
Whoopi Goldberg
Known for Acting · 404 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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / Good Witch

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TV Shows (124)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Janette Grayson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / Good Witch

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest Host

Blue Bloods
2010
as Regina Thomas

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Chesley Watkins

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self (uncredited) / The Iceberg (voice)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Guinan

BoJack Horseman
2014
as Mikhaela (voice)

Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest

The Middle
2009
as Jane Marsh

Hacks
2021
as Whoopi Goldberg

The View
1997
as Self - Moderator / Self - Co-Host

Glee
2009
as Carmen Tibideaux

The Nanny
1993
as Whoopi Goldberg / Edna

Entourage
2004
as Whoopi Goldberg

30 Rock
2006
as Whoopi Goldberg

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge / Self - Special Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist

Great Performances
1971
as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Presenter

Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Lydia Emerson

The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest

Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Wogan
1982
as Self

Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Summer Camp Island
2018
as Barb (voice)

Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Louise Clarkson

A Different World
1987
as Dr. Jordan

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Peligre

Moonlighting
1985
as Camille Brand

Star Trek: Picard
2020
as Guinan

American Masters
1986
as Self

Amphibia
2019
as Mother Olm (voice)

Godfather of Harlem
2019
as Miss Willa

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Bubble Guppies
2011
as Pirate Myra (voice)

The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
as Self - Guest

Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
as Self - Guest Judge

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Gaia (voice)

Broad City
2014
as Self

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as Whoopi (voice)

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

Suburgatory
2011
as Yakult (voice)

The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Presenter

People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Winner

The 7D
2014
as Magic Mirror (voice)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
Movies (280)

The Lion King
1994
as Shenzi (voice)

Toy Story 3
2010
as Stretch (voice)

Ghost
1990
as Oda Mae Brown

Luck
2022
as Captain (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
as Bernadette Thompson

Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Valerie

The Little Rascals
1994
as Buckwheat's Mom

The Lion King 1½
2004
as Shenzi (voice)

The Color Purple
1985
as Celie

Sister Act
1992
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016
as Self

Rat Race
2001
as Vera Baker

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Deloris Van Cartier

Bordello of Blood
1996
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Descendants 2
2017
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
as Guinan (uncredited)

The Muppets
2011
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Player
1992
as Detective Avery

Racing Stripes
2005
as Franny (voice)

The Color Purple
2023
as Midwife (uncredited)

The Rugrats Movie
1998
as Ranger Margaret (voice)

The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
as Candy Bliss

Radioman
2012
as Self

Babes
2024
as Dawn's Breasts

Burglar
1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

Till
2022
as Alma

Gilbert
2017
as Self

Eddie
1996
as Eddie Franklin

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)

The Pagemaster
1994
as Fantasy (voice)

Monkeybone
2001
as Death

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Billy York (uncredited)

In & Out
1997
as Whoopi Goldberg

Pitch
1997
as Self

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Self

Cinderella
1997
as Queen Constantina

Soapdish
1991
as Rose Schwartz

Star Trek: Generations
1994
as Guinan (uncredited)

Get Bruce!
1999
as Self

Kambakkht Ishq
2009
as Whoopi Goldberg

Ezra
2024
as Jayne

The Associate
1996
as Laurel Ayres

If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
as Mom

Good Fences
2003
as Mabel Spader

The N Word
2006
as Self

Made in America
1993
as Sarah Mathews

Call Me Claus
2001
as Lucy Cullins

Atrabilious
2024
as Dr. Andrea Hart

Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
as Self (uncredited)

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

Madea Goes to Jail
2009
as Self

Naked in New York
1993
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as Whoopi Goldberg

Corrina, Corrina
1994
as Corrina Washington

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
as Self

Boys on the Side
1995
as Jane Deluca

Blackfish
2013
as Self

Nobody's Fool
2018
as Lola

Everyone's Hero
2006
as Darlin' (voice)

Snow Buddies
2008
as Miss Mittens (voice)

Sarafina!
1992
as Mary Masembuko

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Terry Dolittle

Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Cheshire Cat

Our Barbara
2023
as Self

A Knight in Camelot
1998
as Dr. Vivien Morgan

Fatal Beauty
1987
as Rita Rizzoli

My Father's Dragon
2022
as Cat (voice)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Delilah Abraham

Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Sylvie Morrow

The Aristocrats
2005
as Self

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Whoopi Goldberg

Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Myrlie Evers

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)

The Long Walk Home
1990
as Odessa Cotter

The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
as Narrator

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self

Top Five
2014
as Whoopi Goldberg

The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self

Olympia
2018
as Self

Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
as Self

Pinocchio 3000
2004
as Cyberina (voice)

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
as Whoopi Goldberg

My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self

For Colored Girls
2010
as Alice / White

A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
as God

Farce of the Penguins
2006
as Helen (voz)

Bogus
1996
as Harriet Franklin

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Aqua (voice)

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Theodore Rex
1995
as Katie Coltrane

The Little Engine That Could
2011
as The Tower (voice)

Kingdom Come
2001
as Raynelle Slocumb

9/11
2017
as Metzie

Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
as (voice)

Blizzard
2003
as Blizzard (voice)

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as Daniel's 'Boss'

Clara's Heart
1988
as Clara Mayfield
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self

A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
as Viola

Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
as Self

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

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self

Doogal
2006
as Ermintrude (voice)

Jackie's Back!
1999
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2026

Descendants
2008
as Red Flower (voice)

The Sunshine Boys
1996
as Nurse (uncredited)

Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
as Self

50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self - Co-host, "The View"

House Party 2
1991
as Professor (uncredited)

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
as Self

The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
as Self - Host

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self
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 404 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Whoopi Goldberg has appeared in 280 films and 124 TV shows.
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Most Popular Whoopi Goldberg Movies
- The Lion King (1994) — as Shenzi (voice)
- Toy Story 3 (2010) — as Stretch (voice)
- Ghost (1990) — as Oda Mae Brown
- Luck (2022) — as Captain (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) — as Bernadette Thompson
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