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 386
Movies 269
self 195
TV Shows 117
Voice 27
Narrator 13
Producer 9
Writer 2
Creator 1
Director 1
Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin (2025)
Ezra (2024)
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
Leopardi & Co (2024)
Atrabilious (2024)
Outlaw Posse (2024)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story (2024)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey (2023)
The Color Purple (2023)
Three Trees (2023)
Barry Humphries at the BBC (2023)
Our Barbara -- A Special Edition of 20/20 (2023)
A New Orleans Noel (2022)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda (2022)
My Father's Dragon (2022)
Till (2022)
Music Is My Life - Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo (2022)
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
Cuomo (2022)
Sherri (2022)
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 (2022)
Luck (2022)
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not (2022)
Chris Rock: One Man Show (2022)
The Hardest Thing (2022)
Bill Cosby: Walking Free (2022)
Caught in His Web (2022)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act (2022)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising (2022)
JANET JACKSON. (2022)
Harlem (2021)
JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021)
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World (2021)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (2021)
The Story of Late Night (2021)
Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days (2021)
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... (2020)
The Stand (2020)
Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes - At Home Holiday Special (2020)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip (2020)
The Con (2020)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
The Comedy Store (2020)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
Staged (2020)
Feeding America Comedy Festival (2020)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
Find Your Groove (2020)
Siempre, Luis (2020)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU (2020)
Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! (2019)
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
The Most Magnificent Thing (2019)
Cracked Up: The Darrell Hammond Story (2019)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
Amphibia (2019)
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me (2019)
Desus & Mero (2019)
Lorena (2019)
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut (2018)
Olympia (2018)
Nobody's Fool (2018)
Trump @War (2018)
Basketball: A Love Story (2018)
The Shop (2018)
Random Acts of Flyness (2018)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
Summer Camp Island (2018)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
The Gospel According to André (2018)
Furlough (2018)
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (2018)
Citizen Rose (2018)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic (2017)
The Problem with Apu (2017)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)
9/11 (2017)
Descendants 2 (2017)
The Nineties (2017)
The Truth Is in the Stars (2017)
Gilbert (2017)
A Very Sordid Wedding (2017)
King of the Dancehall (2017)
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time (2016)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) (2016)
Strut (2016)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
The Tick (2016)
50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
Ask the Storybots (2016)
Elton John: Music Man (2016)
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015)
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015)
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank (2015)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
Rolling Papers (2015)
Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
Top Five (2014)
Big Stone Gap (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
The 7D (2014)
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over (2014)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Broad City (2014)
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (2013)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)
Blackfish (2013)
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Best of Both Worlds (2013)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
Moms Mabley (2013)
Why We Laugh: Funny Women (2013)
Miracle Rising: South Africa (2013)
The Contradictions of Fair Hope (2013)
Radioman (2012)
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
The Muppets (2011)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
Choccywoccydoodah (2011)
A Poem Is... (2011)
A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
For Colored Girls (2010)
Blue Bloods (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
The Black List: Volume Three (2010)
Teenage Paparazzo (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)
Star Trek: The Captains' Summit (2009)
The Justin Lee Collins Show (2009)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren (2009)
Stream (2009)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008)
Descendants (2008)
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins (2008)
Snow Buddies (2008)
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest (2008)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Farce of the Penguins (2007)
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007)
The Sophisticated Misfit (2007)
The Word According to Whoopi (2007)
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden (2007)
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Naked Brothers Band (2007)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007)
Comic Relief 2006 (2006)
30 Rock (2006)
Rachael Ray (2006)
Homie Spumoni (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Everyone's Hero (2006)
Just for Kicks (2006)
So NoTORIous (2006)
Doogal (2006)
The N Word (2006)
The Reichen Show (2005)
Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005)
The Aristocrats (2005)
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)
The World of Nat King Cole (2004)
Pinocchio 3000 (2004)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class (2004)
The Lion King 1½ (2004)
Whoopi's Littleburg (2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays (2003)
The Piano Man's Daughter (2003)
Whoopi (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions (2003)
Declaration of Independence (2003)
Blizzard (2003)
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Good Fences (2003)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (2003)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
Madeline: My Fair Madeline (2002)
Liberty's Kids (2002)
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy (2002)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
Showboy (2002)
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (2001)
Call Me Claus (2001)
Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The Hollywood Sign (2001)
Rat Race (2001)
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
Ghost: Remembering the Magic (2001)
Kingdom Come (2001)
Monkeybone (2001)
Golden Dreams (2001)
What Makes a Family (2001)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
Strong Medicine (2000)
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years (2000)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
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)
Get Bruce! (1999)
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years (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)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)
Titey (1998)
Celebrity Deathmatch (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)
Pitch (1997)
The View (1997)
Destination Anywhere (1997)
In the Gloaming (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland (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)
Muppets Tonight (1996)
The Celluloid Closet (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)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Corrina, Corrina (1994)
The Little Rascals (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
But... Seriously (1994)
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (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)
Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Made in America (1993)
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
Sarafina! (1992)
Wisecracks (1992)
Sister Act (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
The Player (1992)
Defenders of Dynatron City (1992)
House Party 2 (1991)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special (1991)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption (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)
Voices That Care (1990)
Celebrity Guide to Wine (1990)
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly (1989)
Homer and Eddie (1989)
Hanna-Barbera's 50th (1989)
Liberian Girl (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Kiss Shot (1989)
My Past Is My Own (1989)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
Free to Be... a Family (1988)
Clara's Heart (1988)
This Morning (1988)
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight? (1988)
The Telephone (1988)
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (1988)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
A Different World (1987)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later (1987)
Burglar (1987)
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987)
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite (1987)
Citizen Steve (1987)
The Late Show (1986)
The Making of Captain EO (1986)
American Masters (1986)
Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show (1986)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Comic Relief (1986)
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986)
The Color Purple (1985)
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Moonlighting (1985)
Muppet Babies (1984)
Wogan (1982)
Citizen (1982)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1980)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
Great Performances (1971)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Oscars (1953)
Comic Relief III
Alice in Wonderland
Sister Act 3
Scared Straight: 10 Years Later
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
Anansi Boys
Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk
African American Lives
Saturday TV Funhouse
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1955-11-13 (68 years old)
Birth NameCaryn Elaine Johnson
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ReligionCatholicism
Height165-centimeter
Net Worth$45 Million
RelationshipsAlvin Martin (1973-01-01 - 1979-01-01), David Claessen (1986-01-01 - 1988-01-01), Lyle Trachtenberg (1994-01-01 - 1995-01-01)
ChildrenAlex Martin
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCaryn Elaine Johnson, Whoopie Goldberg, 우피 골드버그
Awardshonorary doctor of Brandeis University, Crystal Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Drama League Award, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Theatre World Award, Golden Globe Award, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Drama Desk Awards, Tony Awards, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards
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