Whoopi Goldberg
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: November 13, 1955 (69 years old)
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
2025
2024
Actor Self (archive footage)
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Actor Stagecoach Mary
Outlaw Posse
Actor Dr. Andrea Hart
Atrabilious
Actor Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Actor Jayne
Ezra
Actor Self
Butterfly in the Sky
Actor Dawn's Breasts
Babes
Actor Self
Like Tears in Rain
Executive Producer
Butterfly in the Sky
2023
2022
Actor Captain (voice)
Luck
Actor Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Actor Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Actor Self
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Actor Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Actor Cat (voice)
My Father's Dragon
Actor Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Actor Self
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
Actor Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Actor Self
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Actor Alma
Till
Producer
Till
Executive Producer
Caught in His Web
Executive Producer
A New Orleans Noel
2021
2020
Actor Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Actor Self
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Actor Self
Find Your Groove
Actor Self - Co-host, "The View"
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Actor Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Actor Narrator
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
Actor Self (archive footage)
Siempre, Luis
Actor Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Actor Self
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Actor Whoopi Goldberg
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Actor (archive footage)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Actor The Mother / The Ancient Booer
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2019
2018
Actor Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Actor Moms
Furlough
Actor Self
The Gospel According to André
Actor Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Actor Lola
Nobody's Fool
Actor Self (archive footage)
Trump @War
Actor Herself
Olympia
Actor Self - Host
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
2017
Actor Yari (voice)
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Actor Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
Descendants 2
Actor Self
Gilbert
Actor Metzie
9/11
Actor Self
The Truth Is in the Stars
Actor Loretta Brixton
King of the Dancehall
Actor Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Actor Abernatha Coleman
A Very Sordid Wedding
Actor Host
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
Actor Self
The Problem with Apu
2016
2015
2014
2013
Actor Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Actor Self
Moms Mabley
Actor Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Actor Self
Miracle Rising: South Africa
Actor Self
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
Actor Narrator
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
Actor Self
Blackfish
Actor Guinan (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Director
Moms Mabley
Executive Producer
Moms Mabley
Producer
Moms Mabley
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Actor Self
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
Actor Mom
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Actor Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Actor Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Actor Self
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
Actor Self
The Sophisticated Misfit
Actor Self
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
2006
2005
2004
2003
Actor Self
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Actor Daniel's 'Boss'
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Actor Mabel Spader
Good Fences
Actor Self
Declaration of Independence
Actor Whoopi Goldberg
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Actor Voice
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
Actor Narrator (voice)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Actor Blizzard (voice)
Blizzard
Producer
Good Fences
Executive Producer
The Piano Man's Daughter
2002
2001
Actor Death
Monkeybone
Actor Vera Baker
Rat Race
Actor Lucy Cullins
Call Me Claus
Actor Self
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
Actor Terry Harrison
What Makes a Family
Actor Raynelle Slocumb
Kingdom Come
Actor Califia, the Queen of California
Golden Dreams
Actor Self - Hostess
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
Actor Self
Rescued from the Closet
Executive Producer
Call Me Claus
Executive Producer
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Executive Producer
What Makes a Family
2000
1999
Actor Valerie
Girl, Interrupted
Actor Cheshire Cat
Alice in Wonderland
Actor Candy Bliss
The Deep End of the Ocean
Actor Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
Jackie's Back!
Actor Self
Get Bruce!
Actor
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Actor Mrs. Peck (voice)
Our Friend, Martin
Actor Baby Clown
Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
Co-Producer
The Mao Game
1998
Actor Dr. Vivien Morgan
A Knight in Camelot
Actor Delilah Abraham
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Actor Stormella (voice)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Actor Ranger Margaret (voice)
The Rugrats Movie
Actor The Iceberg (voice)
Titey
Actor Self
Junket Whore
Actor Whoopi Goldberg
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Actor Self (uncredited)
Jackie Chan: My Story
Thanks
Jackie Chan: My Story
1997
Actor Queen Constantina
Cinderella
Actor Nurse Myrna
In the Gloaming
Actor Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
A Christmas Carol
Actor Self
Pitch
Actor Cabbie
Destination Anywhere
Actor Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
Actor Mother Gooseberg (voice)
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Actor Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Actor Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
In & Out
1996
Actor Harriet Franklin
Bogus
Actor Eddie Franklin
Eddie
Actor Laurel Ayres
The Associate
Actor Myrlie Evers
Ghosts of Mississippi
Actor Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Bordello of Blood
Actor Self
The Celluloid Closet
Actor Nurse (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys
Actor Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1995
1994
Actor Guinan (uncredited)
Star Trek: Generations
Actor Corrina Washington
Corrina, Corrina
Actor Buckwheat's Mom
The Little Rascals
Actor Shenzi (voice)
The Lion King
Actor Fantasy (voice)
The Pagemaster
Actor Narrator
Liberation
Actor Self (archive footage)
But... Seriously
Actor Self
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
Actor Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1993
1992
1991
Actor Rose Schwartz
Soapdish
Actor Professor (uncredited)
House Party 2
Actor Guinan (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Actor Self - Host
Chez Whoopi
Actor Self
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Actor Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
Executive Producer
Chez Whoopi
1990
1989
1988
1987
Actor Self - Actress
Citizen Steve
Actor Rita Rizzoli
Fatal Beauty
Actor Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Burglar
Actor Self
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
Actor Self - Host
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
Actor Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Actor Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Actor Self
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
