Whoopi Goldberg

ActorProducerCrewDirectorWriter Nov 13 (age 70) New York City, New York, USA 1956–2028 (72 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

The Lion King

Shenzi (voice)

Film

Toy Story 3

Stretch (voice)

Film

Girl, Interrupted

Valerie

Film

Ghost

Oda Mae Brown

Film

The Color Purple

Celie

Film

Luck

Captain (voice)

Film

Blackfish

Self

Film

Descendants 2

Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (406)

Movies (276)

Captain Zero: The Movie

2028 Upcoming

as (voice)

Jun 18

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

2026

Leopardi & Co

2025

as Mildred

7.0

ASALI: Power of the Pollinators

2025

8.0

Flower of the Dawn

2025

as Storyteller (voice)

Babes

2024

as Dawn's Breasts

5.9

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

as Self

Atrabilious

as Dr. Andrea Hart

Ezra

as Jayne

Outlaw Posse

as Stagecoach Mary

Group Therapy

as Self (archive footage)

Butterfly in the Sky

as Self

Like Tears in Rain

as Self

Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams

2024

as self

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

2024

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

The Color Purple

2023

as Midwife (uncredited)

7.0

Barry Humphries at the BBC

2023

as Self (archive material)

7.6

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

2023

as Self

3.3

Three Trees

2023

as (Narration)

Our Barbara

as Self

Luck

as Captain (voice)

Till

as Alma

My Father's Dragon

as Cat (voice)

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

6.3

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

2022

as Self

6.0

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

2022

as Self

8.0

Bill Cosby: Walking Free

2022

as Self (archive footage)

8.3

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

2022

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2022

as Self

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

2022

as Self

3.7

Amphibia: The Hardest Thing

2022

as Mother Olm

10.0

Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not

2022

as Self

10.0

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

2021

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0

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

2021

as Self

7.5

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

2021

as Self - Host

8.0

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

2021

as Self - Guest

6.5

Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway

2020

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

2020

as (archive footage)

9.7

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020

as Whoopi Goldberg

10.0

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

2020

as The Mother / The Ancient Booer

6.3

My Darling Vivian

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020

as Self - Co-host, "The View"

8.1

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

2020

as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

5.4

Feeding America Comedy Festival

2020

as Self

5.8

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

as Self

Find Your Groove

as Self

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

2020

as Self

6.2

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

2020

as Narrator

10.0

The Most Magnificent Thing

2019

as Narrator (voice)

8.6

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

as Self

Cracked Up

as Self

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me

as Self

Nobody's Fool

as Lola

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Olympia

as Herself

Furlough

as Moms

The Gospel According to André

2018

as Self

6.3

The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut

2018

as Self - Host

7.3

Trump @War

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018

as Self

7.9

The Truth Is in the Stars

2017

as Self

7.1

Descendants 2

2017

as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

7.4

9/11

2017

as Metzie

5.1

A Very Sordid Wedding

as Abernatha Coleman

Rio

as Gayle Morgenstern

Gilbert

as Self

Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic

2017

as Host

7.8

King of the Dancehall

as Loretta Brixton

The Problem with Apu

as Self

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

as Yari (voice)

3.5

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

2017

as Self

6.9

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

2016

as Self

6.7

50 Years of Star Trek

2016

as Self

6.4

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

2016

as Herself

7.4

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

2016

as Self

7.5

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

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Misery Loves Comedy

as Self

Black Dog, Red Dog

as Calliope

The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank

2015

as Self

2.0

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

2015

as Self

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2014

as Bernadette Thompson

Top Five

as Whoopi Goldberg

Big Stone Gap

as Fleeta Mullins

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

2014

as Viola

6.2

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

2013

as Guinan

9.0

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

2013

as Narrator

5.0

Miracle Rising: South Africa

2013

as Self

8.5

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self

Blackfish

as Self

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013

as Self

6.7

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

2013

as Guinan (archive footage)

7.3

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

2013

as Self

7.2

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

as Self

Radioman

as Self

Katy Perry: Part of Me

2012

as Self

7.2

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

2012

as Self

7.1

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

as Self

Python Legs!

