Whoopi Goldberg
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 13, 1955
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
- More Than a Medal
More Than a Medal TBA
Executive Producer
- Women Like Us
Women Like Us TBA
Actor
Sister Act 3 TBA
as Deloris, Producer
- Sisters in Italy
Sisters in Italy TBA
Actor
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin TBA
as Aqua (voice)
Captain Zero: The Movie 2028
as (voice), Executive Producer
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk 2027
as (voice)
Tribeca 25 2026
as Self
Leopardi & Co 2025
as Mildred, Executive Producer
- ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators 2025
as Galbanum (voice)
Flower of the Dawn 2025
as Storyteller (voice)
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II 2025
Thanks
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 2025
as Self
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams 2024
as Self
Like Tears in Rain 2024
as Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024
as Self
Atrabilious 2024
as Dr. Andrea Hart
Group Therapy 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Ezra 2024
as Jayne
Babes 2024
as Dawn's Breasts
Butterfly in the Sky 2024
as Self, Executive Producer
Outlaw Posse 2024
as Stagecoach Mary
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey 2023
as Self
The Color Purple 2023
as Midwife (uncredited)
Three Trees 2023
as (Narration)
Barry Humphries at the BBC 2023
as Self (archive material)
Commitment to Life 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Our Barbara 2023
as Self
A New Orleans Noel 2022
Executive Producer
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda 2022
as Self
My Father's Dragon 2022
as Cat (voice)
Till 2022
as Alma, Producer
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo 2022
as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022
as Self
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 2022
as Self
Luck 2022
as Captain (voice)
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not 2022
as Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Caught in His Web 2022
Executive Producer
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising 2022
as Self
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass 2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World 2021
as Self - Host
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It 2021
as Self
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days 2021
as Self - Guest
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... 2020
as Self
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine 2020
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip 2020
as Narrator
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America 2020
as Whoopi Goldberg
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion 2020
as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King 2020
as Self - Co-host, "The View"
My Darling Vivian 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Feeding America Comedy Festival 2020
as Self
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway 2020
Actor
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 2020
as Self
Find Your Groove 2020
as Self
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU 2020
as (archive footage)
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration 2019
as Self
The Most Magnificent Thing 2019
as Narrator (voice)
Cracked Up 2019
as Self
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me 2019
as Self
Olympia 2018
as Self
Nobody's Fool 2018
as Lola
Trump @War 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood 2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Gospel According to André 2018
as Self
Furlough 2018
as Moms
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like 2018
as Self
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic 2017
as Host
The Problem with Apu 2017
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me 2017
as Self
Yamasong: March of the Hollows 2017
as Yari (voice)
9/11 2017
as Metzie
Descendants 2 2017
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
The Truth Is in the Stars 2017
as Self
Gilbert 2017
as Self
A Very Sordid Wedding 2017
as Abernatha Coleman
King of the Dancehall 2017
as Loretta Brixton
- Rio
Rio 2017
as Gayle Morgenstern
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time 2016
as Self
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley 2016
as Self
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years 2016
as Self
50 Years of Star Trek 2016
as Self
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life 2016
as Herself
Black Dog, Red Dog 2015
as Calliope
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank 2015
as Self
Misery Loves Comedy 2015
as Self
Top Five 2014
as Whoopi Goldberg
Big Stone Gap 2014
as Fleeta Mullins
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014
as Bernadette Thompson
A Day Late and a Dollar Short 2014
as Viola
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale 2013
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption 2013
as Guinan
Blackfish 2013
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds 2013
as Guinan (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley 2013
as Self, Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Why We Laugh: Funny Women 2013
as Self
- Miracle Rising: South Africa
Miracle Rising: South Africa 2013
as Self
The Contradictions of Fair Hope 2013
as Narrator
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief 2012
as Self
Radioman 2012
as Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me 2012
as Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies 2012
as Self
Python Legs! 2012
Actor
The Muppets 2011
as Whoopi Goldberg
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 2011
as Narrator (voice)
The Little Engine That Could 2011
as The Tower (voice)
A Little Bit of Heaven 2011
as God
For Colored Girls 2010
as Alice / White
Teenage Paparazzo 2010
as Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift 2010
as (archive footage)
New York Street Games 2010
as Self
Toy Story 3 2010
as Stretch (voice)
- The Black List: Volume Three
The Black List: Volume Three 2010
as Self
See You in September 2010
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants 2009
as Self (archive footage)
Journey to the Stars 2009
as Narrator (voice)
Kambakkht Ishq 2009
as Whoopi Goldberg
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit 2009
as Self
Madea Goes to Jail 2009
as Self
- Stream
Stream 2009
as Jodi Quinn
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa 2008
as Taxi Driver
Descendants 2008
as Red Flower (voice)
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins 2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest 2008
Actor
Snow Buddies 2008
as Miss Mittens (voice)
- Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut 2007
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project 2007
as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens 2007
as Self
- The Sophisticated Misfit
The Sophisticated Misfit 2007
as Self
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden 2007
as Self
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic 2007
as Self
If I Had Known I Was a Genius 2007
as Mom
Farce of the Penguins 2006
as Helen (voice)
Comic Relief 2006 2006
Actor
Homie Spumoni 2006
as Thelma
Everyone's Hero 2006
as Darlin' (voice)
Doogal 2006
as Ermintrude (voice)
The N Word 2006
as Self
The Aristocrats 2005
as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood 2005
as Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway 2005
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady, Writer
Racing Stripes 2005
as Franny (voice)
The Lion King 1½ 2004
as Shenzi (voice)
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 2004
as Whoopi Goldberg
The World of Nat King Cole 2004
as Self
Pinocchio 3000 2004
as Cyberina (voice)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class 2004
as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! 2004
as Self (uncredited)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 2004
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! 2003
as Self
The Piano Man's Daughter 2003
Executive Producer
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions 2003
as Voice
Declaration of Independence 2003
as Self
Blizzard 2003
as Blizzard (voice)
Pauly Shore Is Dead 2003
as Whoopi Goldberg
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003
as Narrator (voice)
Good Fences 2003
as Mabel Spader, Producer
Star Trek: Nemesis 2002
as Guinan (uncredited)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 2002
as Daniel's 'Boss'
Madeline: My Fair Madeline 2002
as Miss Clavel (voice)
The Hollywood Sign 2002
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Searching for Debra Winger 2002
as Self
Showboy 2002
as Herself
Making Rat Race 2002
as Herself
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' 2001
as Self - Hostess
Call Me Claus 2001
as Lucy Cullins, Executive Producer
Ruby's Bucket of Blood 2001
Executive Producer
Rat Race 2001
as Vera Baker
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel 2001
as Self - Host
Rescued from the Closet 2001
as Self
Ghost: Remembering the Magic 2001
as Self
Kingdom Come 2001
as Raynelle Slocumb
Monkeybone 2001
as Death
Golden Dreams 2001
as Califia, the Queen of California
What Makes a Family 2001
as Terry Harrison, Executive Producer
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation 2000
as Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film 2000
as Self - Host / Narrator
More Dogs Than Bones 2000
as Cléo
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 2000
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years 2000
as Self - Host
Girl, Interrupted 1999
as Valerie
Jackie's Back! 1999
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
- The Mao Game
The Mao Game 1999
Co-Producer
The Deep End of the Ocean 1999
as Candy
Alice in Wonderland 1999
as Cheshire Cat
Our Friend, Martin 1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
Alegría 1999
as Baby Clown
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years 1999
Actor
Get Bruce! 1999
as Self
The Rugrats Movie 1998
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
A Knight in Camelot 1998
as Dr. Vivien Morgan
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 1998
as Stormella (voice)
Junket Whore 1998
as Self
