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.
Filmography
all 415
Movies 287
self 219
TV Shows 128
Voice 49
Producer 14
Narrator 4
Creator 1

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin (2025)

Atrabilious (2024)

Ezra (2024)

Babes (2024)

Butterfly in the Sky (2024)

Outlaw Posse (2024)

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story (2024)

The Color Purple (2023)

Three Trees (2023)

Barry Humphries at the BBC (2023)

A New Orleans Noel (2022)

My Father's Dragon (2022)

Till (2022)

Cuomo (2022)

Sherri (2022)

Luck (2022)

Bill Cosby: Walking Free (2022)

Caught in His Web (2022)

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act (2022)

Harlem (2021)

JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (2021)

The Stand (2020)

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)

The Con (2020)

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion (2020)

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)

Staged (2020)

My Darling Vivian (2020)

Siempre, Luis (2020)

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU (2020)

Godfather of Harlem (2019)

The Most Magnificent Thing (2019)

Tamron Hall (2019)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)

Amphibia (2019)

Lorena (2019)

Olympia (2018)

Trump @War (2018)

Basketball: A Love Story (2018)

Random Acts of Flyness (2018)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)

Summer Camp Island (2018)

Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)

9/11 (2017)

Descendants 2 (2017)

The Nineties (2017)

A Very Sordid Wedding (2017)

When We Rise (2017)

King of the Dancehall (2017)

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) (2016)

Strut (2016)

The Stinky & Dirty Show (2016)

The Tick (2016)

Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)

Big Stone Gap (2014)

BoJack Horseman (2014)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

The 7D (2014)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds (2013)

Moms Mabley (2013)

Everything Is Terrible! Holiday Special (2012)

The Muppets (2011)

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)

Suburgatory (2011)

The Little Engine That Could (2011)

A Poem Is... (2011)

Bubble Guppies (2011)

For Colored Girls (2010)

Blue Bloods (2010)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010)

See You in September (2010)

Head Games (2009)

The Middle (2009)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)

Journey to the Stars (2009)

Kambakkht Ishq (2009)

Glee (2009)

The Justin Lee Collins Show (2009)

RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)

Stream (2009)

The Cleaner (2008)

Descendants (2008)

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins (2008)

Snow Buddies (2008)

The Word According to Whoopi (2007)

Farce of the Penguins (2006)

30 Rock (2006)

The One Show (2006)

Everyone's Hero (2006)

Just for Kicks (2006)

Doogal (2006)

Hell's Kitchen (2005)

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway (2005)

Racing Stripes (2005)

The Tony Danza Show (2004)

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)

Pinocchio 3000 (2004)

The Lion King 1½ (2004)

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2003)

The Piano Man's Daughter (2003)

Whoopi (2003)

Blizzard (2003)

Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)

Good Fences (2003)

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Madeline: My Fair Madeline (2002)

The Hollywood Sign (2002)

Liberty's Kids (2002)

Showboy (2002)

Making Rat Race (2002)

The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (2001)

Call Me Claus (2001)

Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)

I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Rat Race (2001)

Kingdom Come (2001)

Golden Dreams (2001)

What Makes a Family (2001)

The Weber Show (2000)

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)

Strong Medicine (2000)

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

The Foxbusters (1999)

Jackie's Back! (1999)

The Mao Game (1999)

The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Our Friend, Martin (1999)

Alegría: An Enchanting Fable (1999)

The Rugrats Movie (1998)

A Knight in Camelot (1998)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)

Hollywood Squares (1998)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)

Titey (1998)

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)

A Christmas Carol (1997)

Cinderella (1997)

Bear in the Big Blue House (1997)

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997)

In & Out (1997)

The View (1997)

In the Gloaming (1997)

Classic Albums (1997)

Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

The Associate (1996)

Bogus (1996)

Bordello of Blood (1996)

The Sunshine Boys (1996)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)

Eddie (1996)

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)

Theodore Rex (1995)

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge (1995)

MADtv (1995)

Moonlight and Valentino (1995)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow (1995)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)

Boys on the Side (1995)

The Making of 'The Pagemaster' (1994)

The Pagemaster (1994)

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Corrina, Corrina (1994)

The Little Rascals (1994)

The Lion King (1994)

But... Seriously (1994)

Liberation (1994)

A Cool Like That Christmas (1993)

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

Naked in New York (1993)

The Nanny (1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

The Chevy Chase Show (1993)

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Made in America (1993)

Sarafina! (1992)

Sister Act (1992)

The Player (1992)

Defenders of Dynatron City (1992)

House Party 2 (1991)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption (1991)

Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts (1991)

Chez Whoopi (1991)

Soapdish (1991)

The Long Walk Home (1990)

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)

Ghost (1990)

Bagdad Cafe (1990)

Homer and Eddie (1989)

Kiss Shot (1989)

My Past Is My Own (1989)

Clara's Heart (1988)

The Telephone (1988)

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987)

Dolly (1987)

A Different World (1987)

Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later (1987)

Burglar (1987)

Citizen Steve (1987)

The Late Show (1986)

Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

Comic Relief (1986)

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway (1985)

Television Parts (1985)

Moonlighting (1985)

CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)

Wogan (1982)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Tony Awards (1956)

Anansi Boys

Alice in Wonderland

Fairy Tale Forest: Flower of the Dawn

Sister Act 3

Leopardi & Co

Saturday TV Funhouse
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1955-11-13 (69 years old)
Birth NameCaryn Elaine Johnson
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
ReligionCatholicism
Height165-centimeter
Net Worth$45 Million
RelationshipsAlvin Martin (1973 - 1979), David Claessen (1986 - 1988), Lyle Trachtenberg (1994 - 1995), Frank Langella (1995 - 2000)
ChildrenAlex Martin
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCaryn Elaine Johnson, Whoopie Goldberg, 烏比·戈德堡, ووپی گُلدبرگ
AwardsDrama League Award, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, Disney Legends, honorary doctor of Brandeis University, Crystal Award, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, GLAAD Vanguard Award, Drama Desk Awards, Tony Awards, Theatre World Award, Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards
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