The Muppets

as Whoopi Goldberg

A Little Bit of Heaven

2011

as God

6.4

The Little Engine That Could

2011

as The Tower (voice)

6.2

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

as Narrator (voice)

Toy Story 3

as Stretch (voice)

For Colored Girls

as Alice / White

Teenage Paparazzo

as Self

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.1

See You in September

2010

as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)

4.3

The Black List: Volume Three

2010

as Self

4.8

New York Street Games

2010

as Self

Kambakkht Ishq

as Whoopi Goldberg

Madea Goes to Jail

as Self

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit

2009

as Self

6.6

Stream

2009

as Jodi Quinn

Journey to the Stars

2009

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

Snow Buddies

2008

as Miss Mittens (voice)

6.1

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

2008

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.6

Descendants

2008

as Red Flower (voice)

7.0

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008

as Taxi Driver

5.9

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

2008

6.0

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

2007

as Self

7.7

Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden

2007

as Self

7.3

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007

as Self

6.8

If I Had Known I Was a Genius

2007

as Mom

4.1

The Sophisticated Misfit

2007

as Self

Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic

2007

as Self

Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut

2007

as Self

Everyone's Hero

as Darlin' (voice)

Comic Relief 2006

Doogal

as Ermintrude (voice)

4.9

Homie Spumoni

2006

as Thelma

4.7

Farce of the Penguins

as Helen (voz)

The N Word

as Self

Racing Stripes

as Franny (voice)

The Aristocrats

as Self

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

2005

as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

5.5

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Whoopi Goldberg

The Lion King 1½

as Shenzi (voice)

Pinocchio 3000

as Cyberina (voice)

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

2004

as Whoopi Goldberg

2.9

The World of Nat King Cole

2004

as Self

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004

as Self (archive footage)

4.0

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

2004

as Self

Pauly Shore Is Dead

as Whoopi Goldberg

Blizzard

as Blizzard (voice)

Good Fences

as Mabel Spader

New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions

2003

as Voice

5.8

Declaration of Independence

2003

as Self

10.0

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

as Narrator (voice)

4.8

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

2003

as Self

8.0

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002

as Guinan (uncredited)

6.3

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2002

as Daniel's 'Boss'

6.0

Madeline: My Fair Madeline

2002

as Miss Clavel (voice)

Showboy

as Herself

The Hollywood Sign

as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

4.3

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

as Self

6.3

Making Rat Race

2002

as Herself

Rat Race

as Vera Baker

Monkeybone

as Death

Ghost: Remembering the Magic

as Self

What Makes a Family

as Terry Harrison

Golden Dreams

as Califia, the Queen of California

Call Me Claus

as Lucy Cullins

Kingdom Come

as Raynelle Slocumb

Rescued from the Closet

2001

as Self

6.0

The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

2001

as Self - Hostess

6.0

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

2000

as Self - Host

8.0

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000

as Judge Cameo (uncredited)

4.3

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

as Self

More Dogs Than Bones

as Cléo

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000

as Self - Host / Narrator

Girl, Interrupted

1999

as Valerie

7.6

The Deep End of the Ocean

as Candy Bliss

Our Friend, Martin

as Mrs. Peck (voice)

Get Bruce!

as Self

Alice in Wonderland

as Cheshire Cat

Alegría

as Baby Clown

Jackie's Back!

as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

6.5

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

1999

6.8

Jackie Chan: My Story

1998

as Self (uncredited)

6.3

The Rugrats Movie

1998

as Ranger Margaret (voice)

6.2

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

1998

as Whoopi Goldberg

3.8

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

1998

as Stormella (voice)

6.1

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

as Delilah Abraham

Junket Whore

as Self

A Knight in Camelot

as Dr. Vivien Morgan

Titey

as The Iceberg (voice)

Creating Ragtime

1998

as Host

In & Out

as Whoopi Goldberg

Cinderella

as Queen Constantina

In the Gloaming

as Nurse Myrna

Pitch

as Self

A Christmas Carol

as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)

6.4

Destination Anywhere

1997

as Cabbie

6.8

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

1997

as Self

7.3

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997

as Mother Gooseberg (voice)