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998
as Delilah Abraham
Jackie Chan: My Story 1998
as Self (uncredited), Thanks
Titey 1998
as The Iceberg (voice)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn 1998
as Whoopi Goldberg
Creating Ragtime 1998
as Host
A Christmas Carol 1997
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Cinderella 1997
as Queen Constantina
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special 1997
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
In & Out 1997
as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
Pitch 1997
as Self
Destination Anywhere 1997
as Cabbie
In the Gloaming 1997
as Nurse Myrna
Sports on the Silver Screen 1997
as Self (archive footage)
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life 1997
as Self
Ghosts of Mississippi 1996
as Myrlie Evers
The Associate 1996
as Laurel Ayres
Bogus 1996
as Harriet Franklin
Bordello of Blood 1996
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys 1996
as Nurse (uncredited)
Eddie 1996
as Eddie Franklin
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful 1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Celluloid Closet 1996
as Self
Theodore Rex 1995
as Katie Coltrane
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge 1995
as Self - Hostess
Comic Relief VII 1995
as Self - Host
Moonlight and Valentino 1995
as Sylvie Morrow
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut 1995
as Self - Host
- Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About
Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About 1995
as Self
Boys on the Side 1995
as Jane Deluca
The Making of 'The Pagemaster' 1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Pagemaster 1994
as Fantasy (voice)
Star Trek: Generations 1994
as Guinan (uncredited)
Corrina, Corrina 1994
as Corrina Washington
The Little Rascals 1994
as Buckwheat's Mom
The Lion King 1994
as Shenzi (voice)
- But... Seriously
But... Seriously 1994
as Self (archive footage)
Comic Relief VI 1994
as Self - Hostess
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo 1994
as Self
Liberation 1994
as Narrator (voice)
A Cool Like That Christmas 1993
as Mom / Irwin (voice)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 1993
as Deloris Van Cartier
Naked in New York 1993
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration 1993
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Aretha Franklin: Duets 1993
as Self
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 1993
as Billy York (uncredited)
Made in America 1993
as Sarah Mathews
The Magical World of Chuck Jones 1992
as Self
Sarafina! 1992
as Mary Masembuko
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica 1992
as Self
Wisecracks 1992
Actor
Sister Act 1992
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
The Player 1992
as Detective Avery
Defenders of Dynatron City 1992
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
House Party 2 1991
as Professor (uncredited)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special 1991
as Self
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts 1991
as Narrator (voice)
Chez Whoopi 1991
as Self - Host, Executive Producer
Soapdish 1991
as Rose Schwartz
The Long Walk Home 1990
as Odessa Cotter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter 1990
as Self (uncredited)
Ghost 1990
as Oda Mae Brown
- Comic Relief '90
Comic Relief '90 1990
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years 1990
as Self
Celebrity Guide to Wine 1990
as Self
Beverly Hills Brats 1989
as Self
- Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly 1989
as Herself
Homer and Eddie 1989
as Eddie Cervi
Hanna-Barbera's 50th 1989
as Self
Kiss Shot 1989
as Sarah Collins
Comic Relief III 1989
Actor
- The Debbie Allen Special
The Debbie Allen Special 1989
as Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special 1988
as Self
Free to Be... a Family 1988
as Self
Clara's Heart 1988
as Clara Mayfield
- Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight? 1988
as Fontaine
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute 1988
as Self
The Telephone 1988
as Vashti Blue
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert 1988
as Self
Fatal Beauty 1987
as Rita Rizzoli
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville 1987
as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987
as Self
- Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later 1987
as Self - Host
Burglar 1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
- Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin 1987
as Self
- The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite 1987
as Self
- Repairs
Repairs 1987
as The Voice (voice)
Citizen Steve 1987
as Self - Actress
- The Best of Comic Relief
The Best of Comic Relief 1986
as Self
Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986
as Terry Dolittle
The Making of Captain EO 1986
as Self
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show 1986
as Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce 1986
as Self
The Color Purple 1985
as Celie
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway 1985
as Self, Writer
Night of 100 Stars II 1985
as Self
Citizen 1982
Actor
Credits from TMDB.