Actor
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 ...

Known For
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Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

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Like Tears in Rain

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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

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Atrabilious

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Ezra

Acting
2025 -- Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Aqua (voice)
2024 -- Like Tears in Rain | Self
2024 -- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self
2024 -- Atrabilious | Dr. Andrea Hart
2024 -- Ezra | Jayne
2024 -- Babes | Dawn's Breasts
2024 -- Butterfly in the Sky | Self
2024 -- Outlaw Posse | Stagecoach Mary
2024 -- I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story | Self (archive footage)
2023 -- Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self
2023 -- The Color Purple | Midwife (uncredited)
2023 -- Three Trees | (Narration)
2023 -- Barry Humphries at the BBC | Self (archive material)
2023 -- Our Barbara -- A Special Edition of 20/20 | Self
2022 -- 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self
2022 -- My Father's Dragon | Cat (voice)
2022 -- Till | Alma
2022 -- Music Is My Life - Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Self
2022 -- Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self
2022 -- Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 | Self
2022 -- Luck | Captain (voice)
2022 -- Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not | Self
2022 -- Bill Cosby: Walking Free | Self (archive footage)
2022 -- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act | Self (archive footage)
2022 -- Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self
2021 -- JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Self - Narrator (voice)
2021 -- The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World | Self - Host
2021 -- Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self
2021 -- Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self - Guest
2020 -- Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self
2020 -- Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2020 -- Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip | Narrator
2020 -- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Whoopi Goldberg
2020 -- A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion | The Mother / The Ancient Booer
2020 -- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Co-host, "The View"
2020 -- Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self
2020 -- My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage)
2020 -- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self
2020 -- Find Your Groove | Self
2020 -- Siempre, Luis | Self (archive footage)
2020 -- The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage)
2019 -- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self
2019 -- The Most Magnificent Thing | Narrator (voice)
2019 -- Cracked Up | Self
2019 -- Charley Pride: I'm Just Me | Self
2018 -- The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut | Self - Host
2018 -- Olympia | Herself
2018 -- Nobody's Fool | Lola
2018 -- Trump @War | Self (archive footage)
2018 -- Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage)
2018 -- The Gospel According to André | Self
2018 -- Furlough | Moms
2018 -- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self
2017 -- Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic | Host
2017 -- The Problem with Apu | Self
2017 -- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self
2017 -- Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Yari
2017 -- 9/11 | Metzie
2017 -- Descendants 2 | Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2017 -- The Truth Is in the Stars | Self
2017 -- Gilbert | Self
2017 -- A Very Sordid Wedding | Abernatha Coleman
2017 -- King of the Dancehall | Loretta Brixton
2016 -- X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time | Herself
2016 -- Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Self (archive footage)
2016 -- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self
2016 -- 50 Years of Star Trek | Self
2016 -- Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | Herself
2015 -- Black Dog, Red Dog | Calliope
2015 -- The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! | Self
2015 -- The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self
2015 -- Misery Loves Comedy | Self
2014 -- Top Five | Self
2014 -- Big Stone Gap | Fleeta Mullins
2014 -- Robin Williams Remembered | Self
2014 -- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Bernadette Thompson
2014 -- A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola
2013 -- Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self
2013 -- Blackfish | Self
2013 -- Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds | Guinan (archive footage)
2013 -- Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self
2013 -- Moms Mabley | Self
2013 -- Why We Laugh: Funny Women | Self
2013 -- Miracle Rising: South Africa | Self
2013 -- The Contradictions of Fair Hope | Narrator
2012 -- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self
2012 -- Radioman | Self
2012 -- Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self
2012 -- Paul Simon: Under African Skies | Self
2011 -- The Muppets | Whoopi Goldberg
2011 -- Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Narrator (voice)
2011 -- The Little Engine That Could | The Tower (voice)
2011 -- A Little Bit of Heaven | God
2010 -- For Colored Girls | Alice / White
2010 -- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage)
2010 -- New York Street Games | Self
2010 -- Toy Story 3 | Stretch (voice)
2010 -- The Black List: Volume Three | Self
2010 -- Teenage Paparazzo | Self
2010 -- See You in September | Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2009 -- Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- Journey to the Stars | Narrator (voice)
2009 -- Kambakkht Ishq | Whoopi Goldberg
2009 -- Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self
2009 -- Madea Goes to Jail | Self
2009 -- Stream | Jodi Quinn
2008 -- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Taxi Driver
2008 -- Descendants | Red Flower (voice)
2008 -- Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins | Self - Narrator (voice)
2008 -- Snow Buddies | Miss Mittens (voice)
2007 -- Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut | Self
2007 -- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self
2007 -- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self
2007 -- The Sophisticated Misfit | Self
2007 -- Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden | Self
2007 -- Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic | Self
2007 -- If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Mom
2006 -- Farce of the Penguins | Helen (voice)
2006 -- Comic Relief 2006 |
2006 -- Homie Spumoni | Thelma
2006 -- Everyone's Hero | Darlin' (voice)
2006 -- Doogal | Ermintrude (voice)
2006 -- The N Word | Self
2005 -- The Aristocrats | Self
2005 -- Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Whoopi Goldberg
