Whoopi Goldberg
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1955-11-13 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Caryn Elaine Johnson
Whoopie Goldberg
烏比·戈德堡
ووپی گُلدبرگ
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...
Acting
1994
as Guinan (uncredited)
2002
as Guinan (uncredited)
1990
as Oda Mae Brown
1985
as Celie
2010
as Stretch (voice)
1999
as Valerie
1992
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1996
as Harriet Franklin
1992
as Detective Avery
1994
as Corrina Washington
1994
as Buckwheat's Mom
1986
as Terry Dolittle
1996
as Eddie Franklin
1996
as Laurel Ayres
2021
2004
as Shenzi (voice)
1993
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993
as Deloris Van Cartier
1999
as Cheshire Cat
1999
as Candy Bliss
1996
as Myrlie Evers
2001
as Death
1998
as Dr. Vivien Morgan
2006
as Ermintrude (voice)
1994
as Shenzi (voice)
1993
as Sarah Mathews
1991
as Rose Schwartz
2009
1998
as Delilah Abraham
1998
as Stormella (voice)
2008
as Taxi Driver
1995
as Jane Deluca
1987
as Self - Actress
1993
as Billy York (uncredited)
2003
2002
as Daniel's 'Boss'
2001
as Vera Baker
1987
as Rita Rizzoli
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1992
as Mary Masembuko
1999
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1998
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
1995
as Katie Coltrane
2022
as Captain (voice)
1997
as Queen Constantina
2008
as Red Flower (voice)
1994
as Fantasy (voice)
2006
as Darlin' (voice)
2005
as Self
2009
as Whoopi Goldberg
2003
as Mabel Spader
1997
as Nurse Myrna
1986
1991
as Professor (uncredited)
2011
as God
2010
as Alice / White
1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1997
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
2001
as Lucy Cullins
1998
as The Iceberg (voice)
1989
as Eddie Cervi
-
as Aqua (voice)
1995
as Sylvie Morrow
2001
as Self
2007
2007
1999
as Self
2000
as Self - Host
1989
as Sarah Collins
1990
as Odessa Cotter
1992
as Guinan (archive footage)
1997
as Self
2011
as The Tower (voice)
1988
as Clara Mayfield
2010
as Self
1988
as Vashti Blue
2011
as Narrator (voice)
2005
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
1993
as Self
2002
as Miss Clavel (voice)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Self
2001
as Terry Harrison
1985
2000
as Self - Host / Narrator
2024
as Stagecoach Mary
1988
as Self
2022
as Self
2004
as Cyberina (voice)
2023
as Self (archive material)
2009
as Narrator (voice)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Cabbie
1995
as Self - Hostess
1996
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
2022
as Cat (voice)
2013
as Self
1992
2012
as Self
2013
2013
2025
as Mildred
1994
as Narrator
2024
as Dr. Andrea Hart
2013
as Self
1989
as Herself
2013
as Narrator
1991
as Guinan (archive footage)
2007
1990
as Self
1991
as Self - Host
1989
2014
as Viola
1997
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self
2012
as Self
1994
as Self (archive footage)
2022
2008
as Miss Mittens (voice)
1994
1987
2015
2014
as Self
2023
as Midwife (uncredited)
1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
2006
as Thelma
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
2015
as Self
1987
as Self - Host
1992
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
2024
2009
as Jodi Quinn
2024
as Jayne
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2023
2005
as Franny (voice)
2017
as Yari (voice)
1996
as Self
2015
1988
2017
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2023
as (Narration)
2014
as Fleeta Mullins
2014
as Bernadette Thompson
2023
as Self
1997
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1985
as Self
1989
as Self
1988
2007
2001
as Raynelle Slocumb
2003
as Self
2024
as Self
2012
-
as Storyteller (voice)
2024
as Dawn's Breasts
2010
as (archive footage)
1998
as Self
2010
as Self
2016
as Self
2016
as Herself
2015
as Calliope
1996
as Nurse (uncredited)
2016
1987
as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
2007
2000
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
2007
as Self
2000
as Cléo
2010
as Self
1991
2005
as Whoopi Goldberg
2017
as Self
1989
as Self
2017
as Metzie
2001
as Califia, the Queen of California
2003
as Whoopi Goldberg
2009
as Self
2017
as Self
1998
as Whoopi Goldberg
1986
1998
as Self (uncredited)
1997
as Whoopi Goldberg
1982
1999
as Baby Clown
2002
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
2002
as Herself
2004
as Whoopi Goldberg
2006
as Helen (voice)
2010
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2011
as Whoopi Goldberg
2017
as Loretta Brixton
2013
as Self
2017
2017
as Abernatha Coleman
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2017
2017
as Self
1992
2018
as Moms
2018
2003
as Narrator (voice)
1987
2018
2018
as Lola
2004
as Self
1996
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Herself
2019
as Self
2018
as Self - Host
2003
as Blizzard (voice)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2019
2019
as Narrator (voice)
1993
as Mom / Irwin (voice)
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
as Self
1990
as Self (uncredited)
1987
2020
as Self - Co-host, "The View"
2001
as Self - Hostess
2020
as Narrator
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2002
as Self
2020
2006
as Self
2013
as Guinan (archive footage)
2020
as Whoopi Goldberg
2019
as Self
2021
as Self - Guest
2012
1994
as Self (archive footage)
2001
as Self
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
as Alma
2020
as (archive footage)
1990
as Self
2002
as Herself
1991
as Narrator (voice)
1986
as Self
2024
as Self
2020
as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
2017
as Gayle Morgenstern
1995
Production
2001
as Executive Producer
2005
as Writer
2024
as Executive Producer
2013
as Director
2001
as Executive Producer
2022
as Producer
1991
as Executive Producer
2022
as Executive Producer
2022
as Executive Producer
1985
2003
as Producer
2001
as Executive Producer
2013
as Executive Producer
1999
as Co-Producer
2003
as Executive Producer
2013
as Producer
1998
as Thanks
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