Whoopi Goldberg
Acting
🎂 1955-11-13
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(390)
Self
2015
Self
2019
Self
2014
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2022
Self
2009
Janette Grayson
1999
Self - Guest
2004
Self - Moderator
1997
Self - Co-Host
1997
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Self - Special Guest
2009
Chesley Watkins
2001
Self
1981
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1971
Carmen Tibideaux
2009
Regina Thomas
2010
Self
2015
Self - Guest
2019
Magic Mirror (voice)
2014
Guinan
1987
1984
Self - Panelist
1998
Self
1998
1998
Guinan
2020
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Miss Willa
2019
Whoopi Goldberg
1993
Edna
1993
Mikhaela (voice)
2014
1992
Self
2005
2003
Jane Marsh
2009
Self
2003
Gaia (voice)
1990
Self
1986
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2019
Whoopi Goldberg
2006
Dr. Lydia Emerson
2000
Dr. Jordan
1987
Whoopi Goldberg
2016
Self (archive footage)
2018
Mother Olm (voice)
2019
Self
1998
Meg (voice)
2016
Camille Brand
1985
Herself
2016
Barb (voice)
2018
Self - Guest Judge
2010
Peligre
1989
Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
2021
Whoopi Goldberg
2021
Robert Shirtliff (voice)
2002
Whoopi Goldberg
2000
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Host
1956
Self
2003
Pirate Myra (voice)
2011
2005
Self
2021
Yakult (voice)
2011
Self
1953
Self - Presenter
1953
Zenobia (voice)
1995
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1995
Self
2019
Edwina Badger (voice)
1997
Self
2014
Mariah Johnston
1984
Dr. Elise Pruitt
2021
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self - Guest
2006
Whoopi (voice)
1995
Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
2020
Self
2025
Guinan (archive footage)
2012
Mary
2020
Self
1997
Self
2005
The Grand Banshee
1999
Self
1982
Self
2008
1998
2016
Shenzi (voice)
1994
Herself
2007
2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Ransome (voice)
1999
Self
2022
Self
1973
Self - Guest
2022
Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
2013
Herself
2019
Self
1987
Captain (voice)
2022
Stretch (voice)
2010
Self - Guest
1996
Pat Norman
2017
Bernadette Thompson
2014
Oda Mae Brown
1990
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
2018
Brenda
1990
Self
1981
Whoopi Goldberg
1996
Self - Host
1986
Self
2018
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1992
Valerie
1999
Police Officer
2018
Narrator (voice)
2020
Self
2021
Shenzi (voice)
2004
Self
1996
Deloris Van Cartier
1993
Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2017
Self
1995
Midwife (uncredited)
2023
2006
Self
1994
Buckwheat's Mom
1994
Vera Baker
2001
Celie
1985
Mavis Rae
2003
Alma
2022
Self
2024
Detective Avery
1992
Iceberg (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
2011
Jayne
2024
Fantasy (voice)
1994
Guinan (uncredited)
2002
Ranger Margaret (voice)
1998
Dawn's Breasts
2024
Cat (voice)
2022
Candy Bliss
1999
Guinan (uncredited)
1994
Self
2013
Franny (voice)
2005
Cheshire Cat
1999
Mary Masembuko
1992
Billy York (uncredited)
1993
Whoopi Goldberg
1997
Lola
2018
Self
2009
Darlin' (voice)
2006
Terry Dolittle
1986
Self (uncredited)
1998
Jane Deluca
1995
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1996
Judge Cameo (uncredited)
2000
God
2011
Self
2016
Rose Schwartz
1991
Odessa Cotter
1990
Herself
2007
Miss Mittens (voice)
2008
Lucy Cullins
2001
Whoopi Goldberg
2009
Self
2012
Self
1988
Queen Constantina
1997
Alice / White
2010
Death
2001
Sarah Mathews
1993
Self
2014
Rita Rizzoli
1987
Corrina Washington
1994
Whoopi Goldberg
2004
Metzie
2017
Aqua (voice)
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self
2021
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2018
Professor (uncredited)
1991
Self - Guest
2021
Laurel Ayres
1996
2004
Katie Coltrane
1995
Daniel's 'Boss'
2002
Stormella (voice)
1998
Self
1987
Cyberina (voice)
2004
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Self
1996
Eddie Franklin
1996
Self
2005
Self
2022
Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1987
Delilah Abraham
1998
Self
2022
Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993
Self
1988
2009
Narrator
1994
Self (archive footage)
2004
Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
1997
Ermintrude (voice)
2006
Self
2017
Self
1985
Self - Co-host, "The View"
2020
Self - Host
2021
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2020
The Tower (voice)
2011
Narrator (voice)
2003
Raynelle Slocumb
2001
Guinan (archive footage)
1992
Self
2015
Myrlie Evers
1996
Terry Harrison
2001
Self
2016
Eddie Cervi
1989
Viola
2014
Stagecoach Mary
2024
Taxi Driver
2008
Helen (voice)
2006
Whoopi Goldberg
2003
Self
1989
Yari (voice)
2017
Self
1991
Sylvie Morrow
1995
Harriet Franklin
1996
Self (archive footage)
1994
Whoopi Goldberg
2005
Self
2012
Self
2000
Cléo
2000
Self
2010
Self
1985
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
1999
Whoopi Goldberg
1998
Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1999
Abernatha Coleman
2017
Clara Mayfield
1988
Self
2013
Fleeta Mullins
2014
Moms
2018
Mrs. Peck (voice)
1999
Miss Clavel (voice)
2002
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
2024
Self
2017
Narrator (voice)
2011
Bird Woman
(archive footage)
2010
Blizzard (voice)
2003
Herself
2016
Self
2020
Self
2007
Self
2002
Mabel Spader
2003
Self
2006
Self
2009
Thelma
2006
Loretta Brixton
2017
Self
2024
Self
2007
Self
2019
Self
2022
Self
1997
2002
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self
2019
Self (uncredited)
1990
Self
1997
Self
1989
Dr. Vivien Morgan
1998
Self
1998
Self
2020
Self (archive footage)
2022
Mom
2007
Self
1986
Nurse Myrna
1997
Cabbie
1997
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self
2012
Self
2012
Self
2018
Self
2013
Self
2013
Self
2020
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
1996
Self
2013
Self
1992
Self
2023
Storyteller (voice)
Self
1990
Vashti Blue
1988
Self
2013
Self - Actress
1987
The Mother / The Ancient Booer
2020
(archive footage)
2020
(Narration)
2023
Guinan (archive footage)
2013
Self (archive footage)
2022
Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2010
Self
2007
Host
2017
Self
2001
Self
2018
Self
2017
Herself
2002
Nurse (uncredited)
1996
Self
2022
Self
2020
2026
The Iceberg (voice)
1998
Herself
2018
Self
2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1997
Red Flower (voice)
2008
Sarah Collins
1989
Guinan (archive footage)
1991
Self (archive footage)
2016
Mom / Irwin (voice)
1993
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self - Hostess
2001
Calliope
2015
Narrator
2013
Fontaine
1988
1989
Self
1990
Self
1994
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
2002
Dr. Andrea Hart
2024
Self
1993
Self
1988
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
2019
Self
2003
Self
1986
Mildred
2025
Baby Clown
1999
Herself
2002
Self
2017
Self
2003
Self
1986
Gayle Morgenstern
2017
Self
2004
1982
Whoopi Goldberg
2020
Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
1987
Self
1988
Self - Host
2018
Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1992
Self
2023
Self - Host
2000
Self
1987
Self
2004
Self
2007
Califia, the Queen of California
2001
Self
2007
Herself
1989
2006
Jodi Quinn
2009
Narrator
2020
Self
2010
Narrator (voice)
2019
1999
Self (archive material)
2023
Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
2005
1992
Self
2010
Self
2022
Self
1995
Self
2022
Self - Hostess
1995
Self
1986
Self - Host / Narrator
2000
Self
1987
Self - Host
1991
Self
2015
Voice
2003
Narrator (voice)
2009
Self
2007
Self
2001
Self - Host
1987
Narrator (voice)
1991
Production (20)
Executive Producer
1998
Producer
2000
Executive Producer
2025
Producer
2006
Producer
2009
Producer
2003
Producer
2022
Executive Producer
2007
Executive Producer
2001
Executive Producer
2001
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
2013
Producer
2013
Executive Producer
2024
Producer
2003
Executive Producer
2001
Co-Producer
1999
Executive Producer
2003
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
1991
