
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.
Movie | Flower of the Dawn | Storyteller (voice) | 2026 |
Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Iceberg (voice) | 2026 |
Series | Anansi Boys | Bird Woman | 2026 |
Movie | Sisters in Italy | 2026 | |
Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice) | 2026 |
Movie | Leopardi & Co | Mildred | 2025-07-13 |
Movie | Outlaw Posse | Stagecoach Mary | 2024-03-01 |
Movie | I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-20 |
Movie | Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-08-01 |
Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | 2024-09-21 |
Movie | Ezra | Jayne | 2024-05-30 |
Movie | Babes | Dawn's Breasts | 2024-05-17 |
Movie | Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 |
Movie | The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
Movie | Barry Humphries at the BBC | Self (archive material) | 2023-05-28 |
Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
Movie | Luck | Captain (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
Movie | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-04 |
Movie | Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 | Self | 2022-08-23 |
Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
Movie | Till | Alma | 2022-10-14 |
Series | The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021-05-02 |
Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
Series | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-22 |
Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | 2021-06-18 |
Movie | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
Movie | The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World | Self - Host | 2021-10-01 |
Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-25 |
Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
Movie | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Series | The Stand | Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle | 2020-12-17 |
Movie | Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self | 2020-12-28 |
Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
Series | The Comedy Store | Self | 2020-10-04 |
Movie | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Whoopi Goldberg | 2020-10-08 |
Movie | I Am Mother | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-06-07 |
Movie | The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
Movie | Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2019-11-09 |
Movie | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self | 2018-03-06 |
Series | Citizen Rose | Herself | 2018-01-30 |
Movie | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018-01-19 |
Movie | Furlough | Moms | 2018-03-16 |
Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Movie | The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Self - Host | 2018-11-16 |
Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | The Gospel According to André | Self | 2018-03-18 |
Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lola | 2018-10-31 |
Movie | Trump @War | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
Movie | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
Series | When We Rise | Pat Norman | 2017-02-27 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
Movie | Rio | Gayle Morgenstern | 2017-01-01 |
Movie | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
Movie | The Problem with Apu | Self | 2017-11-19 |
Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari (voice) | 2017-09-10 |
Movie | Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host | 2017-12-18 |
Movie | 9/11 | Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
Movie | Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
Movie | Gilbert | Self | 2017-04-20 |
Movie | Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Herself | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself | 2016-10-28 |
Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self | 2016-09-15 |
Movie | 50 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2016-08-14 |
Movie | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self | 2015-04-29 |
Movie | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
Movie | Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
Series | The 7D | Magic Mirror (voice) | 2014-07-07 |
Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | 2014-04-19 |
Movie | Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
Movie | The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Self | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | 2013-04-20 |
Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self | 2013-12-11 |
Movie | Blackfish | Self | 2013-06-07 |
Movie | Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds | Guinan (archive footage) | 2013-04-25 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013-04-23 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self | 2013-03-21 |
Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
Movie | Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self | 2012-05-11 |
Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | God | 2011-02-03 |
Movie | The Little Engine That Could | The Tower (voice) | 2011-03-22 |
Movie | The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
Movie | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
Movie | Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
Movie | The Black List: Volume Three | Self | 2010-02-08 |
Movie | For Colored Girls | Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
Series | Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren | Unknown | 2009-01-16 |
Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Unknown | 2009-03-19 |
Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-14 |
Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
Movie | Star Trek: The Captain's Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
Movie | Madea Goes to Jail | Self | 2009-02-20 |
Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
Movie | Descendants | Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
Movie | Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
Movie | Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-06-03 |
Movie | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom | 2007-01-23 |
Series | The Naked Brothers Band | Herself | 2007-02-03 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
Movie | The Sophisticated Misfit | Self | 2007-04-26 |
Movie | Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self | 2007-03-29 |
Movie | Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic | Self | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | The N Word | Self | 2006-01-16 |
Movie | Doogal | Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
Series | So NoTORIous | Unknown | 2006-04-02 |
Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice) | 2006-12-01 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | Homie Spumoni | Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