6.0

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Bogus

as Harriet Franklin

Bordello of Blood

as Hospital Patient (uncredited)

5.9

Eddie

1996

as Eddie Franklin

5.5

Ghosts of Mississippi

as Myrlie Evers

The Associate

as Laurel Ayres

The Sunshine Boys

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Celluloid Closet

as Self

Boys on the Side

as Jane Deluca

Moonlight and Valentino

1995

as Sylvie Morrow

5.5

Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About

1995

as Self

Theodore Rex

1995

as Katie Coltrane

3.6

The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge

as Self - Hostess

The Little Rascals

as Buckwheat's Mom

The Lion King

as Shenzi (voice)

The Pagemaster

as Fantasy (voice)

Star Trek: Generations

1994

as Guinan (uncredited)

6.5

Corrina, Corrina

1994

as Corrina Washington

Liberation

as Narrator

But... Seriously

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

The Making of 'The Pagemaster'

1994

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

1994

as Self

7.5

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993

as Deloris Van Cartier

6.4

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

as Billy York (uncredited)

Made in America

as Sarah Mathews

Naked in New York

as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall

4.5

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

1993

as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

6.0

Aretha Franklin: Duets

1993

as Self

8.0

A Cool Like That Christmas

1993

as Mom / Irwin (voice)

8.0

Sister Act

1992

as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

The Player

as Detective Avery

Sarafina!

as Mary Masembuko

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

as Self

Wisecracks

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

1992

as Self

7.8

Defenders of Dynatron City

1992

as Ms. Megawatt (voice)

Soapdish

as Rose Schwartz

Chez Whoopi

as Self - Host

House Party 2

as Professor (uncredited)

5.3

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

1991

as Self

5.9

Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts

1991

as Narrator (voice)

Ghost

as Oda Mae Brown

The Long Walk Home

as Odessa Cotter

Comic Relief '90

as Self

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990

as Self (uncredited)

Celebrity Guide to Wine

as Self

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

as Self

Kiss Shot

as Sarah Collins

Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly

as Herself

Homer and Eddie

as Eddie Cervi

Comic Relief III

Beverly Hills Brats

as Self

Clara's Heart

as Clara Mayfield

The Telephone

as Vashti Blue

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

as Self

7.2

Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?

1988

as Fontaine

8.0

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988

as Self

6.0

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

1988

as Self

10.0

Free to Be... a Family

1988

as Self

9.3

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

1987

as Self

9.3

Burglar

1987

as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

5.2

Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later

as Self - Host

Citizen Steve

as Self - Actress

Fatal Beauty

as Rita Rizzoli

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer

Repairs

1987

as The Voice (voice)

The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite

as Self

Jumpin' Jack Flash

as Terry Dolittle

The Making of Captain EO

1986

as Self

6.9

The Best of Comic Relief

1986

as Self

Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show

1986

as Self

7.7

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

as Self

The Color Purple

as Celie

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

as Self

Citizen

Sisters in Italy

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

as Aqua (voice)

Sister Act 3

as Deloris

Television (130)

Kevin

2026 Upcoming

as Cupcake (Voice)

Apr 20

Number One on the Call Sheet

as Self

Sherri

as Self - Guest

JANET JACKSON.

as Self

Cuomo

as Self - Guest

Hacks

as Whoopi Goldberg

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

as Self

Harlem

as Dr. Elise Pruitt

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.

as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)

6.6

The Story of Late Night

2021

as Self

6.6

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

2021

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Star Trek: Picard

as Guinan

The Stand

as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle

Staged

as Mary

The Con

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

Amphibia

2019

as Mother Olm (voice)

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

Godfather of Harlem

as Miss Willa

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

2019

as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

Desus & Mero

as Self

Lorena

as Herself

Summer Camp Island

as Barb (voice)

Basketball: A Love Story

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

The Shop

2018

as Self

5.3

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018

as Self

6.8

Random Acts of Flyness

as Police Officer

Citizen Rose

as Self

The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

When We Rise

as Pat Norman

The Tick

as Whoopi Goldberg

The Stinky & Dirty Show

as Meg (voice)

