Whoopi Goldberg
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Caryn Elaine Johnson , Whoopie Goldberg , 烏比·戈德堡
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 172
TV Involvements: 53
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Janette Grayson
Blue Bloods
(2010) Regina Thomas
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987) Guinan
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Chesley Watkins
Hell's Kitchen
(2005) Self - Restaurant Patron
Strong Medicine
(2000) Dr. Lydia Emerson
Hollywood Squares
(1998) Self
The Lion King
(1994) Shenzi (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aqua (voice) | |
| 2024 | Self | |
| Dr. Andrea Hart | ||
| Jayne | ||
| Dawn's Breasts | ||
| Self | ||
| Stagecoach Mary | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| Midwife (uncredited) | ||
| (Narration) | ||
| Self (archive material) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2022 | Cat (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Alma | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Captain (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2020 | Self | |
| Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Self - Co-host, "The View" | ||
| Mary | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Guinan | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| Miss Willa | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | ||
| Mother Olm (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2018 | Self - Host | |
| Herself | ||
| Lola | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Police Officer | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Barb (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Moms | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2017 | Host | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Yari | ||
| Metzie | ||
| Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Abernatha Coleman | ||
| Loretta Brixton | ||
| 2016 | Herself | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Meg (voice) | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Calliope | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Fleeta Mullins | ||
| Self | ||
| Mikhaela (voice) | ||
| Bernadette Thompson | ||
| Magic Mirror (voice) | ||
| Viola | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| Mrs. Rabbit (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Guinan (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2011 | Whoopi Goldberg | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Yakult (voice) | ||
| The Tower (voice) | ||
| God | ||
| Pirate Myra (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Alice / White | |
| Regina Thomas | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Stretch (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | ||
| 2009 | Jane Marsh | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Carmen Tibideaux | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest Judge | ||
| Self - Special Guest | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jodi Quinn | ||
| 2008 | Taxi Driver | |
| Self | ||
| Red Flower (voice) | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Miss Mittens (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Herself | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Herself | ||
| Mom | ||
| 2006 | Helen (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| N/A | ||
| Thelma | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Darlin' (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ermintrude (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Restaurant Patron | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | ||
| Franny (voice) | ||
| 2004 | Self - Guest | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Self | ||
| Cyberina (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Shenzi (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Daniel's 'Boss' | |
| Mavis Rae | ||
| Self | ||
| Voice | ||
| Self | ||
| Blizzard (voice) | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mabel Spader | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Guinan (uncredited) | |
| Miss Clavel (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2001 | Self - Hostess | |
| Lucy Cullins | ||
| Chesley Watkins | ||
| Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | ||
| Vera Baker | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Raynelle Slocumb | ||
| Death | ||
| Califia, the Queen of California | ||
| Terry Harrison | ||
| 2000 | Self | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Self - Host / Narrator | ||
| Dr. Lydia Emerson | ||
| Cléo | ||
| Judge Cameo (uncredited) | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 1999 | Valerie | |
| The Grand Banshee | ||
| Janette Grayson | ||
| Ransome (voice) | ||
| Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | ||
| Candy Bliss | ||
| Cheshire Cat | ||
| Mrs. Peck (voice) | ||
| Baby Clown | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1998 | Ranger Margaret (voice) | |
| Dr. Vivien Morgan | ||
| Stormella (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Panelist | ||
| Self | ||
| Delilah Abraham | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| The Iceberg (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| 1997 | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | |
| Queen Constantina | ||
| Edwina Badger (voice) | ||
| Mother Gooseberg (voice) | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Moderator | ||
| Self - Co-Host | ||
| Cabbie | ||
| Nurse Myrna | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1996 | Myrlie Evers | |
| Laurel Ayres | ||
| Harriet Franklin | ||
| Hospital Patient (uncredited) | ||
| Nurse (uncredited) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Eddie Franklin | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1995 | Katie Coltrane | |
| Self - Hostess | ||
| Self | ||
| Sylvie Morrow | ||
| Guinan (archive footage) | ||
| Zenobia (voice) | ||
| Mother Gooseberg (voice) | ||
| Jane Deluca | ||
| 1994 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Fantasy (voice) | ||
| Guinan (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Corrina Washington | ||
| Buckwheat's Mom | ||
| Shenzi (voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| 1993 | Mom / Irwin (voice) | |
| Deloris Van Cartier | ||
| Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| Edna | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Billy York (uncredited) | ||
| Sarah Mathews | ||
| 1992 | Self | |
| Mary Masembuko | ||
| N/A | ||
| Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence | ||
| N/A | ||
| Detective Avery | ||
| Ms. Megawatt (voice) | ||
| 1991 | Professor (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| Guinan (archive footage) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Rose Schwartz | ||
| 1990 | Odessa Cotter | |
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Gaia (voice) | ||
| Oda Mae Brown | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1989 | Self | |
| Herself | ||
| Eddie Cervi | ||
| Self | ||
| Peligre | ||
| Sarah Collins | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1988 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Clara Mayfield | ||
| Self | ||
| Fontaine | ||
| Vashti Blue | ||
| Self | ||
| 1987 | Rita Rizzoli | |
| Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer | ||
| Guinan | ||
| Dr. Jordan | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Actress | ||
| 1986 | Self | |
| Terry Dolittle | ||
| N/A | ||
| Host | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Celie | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Camille Brand | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Mariah Johnston | ||
| 1982 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1975 | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1973 | Self | |
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self - Host | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| Bird Woman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Deloris Van Cartier | ||
| Iceberg (voice) | ||
| Mildred | ||
| Storyteller (voice) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2013 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2009 | Producer | |
| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
| 2006 | Producer | |
| 2003 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 2001 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2000 | Producer | |
| 1999 | Co-Producer | |
| 1991 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Creator | |
| 2007 | Creator | |
| 2006 | Creator | |
| 2000 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Writer | |
| 1985 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |