Whoopi Goldberg

69, from New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for Toy Story 3Image of Whoopi Goldberg

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.

Timeline

2026Future projects

  • Poster for Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

    (Unknown)

2025Aged 70

2024Aged 69

  • Poster for I'm

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Outlaw Posse

    Stagecoach Mary

  • Poster for Butterfly in the Sky

    Self

  • Poster for Babes

    Dawn's Breasts

  • Poster for Ezra

    Jayne

  • Poster for Atrabilious

    Dr. Andrea Hart

  • Poster for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

    Self

  • Poster for Like Tears in Rain

    Self

2023Aged 68

  • Poster for Our Barbara

    Self

  • Poster for Barry Humphries at the BBC

    Self (archive material)

  • Poster for Three Trees

    (Narration)

  • Poster for The Color Purple

    Midwife (uncredited)

  • Poster for Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

    Self

2022Aged 67

  • Poster for Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

    Self

  • Poster for Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bill Cosby: Walking Free

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not

    Self

  • Poster for Luck

    Captain (voice)

  • Poster for Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

    Self

  • Poster for Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Self

  • Poster for Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Self

  • Poster for Till

    Alma

  • Poster for My Father's Dragon

    Cat (voice)

  • Poster for 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

    Self

  • Poster for Caught in His Web

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for A New Orleans Noel

    Executive Producer

2021Aged 66

  • Poster for Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

    Self - Guest

  • Poster for Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Self

  • Poster for The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World

    Self - Host

  • Poster for JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    Self - Narrator (voice)

2020Aged 65

  • Poster for The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Siempre, Luis

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Find Your Groove

    Self

  • Poster for The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

    Self

  • Poster for My Darling Vivian

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Feeding America Comedy Festival

    Self

  • Poster for Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

    Self - Co-host, "The View"

  • Poster for A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

    The Mother / The Ancient Booer

  • Poster for The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    Whoopi Goldberg

  • Poster for Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

    Narrator

  • Poster for Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

    Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

  • Poster for Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

    Self

2019Aged 64

  • Poster for Charley Pride: I'm Just Me

    Self

  • Poster for Cracked Up

    Self

  • Poster for The Most Magnificent Thing

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

    Self

2018Aged 63

  • Poster for Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

    Self

  • Poster for Furlough

    Moms

  • Poster for The Gospel According to André

    Self

  • Poster for Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Trump @War

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Nobody's Fool

    Lola

  • Poster for Olympia

    Herself

  • Poster for The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut

    Self - Host

2017Aged 62

  • Poster for King of the Dancehall

    Loretta Brixton

  • Poster for A Very Sordid Wedding

    Abernatha Coleman

  • Poster for Gilbert

    Self

  • Poster for The Truth Is in the Stars

    Self

  • Poster for Descendants 2

    Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for 9/11

    Metzie

  • Poster for Yamasong: March of the Hollows

    Yari (voice)

  • Poster for Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    Self

  • Poster for The Problem with Apu

    Self

  • Poster for Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic

    Host

2016Aged 61

  • Poster for Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

    Herself

  • Poster for 50 Years of Star Trek

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

    Self

  • Poster for Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time

    Herself

2014Aged 59

  • Poster for A Day Late and a Dollar Short

    Viola

  • Poster for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Bernadette Thompson

  • Poster for Big Stone Gap

    Fleeta Mullins

  • Poster for Top Five

    Self

2013Aged 58

2012Aged 57

  • Poster for Paul Simon: Under African Skies

    Self

  • Poster for Katy Perry: Part of Me

    Self

  • Poster for Radioman

    Self

  • Poster for 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

    Self

2011Aged 56

  • Poster for A Little Bit of Heaven

    God

  • Poster for The Little Engine That Could

    The Tower (voice)

  • Poster for Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Muppets

    Whoopi Goldberg

2010Aged 55

2009Aged 54

  • Stream

    Jodi Quinn

  • Poster for Madea Goes to Jail

    Self

  • Poster for Star Trek: The Captains' Summit

    Self

  • Poster for Kambakkht Ishq

    Whoopi Goldberg

  • Poster for Journey to the Stars

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

    Self (archive footage)

2008Aged 53

  • Poster for Snow Buddies

    Miss Mittens (voice)

  • Poster for Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Descendants

    Red Flower (voice)

  • Poster for A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

    Taxi Driver

2006Aged 51

  • Poster for The N Word

    Self

  • Poster for Doogal

    Ermintrude (voice)

  • Poster for Everyone's Hero

    Darlin' (voice)

  • Poster for Homie Spumoni

    Thelma

  • Poster for Comic Relief 2006

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Farce of the Penguins

    Helen (voice)

2005Aged 50

  • Poster for Racing Stripes

    Franny (voice)

  • Poster for Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

    Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

  • Poster for Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    Whoopi Goldberg

  • Poster for The Aristocrats

    Self

2004Aged 49

  • Poster for TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Lion King 1½

    Shenzi (voice)