Ask the Storybots

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.1

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

2015

as Self

6.6

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

BoJack Horseman

as Mikhaela (voice)

The 7D

as Magic Mirror (voice)

6.2

Broad City

2014

as Self

7.1

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

2013

as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)

Suburgatory

as Yakult (voice)

Bubble Guppies

as Pirate Myra (voice)

7.6

Blue Bloods

2010

as Regina Thomas

7.8

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

2010

as Self - Guest Judge

6.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Middle

as Jane Marsh

Glee

as Carmen Tibideaux

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

7.5

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009

as Self

6.0

The Justin Lee Collins Show

2009

as Self - Guest

6.5

Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren

2009

Shatner's Raw Nerve

2008

as Self

4.0

Pioneers of Television

2008

as Self

6.0

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Naked Brothers Band

2007

as Whoopi Goldberg

6.5

The Word According to Whoopi

2007

as Herself

30 Rock

as Whoopi Goldberg

The One Show

as Self - Guest

So NoTORIous

as MaMa Belle

Rachael Ray

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

2006

as Self

Hell's Kitchen

2005

as Self - Restaurant Patron

6.8

Everybody Hates Chris

as Louise Clarkson

The Reichen Show

as Self

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

as Self

Entourage

as Whoopi Goldberg

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Whoopi's Littleburg

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Whoopi

as Mavis Rae

Liberty's Kids

as Robert Shirtliff (voice)

7.6

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

2002

6.3

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Chesley Watkins

Strong Medicine

as Dr. Lydia Emerson

The Weber Show

as Whoopi Goldberg

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Janette Grayson

7.9

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999

as The Grand Banshee

6.9

The Foxbusters

1999

as Ransome (voice)

Hollywood Squares

1998

as Self - Panelist

7.3

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as Self

Celebrity Deathmatch

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

as Self

The View

as Self - Moderator

The View

as Self - Moderator

Bear in the Big Blue House

1997

as Edwina Badger (voice)

7.5

Classic Albums

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

The Chris Rock Show

1997

as Self

4.2

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

Muppets Tonight

as Self

Pulp Comics

as Whoopi Goldberg

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Zenobia (voice)

6.0

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

as Whoopi (voice)

MADtv

as Self

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

The Nanny

as Edna

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Absolutely Fabulous

as Goldie

Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

1992

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

as Gaia (voice)

Bagdad Cafe

as Brenda

Tales from the Crypt

as Peligre

This Morning

as Self

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Guinan

A Different World

as Dr. Jordan

Dolly

as Self

American Masters

as Self

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Comic Relief

as Self - Host

Moonlighting

as Camille Brand

Muppet Babies

CBS Schoolbreak Special

as Mariah Johnston

Reading Rainbow

as Self

Wogan

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

De TV Show

as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self (uncredited)

7.0

People's Choice Awards

1975

as Self - Winner

9.0

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Saturday TV Funhouse

as Iceberg (voice)

10.0

Anansi Boys

as Bird Woman

Crew (27)

Movies (19)

Captain Zero: The Movie

2028 Upcoming

Executive Producer

Jun 18

Leopardi & Co

2025

Executive Producer

7.0

Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II

Thanks

Butterfly in the Sky

Executive Producer

Till

Producer

Caught in His Web

Executive Producer

A New Orleans Noel

Executive Producer

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013

Director

6.7

Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway

Writer

Good Fences

Producer

The Piano Man's Daughter

2003

Executive Producer

What Makes a Family

2001

Executive Producer

6.2

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

Executive Producer

Call Me Claus

Executive Producer

The Mao Game

Co-Producer

Jackie Chan: My Story

Thanks

Chez Whoopi

Executive Producer

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway

1985

Writer

5.8

Sister Act 3

Producer

Television (8)

Number One on the Call Sheet

2025

Executive Producer

4.3

Head Games

2009

Producer

The Word According to Whoopi

2007

Executive Producer

Just for Kicks

Producer

Whoopi

Producer

Strong Medicine

Producer

Hollywood Squares

Executive Producer

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

1995

Additional Writing

7.8