Movie | Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Whoopi Goldberg | 2005-05-08 |
Movie | Racing Stripes | Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Unknown | 2005-08-03 |
Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
Series | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
Series | Whoopi's Littleburg | 2004-01-18 | |
Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice) | 2004-10-28 |
Movie | Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | 2004-06-15 |
Movie | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
Movie | Good Fences | Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
Movie | Blizzard | Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Whoopi | Mavis Rae | 2003-09-09 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice | 2003-07-01 |
Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
Movie | Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
Movie | Showboy | Herself | 2002-06-22 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
Series | Liberty's Kids | Robert Shirtliff (voice) | 2002-09-02 |
Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
Movie | Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
Movie | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss' | 2002-11-29 |
Movie | The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2002-09-17 |
Movie | Monkeybone | Death | 2001-02-23 |
Movie | Golden Dreams | Califia, the Queen of California | 2001-02-08 |
Movie | Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
Movie | What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Movie | Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
Movie | Rat Race | Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
Movie | Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self | 2001-04-24 |
Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
Movie | The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
Movie | More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
Movie | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - Host / Narrator | 2000-09-12 |
Series | Strong Medicine | Unknown | 2000-07-23 |
Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | 1999-01-01 | |
Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | Valerie | 1999-12-21 |
Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
Series | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | The Grand Banshee | 1999-11-07 |
Movie | Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
Series | Celebrity Deathmatch | Unknown | 1998-05-14 |
Movie | Titey | The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-27 |
Movie | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
Movie | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997-02-24 |
Movie | In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
Movie | Destination Anywhere | Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
Movie | Cinderella | Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
Movie | In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg | 1997-09-10 |
Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
Series | The View | Self - Co-Host | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-17 |
Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
Movie | Bogus | Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | The Associate | Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
Movie | Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
Movie | Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
Movie | Eddie | Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
Movie | Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
Movie | Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
Movie | Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
Movie | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
Movie | But... Seriously | Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | The Lion King | Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-15 |
Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
Series | The Magic School Bus | 1994-09-10 | |
Movie | The Making of 'The Pagemaster' | Self (archive footage) | 1994-12-01 |
Movie | The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
Movie | Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | 1993-05-09 |
Movie | Made in America | Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
Movie | A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
Series | The Nanny | Unknown | 1993-11-03 |
Movie | The Player | Detective Avery | 1992-05-08 |
Movie | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
Movie | Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Soapdish | Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
Movie | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1991-02-28 |
Movie | House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
Movie | The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
Series | Bagdad Cafe | Brenda | 1990-03-30 |
Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self (uncredited) | 1990-12-01 |
Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 1990-09-15 | |
Movie | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
Movie | Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self | 1989-07-17 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Self | 1989-10-06 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly | Herself | 1989-09-10 |
Movie | Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
Movie | The Telephone | Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
Movie | The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
Movie | Free to Be... a Family | Self | 1988-12-14 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self | 1988-12-21 |
Movie | Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
Movie | Citizen Steve | Self - Actress | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
Movie | Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer | 1987-10-12 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Guinan | 1987-09-28 |
Series | Showtime at the Apollo | 1987-09-12 | |
Movie | Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
Movie | Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show | Self | 1986-05-24 |
Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Self | 1986-09-12 |
Movie | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
Movie | The Color Purple | Celie | 1985-12-18 |
Series | Moonlighting | Unknown | 1985-03-03 |
Movie | Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | Self | 1985-07-20 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Series | Muppet Babies | Unknown | 1984-11-05 |
Series | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Mariah Johnston | 1984-01-24 |
Series | Wogan | Herself | 1982-05-04 |
Movie | Citizen | 1982-01-01 | |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | The Oscars | Whoopi Goldberg | 1953-03-19 |