  • Poster for Uta Hagen's Acting Class

    Self

  • Poster for Pinocchio 3000

    Cyberina (voice)

  • Poster for The World of Nat King Cole

    Self

  • Poster for Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

    Whoopi Goldberg

2003Aged 48

  • Poster for Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

    Self

  • Poster for Good Fences

    Mabel Spader

  • Poster for Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Pauly Shore Is Dead

    Whoopi Goldberg

  • Poster for Blizzard

    Blizzard (voice)

  • Poster for Declaration of Independence

    Self

  • Poster for New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions

    Voice

  • Poster for The Piano Man's Daughter

    Executive Producer

2002Aged 47

  • Poster for Making Rat Race

    Herself

  • Showboy

    Herself

  • Poster for Searching for Debra Winger

    Self

  • Poster for The Hollywood Sign

    Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

  • Poster for Madeline: My Fair Madeline

    Miss Clavel (voice)

  • Poster for It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

    Daniel's 'Boss'

  • Poster for Star Trek: Nemesis

    Guinan (uncredited)

2001Aged 46

  • Poster for What Makes a Family

    Terry Harrison

  • Poster for Golden Dreams

    Califia, the Queen of California

  • Poster for Monkeybone

    Death

  • Poster for Kingdom Come

    Raynelle Slocumb

  • Poster for Ghost: Remembering the Magic

    Self

  • Poster for Rescued from the Closet

    Self

  • Poster for Rat Race

    Vera Baker

  • Poster for Call Me Claus

    Lucy Cullins

  • Poster for The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

    Self - Hostess

  • Poster for Ruby's Bucket of Blood

    Executive Producer

2000Aged 45

1999Aged 44

  • Poster for Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Get Bruce!

    Self

  • Poster for Alegría: An Enchanting Fable

    Baby Clown

  • Poster for Our Friend, Martin

    Mrs. Peck (voice)

  • Poster for Alice in Wonderland

    Cheshire Cat

  • Poster for The Deep End of the Ocean

    Candy Bliss

  • Poster for Jackie's Back!

    Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

  • Poster for Girl, Interrupted

    Valerie

  • The Mao Game

    Co-Producer

1998Aged 43

  • Poster for An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

    Whoopi Goldberg

  • Poster for Titey

    The Iceberg (voice)

  • Poster for Jackie Chan: My Story

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    Delilah Abraham

  • Poster for Junket Whore

    Self

  • Poster for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

    Stormella (voice)

  • Poster for A Knight in Camelot

    Dr. Vivien Morgan

  • Poster for The Rugrats Movie

    Ranger Margaret (voice)

1997Aged 42

1996Aged 41

  • Poster for The Celluloid Closet

    Self

  • Poster for The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Eddie

    Eddie Franklin

  • Poster for The Sunshine Boys

    Nurse (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bordello of Blood

    Hospital Patient (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bogus

    Harriet Franklin

  • Poster for The Associate

    Laurel Ayres

  • Poster for Ghosts of Mississippi

    Myrlie Evers

1995Aged 40

  • Poster for Boys on the Side

    Jane Deluca

  • Poster for Moonlight and Valentino

    Sylvie Morrow

  • Poster for The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge

    Self - Hostess

  • Poster for Theodore Rex

    Katie Coltrane

1994Aged 39

  • Poster for Liberation

    Narrator

  • Poster for Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

    Self

  • But... Seriously

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Lion King

    Shenzi (voice)

  • Poster for The Little Rascals

    Buckwheat's Mom

  • Poster for Corrina, Corrina

    Corrina Washington

  • Poster for Star Trek: Generations

    Guinan (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Pagemaster

    Fantasy (voice)

  • Poster for The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

    Self (archive footage)

1993Aged 38

  • Poster for Made in America

    Sarah Mathews

  • Poster for National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

    Billy York (uncredited)

  • Poster for Aretha Franklin: Duets

    Self

  • Poster for Naked in New York

    Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

  • Poster for Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

    Deloris Van Cartier

  • Poster for A Cool Like That Christmas

    Mom / Irwin (voice)

1992Aged 37

  • Poster for Defenders of Dynatron City

    Ms. Megawatt (voice)

  • Poster for The Player

    Detective Avery

  • Poster for Sister Act

    Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

  • Poster for Wisecracks

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow

    Guinan (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sarafina!

    Mary Masembuko

  • Poster for The Magical World of Chuck Jones

    Self

1991Aged 36

  • Poster for Soapdish

    Rose Schwartz

  • Chez Whoopi

    Self - Host

  • Poster for Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

    Guinan (archive footage)

  • Poster for Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

    Self

  • Poster for House Party 2

    Professor (uncredited)

1990Aged 35

1989Aged 34

1988Aged 33

1987Aged 32

1986Aged 31

1985Aged 30

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

  • Poster for Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

    Self

  • Poster for The Color Purple

    Celie

1982Aged 27

  • Poster for Citizen

    (Unknown)

Year unknown