2005 -- Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway | Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
2005 -- Racing Stripes | Franny (voice)
2004 -- Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Whoopi Goldberg
2004 -- The World of Nat King Cole | Self
2004 -- Pinocchio 3000 | Cyberina (voice)
2004 -- Uta Hagen's Acting Class | Self
2004 -- The Lion King 1½ | Shenzi (voice)
2004 -- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Daniel's 'Boss'
2003 -- New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions | Voice
2003 -- Declaration of Independence | Self
2003 -- Blizzard | Blizzard (voice)
2003 -- Pauly Shore Is Dead | Whoopi Goldberg
2003 -- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Narrator (voice)
2003 -- Good Fences | Mabel Spader
2003 -- Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self
2002 -- Star Trek: Nemesis | Guinan (uncredited)
2002 -- Madeline: My Fair Madeline | Miss Clavel (voice)
2002 -- The Hollywood Sign | Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
2002 -- Searching for Debra Winger | Self
2002 -- Showboy | Herself
2002 -- Making Rat Race | Herself
2001 -- The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' | Self - Hostess
2001 -- Call Me Claus | Lucy Cullins
2001 -- Rat Race | Vera Baker
2001 -- Rescued from the Closet | Self
2001 -- Ghost: Remembering the Magic | Self
2001 -- Kingdom Come | Raynelle Slocumb
2001 -- Monkeybone | Death
2001 -- Golden Dreams | Califia, the Queen of California
2001 -- What Makes a Family | Terry Harrison
2000 -- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self
2000 -- Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - Host / Narrator
2000 -- More Dogs Than Bones | Cléo
2000 -- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Judge Cameo (uncredited)
2000 -- Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years | Self - Host
1999 -- Girl, Interrupted | Valerie
1999 -- Jackie's Back! | Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1999 -- The Deep End of the Ocean | Candy Bliss
1999 -- Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat
1999 -- Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Peck (voice)
1999 -- Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Baby Clown
1999 -- Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years |
1999 -- Get Bruce! | Self
1998 -- The Rugrats Movie | Ranger Margaret (voice)
1998 -- A Knight in Camelot | Dr. Vivien Morgan
1998 -- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Stormella (voice)
1998 -- Junket Whore | Self
1998 -- How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Delilah Abraham
1998 -- Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (uncredited)
1998 -- Titey | The Iceberg (voice)
1998 -- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Whoopi Goldberg
1997 -- A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
1997 -- Cinderella | Queen Constantina
1997 -- Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1997 -- In & Out | Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
1997 -- Pitch | Self
1997 -- Destination Anywhere | Cabbie
1997 -- In the Gloaming | Nurse Myrna
1997 -- Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage)
1997 -- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self
1996 -- Ghosts of Mississippi | Myrlie Evers
1996 -- The Associate | Laurel Ayres
1996 -- Bogus | Harriet Franklin
1996 -- Bordello of Blood | Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1996 -- The Sunshine Boys | Nurse (uncredited)
1996 -- Eddie | Eddie Franklin
1996 -- The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage)
1996 -- The Celluloid Closet | Self
1995 -- Theodore Rex | Katie Coltrane
1995 -- The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge | Self - Hostess
1995 -- Moonlight and Valentino | Sylvie Morrow
1995 -- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow | Guinan (archive footage)
1995 -- Boys on the Side | Jane Deluca
1994 -- The Making of 'The Pagemaster' | Self (archive footage)
1994 -- The Pagemaster | Fantasy (voice)
1994 -- Star Trek: Generations | Guinan (uncredited)
1994 -- Corrina, Corrina | Corrina Washington
1994 -- The Little Rascals | Buckwheat's Mom
1994 -- The Lion King | Shenzi (voice)
1994 -- But... Seriously | Self (archive footage)
1994 -- Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo | Self
1994 -- Liberation | Narrator
1993 -- A Cool Like That Christmas | Mom / Irwin (voice)
1993 -- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Deloris Van Cartier
1993 -- Naked in New York | Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993 -- Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self
1993 -- National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Billy York (uncredited)
1993 -- Made in America | Sarah Mathews
1992 -- The Magical World of Chuck Jones | Self
1992 -- Sarafina! | Mary Masembuko
1992 -- Wisecracks |
1992 -- Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1992 -- The Player | Detective Avery
1992 -- Defenders of Dynatron City | Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1991 -- House Party 2 | Professor (uncredited)
1991 -- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self
1991 -- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption | Guinan (archive footage)
1991 -- Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts | Narrator (voice)
1991 -- Chez Whoopi | Self - Host
1991 -- Soapdish | Rose Schwartz
1990 -- The Long Walk Home | Odessa Cotter
1990 -- Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self (uncredited)
1990 -- Ghost | Oda Mae Brown
1990 -- Comic Relief '90 | Self
1990 -- Celebrity Guide to Wine | Self
1989 -- Beverly Hills Brats | Self
1989 -- Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly | Herself
1989 -- Homer and Eddie | Eddie Cervi
1989 -- Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self
1989 -- Kiss Shot | Sarah Collins
1989 -- Comic Relief III |
1988 -- Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Self
1988 -- Free to Be... a Family | Self
1988 -- Clara's Heart | Clara Mayfield
1988 -- Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight? | Fontaine
1988 -- The Telephone | Vashti Blue
1988 -- The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self
1987 -- Fatal Beauty | Rita Rizzoli
1987 -- Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
1987 -- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self
1987 -- Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later | Self - Host
1987 -- Burglar | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1987 -- Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin |
1987 -- The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self
1987 -- Citizen Steve | Self - Actress
1986 -- The Best of Comic Relief | Self
1986 -- Jumpin' Jack Flash | Terry Dolittle
1986 -- The Making of Captain EO | Host
1986 -- Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show |
1986 -- Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce | Self
1985 -- The Color Purple | Celie
1985 -- Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway | Self
1985 -- Night of 100 Stars II | Self
1982 -- Citizen |
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