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(387)
Janette Grayson
1999
Regina Thomas
2010
Herself
2016
Self
2014
Self
2007
Chesley Watkins
2001
Guinan
1987
Self
2003
Self
2014
Whoopi Goldberg
1993
Edna
1993
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2019
Jane Marsh
2009
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Mikhaela (voice)
2014
Self
2015
Whoopi Goldberg
2006
Self - Guest
2006
Self - Guest
2022
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Self - Special Guest
2009
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Host
1956
Whoopi Goldberg
2004
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Carmen Tibideaux
2009
Self
1982
Self - Guest
2019
Shenzi (voice)
1994
Self
1971
Dr. Lydia Emerson
2000
Whoopi Goldberg
2021
Self - Moderator
1997
Self - Co-Host
1997
2005
Miss Willa
2019
Camille Brand
1985
Dr. Jordan
1987
Bernadette Thompson
2014
Self
2003
Self
1981
Captain (voice)
2022
Peligre
1989
Guinan
2020
Pirate Myra (voice)
2011
Barb (voice)
2018
Mother Olm (voice)
2019
1992
Self
2003
Stretch (voice)
2010
Self - Guest
2004
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1986
Magic Mirror (voice)
2014
Self
2005
Self
2014
Self
2009
Self
1953
Self - Presenter
1953
Self - Guest Judge
2010
Self - Panelist
1998
Self
1998
1998
Self
2019
Whoopi (voice)
1995
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2019
Oda Mae Brown
1990
Self (archive footage)
2022
Gaia (voice)
1990
Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2017
Edwina Badger (voice)
1997
Yakult (voice)
2011
1984
Shenzi (voice)
2004
Valerie
1999
Dr. Elise Pruitt
2021
Self
2003
Buckwheat's Mom
1994
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
2018
Whoopi Goldberg
2016
Self
2024
Self
1998
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1992
Zenobia (voice)
1995
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1995
Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
2020
Robert Shirtliff (voice)
2002
Deloris Van Cartier
1993
Self (archive footage)
2018
Mary
2020
Vera Baker
2001
Self
2013
Self
2021
Whoopi Goldberg
2011
Narrator (voice)
2011
Self
2007
Self
2025
Meg (voice)
2016
Self
2007
Self
2005
Ranger Margaret (voice)
1998
Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
2013
Self
2017
Queen Constantina
1997
Narrator
1994
Alma
2022
Self
2009
Celie
1985
2016
Fantasy (voice)
1994
Candy Bliss
1999
Detective Avery
1992
Self
1997
Franny (voice)
2005
Self
2015
Miss Mittens (voice)
2008
Guinan (uncredited)
2002
Self (archive footage)
2020
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1996
Self (archive footage)
2017
Guinan (uncredited)
1994
Self
2022
Katie Coltrane
1995
Midwife (uncredited)
2023
Host
2017
Self
1973
Corrina Washington
1994
Cyberina (voice)
2004
Mariah Johnston
1984
The Grand Banshee
1999
Self (uncredited)
1998
Whoopi Goldberg
1997
Odessa Cotter
1990
Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
2021
Billy York (uncredited)
1993
Cheshire Cat
1999
1998
Lola
2018
Self
1996
Jane Deluca
1995
The Iceberg (voice)
1998
Self
2018
Self
2012
Darlin' (voice)
2006
Aqua (voice)
Self - Guest
1996
2006
Self
2013
Death
2001
Self
2005
Pat Norman
2017
God
2011
Rose Schwartz
1991
Judge Cameo (uncredited)
2000
Dr. Andrea Hart
2024
Self
1987
Laurel Ayres
1996
Narrator
2020
Dr. Vivien Morgan
1998
Self
2019
Self
1990
Self (archive footage)
2018
Moms
2018
Cat (voice)
2022
Self
2014
Narrator (voice)
2003
Metzie
2017
Myrlie Evers
1996
Self
1988
Whoopi Goldberg
2004
Mrs. Peck (voice)
1999
Sarah Mathews
1993
Jayne
2024
Self
2009
Rita Rizzoli
1987
Self
2022
Self
2000
Miss Clavel (voice)
2002
Self
2016
Herself
2007
Gayle Morgenstern
2017
(archive footage)
2020
Self
2007
Whoopi Goldberg
2009
Terry Dolittle
1986
Whoopi Goldberg
2020
Self - Co-host, "The View"
2020
Self
2004
Self
2022
Mavis Rae
2003
Self - Host
2021
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2020
Self
2020
Helen (voice)
2006
Self
1986
