creating Ragtime
as
Host
1998
Celebrity Deathmatch
1998
Hollywood Squares
as
Self - Panelist
1998
Hollywood Squares
as
Self
1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as
Self
1998
Hollywood Squares
1998
- 1997
Cinderella
as
Queen Constantina
1997
In the Gloaming
as
Nurse Myrna
1997
A Christmas Carol
as
Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
1997
Pitch
as
Self
1997
Destination Anywhere
as
Cabbie
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as
Self (archive footage)
1997
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
as
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1997
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as
Self
1997
In & Out
as
Whoopi Goldberg
1997
The View
as
Self - Moderator
1997
Bear in the Big Blue House
as
Edwina Badger (voice)
1997
The Chris Rock Show
as
Self
1997
The View
as
Self - Co-Host
1997
Classic Albums
as
Self (archive footage)
1997
- 1996
Bogus
as
Harriet Franklin
1996
Eddie
as
Eddie Franklin
1996
The Associate
as
Laurel Ayres
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
as
Myrlie Evers
1996
Bordello of Blood
as
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1996
The Celluloid Closet
as
Self
1996
The Sunshine Boys
as
Nurse (uncredited)
1996
Muppets Tonight
as
Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as
Self - Guest
1996
Pulp Comics
as
Whoopi Goldberg
1996
- 1995
Boys on the Side
as
Jane Deluca
1995
Theodore Rex
as
Katie Coltrane
1995
Moonlight and Valentino
as
Sylvie Morrow
1995
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
as
Self - Hostess
1995
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Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About
as
Self
1995
MADtv
as
Self
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as
Zenobia (voice)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as
Whoopi (voice)
1995
- 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
The Pagemaster
as
Fantasy (voice)
1994
Liberation
as
Narrator
1994
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But... Seriously
as
Self (archive footage)
1994
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
as
Self
1994
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
as
Self (archive footage)
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
as
Self
1994
- 1993
Naked in New York
as
Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as
Deloris Van Cartier
1993
Made in America
as
Sarah Mathews
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as
Billy York (uncredited)
1993
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as
Self
1993
A Cool Like That Christmas
as
Mom / Irwin (voice)
1993
The Nanny
as
Whoopi Goldberg
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as
Self - Guest
1993
The Nanny
as
Edna
1993
- 1992
Sister Act
as
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1992
The Player
as
Detective Avery
1992
Sarafina!
as
Mary Masembuko
1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as
Self
1992
Defenders of Dynatron City
as
Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1992
Wisecracks
1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
as
Self
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
Citizen Steve
as
Self - Actress
1987
Fatal Beauty
as
Rita Rizzoli
1987
Burglar
as
Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1987
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Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
as
Self
1987
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Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
as
Self - Host
1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as
Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as
Self
1987
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The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
as
Self
1987
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Repairs
as
The Voice (voice)
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as
Guinan
1987
A Different World
as
Dr. Jordan
1987
Dolly
as
Self
1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 2026
- 2020
My Darling Vivian
as
Self (archive footage)
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as
Self
2020
Find Your Groove
as
Self
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as
Self - Co-host, "The View"
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as
Self
2020
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
as
Narrator
2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
as
Self
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as
Whoopi Goldberg
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as
(archive footage)
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as
The Mother / The Ancient Booer
2020
Staged
as
Mary
2020
Star Trek: Picard
as
Guinan
2020
The Stand
as
Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
2020
The Con
as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
- 2019
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
as
Self
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as
Self
2019
The Most Magnificent Thing
as
Narrator (voice)
2019
Cracked Up
as
Self
2019
Tamron Hall
as
Self - Guest
2019
Desus & Mero
as
Self
2019
Amphibia
as
Mother Olm (voice)
2019
Godfather of Harlem
as
Miss Willa
2019
Lorena
as
Herself
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as
Self
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2019
- 1984
- 1982
- 1981
- 1975
- 1973
- 1971
- 1956
- 1953
Crew Credits
- 2025
- 2024
- 2022
- 2016
- 2013
- 2009
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2003
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1995
- 1991
- 1985
