Whoopi Goldberg

Known for ActingBorn 1955-11-13 (age 70)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.Read more

Movies & web series

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story

Our Barbara

Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not

Find Your Groove

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Whoopi's Littleburg

The Piano Man's Daughter

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Chez Whoopi

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later

Dolly

Comic Relief

Citizen

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years

The Foxbusters

Sports on the Silver Screen

People's Choice Awards

Help Save Planet Earth

Citizen Rose

De TV Show

The Most Magnificent Thing

Whoopi

Amphibia

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

BoJack Horseman

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

Free to Be... a Family

Miracle Rising: South Africa

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge

Bill Cosby: Walking Free

Butterfly in the Sky

But... Seriously

Celebrity Guide to Wine

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Leopardi & Co

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Godfather of Harlem

Aretha Franklin: Duets

Wisecracks

ASALI: Power of the Pollinators