Professor (uncredited)
1991
Self
2016
Dawn's Breasts
2024
Califia, the Queen of California
2001
Self
2023
Stormella (voice)
1998
Loretta Brixton
2017
Self
2012
Whoopi Goldberg
2003
Ransome (voice)
1999
Mildred
Self
1994
Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1987
Self
2015
Self
2017
Self
2012
Self
2013
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self
2008
Taxi Driver
2008
(archive footage)
2010
Self (archive material)
2023
Self - Guest
2022
Self (archive footage)
2020
Harriet Franklin
1996
Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1997
Self
2010
Daniel's 'Boss'
2002
Whoopi Goldberg
1996
Whoopi Goldberg
1998
Delilah Abraham
1998
Mary Masembuko
1992
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Self
2001
Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
1997
Self
2021
Self
2001
Cabbie
1997
Eddie Franklin
1996
Self
2007
Calliope
2015
Raynelle Slocumb
2001
Self
1999
Self
1996
Ermintrude (voice)
2006
Baby Clown
1999
2009
Herself
2019
Alice / White
2010
1992
Whoopi Goldberg
2005
Eddie Cervi
1989
Self (archive footage)
1994
Abernatha Coleman
2017
Blizzard (voice)
2003
Guinan (archive footage)
2013
Self
2021
Self
2013
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
2003
Self
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Self
2023
Self
1987
Clara Mayfield
1988
Self - Guest
2021
Mom / Irwin (voice)
1993
Police Officer
2018
Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2010
Terry Harrison
2001
MaMa Belle
2006
Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1999
Self
2022
Self
1997
Self
2017
Self (uncredited)
1990
Self
1981
Self
1995
Jodi Quinn
2009
Yari (voice)
2017
The Tower (voice)
2011
2026
Self
1993
Sarah Collins
1989
Herself
2002
Self
2013
Self
1989
Fleeta Mullins
2014
Mabel Spader
2003
Sylvie Morrow
1995
Stagecoach Mary
2024
Self
2020
Self
1988
Mom
2007
Herself
2016
Cléo
2000
Narrator (voice)
2019
Self - Actress
1987
Nurse Myrna
1997
Self (archive footage)
2009
Lucy Cullins
2001
Self
1992
Self
1985
Self
1995
Self
2018
Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993
Whoopi Goldberg
2000
Nurse (uncredited)
1996
Brenda
1990
Self
1991
Self (archive footage)
2004
Self
1997
Self
2010
Self
1988
Self
2006
Viola
2014
Self
2018
Self
2019
Self - Guest
2009
Self
1989
Thelma
2006
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1988
Narrator (voice)
2020
1989
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Self
1994
Self
2019
Iceberg (voice)
Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
1987
(Narration)
2023
Self - Host
1991
Self
2004
Self
2020
Self
1998
2004
Bird Woman
Self - Host
1986
Self
2012
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
1985
Storyteller (voice)
2002
Self
2002
Self
2024
Self
1990
Self
2013
Herself
2002
Vashti Blue
1988
Self (archive footage)
1997
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
2002
Self - Hostess
1995
Herself
2007
Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1992
Self
2018
Self - Hostess
2001
2006
Self - Host / Narrator
2000
Self
2022
Self
2022
Self (archive footage)
2016
Self
2015
Self - Host
2018
Self
2022
The Mother / The Ancient Booer
2020
Self
2010
Self - Host
2000
Self
1986
Self
2017
Self
1987
Self
2020
Herself
2018
Self
2007
1982
1999
Self
1987
Self
2007
Self
2015
Herself
1989
Fontaine
1988
Red Flower (voice)
2008
Self
1986
Narrator (voice)
1991
Self - Host
1987
Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
2005
Narrator
2013
Self
1986
Voice
2003
Narrator (voice)
2009
Production (20)
Producer
2000
Executive Producer
1998
Executive Producer
2025
Producer
2022
Executive Producer
2022
Producer
2003
Executive Producer
2003
Executive Producer
2013
Producer
2013
Executive Producer
2024
Producer
2006
Executive Producer
2001
Producer
2003
Executive Producer
2001
Executive Producer
2001
Executive Producer
1991
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
2007
Producer
2009
Co-Producer
1999
