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Whoopi Goldberg
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 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... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Captain Zero: The Movie as (voice) | 2028-06-18 |
| Leopardi & Co as Mildred | 2025-12-11 |
| ASALI: Power of the Pollinators as Galbanum (voice) | 2025-11-01 |
| Flower of the Dawn as Storyteller (voice) | 2025-10-11 |
| Like Tears in Rain as Self | 2024-09-22 |
| Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story as Self | 2024-09-21 |
| Atrabilious as Dr. Andrea Hart | 2024-08-01 |
| Ezra as Jayne | 2024-05-30 |
| Butterfly in the Sky as Self | 2024-03-17 |
| Babes as Dawn's Breasts | 2024-03-09 |
| Outlaw Posse as Stagecoach Mary | 2024-03-01 |
| I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story as Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-20 |
| Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self | 2023-12-28 |
| The Color Purple as Midwife (uncredited) | 2023-12-25 |
| Three Trees as (Narration) | 2023-06-24 |
| Barry Humphries at the BBC as Self (archive material) | 2023-05-28 |
| Our Barbara as Self | 2023-01-01 |
| 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self | 2022-11-04 |
| My Father's Dragon as Cat (voice) | 2022-11-04 |
| Till as Alma | 2022-10-14 |
| Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo as Self | 2022-10-11 |
| Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self | 2022-10-09 |
| Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self | 2022-08-23 |
| Luck as Captain (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
| Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not as Self | 2022-06-22 |
| Bill Cosby: Walking Free as Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-04 |
| Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-15 |
| Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising as Self | 2022-02-03 |
| JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-12 |
| The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World as Self - Host | 2021-10-01 |
| Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self | 2021-06-18 |
| Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days as Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
| Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... as Self | 2020-12-28 |
| Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | 2020-10-27 |
| Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip as Narrator | 2020-10-20 |
| The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Whoopi Goldberg | 2020-10-08 |
| A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as The Mother / The Ancient Booer | 2020-09-13 |
| Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self - Co-host, "The View" | 2020-08-30 |
| Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self | 2020-05-10 |
| My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway | 2020-04-17 |
| The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show as Self | 2020-04-15 |
| Find Your Groove as Self | 2020-03-24 |
| The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
| Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self | 2019-11-09 |
| The Most Magnificent Thing as Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-28 |
| Cracked Up as Self | 2019-09-13 |
| Charley Pride: I'm Just Me as Self | 2019-02-22 |
| The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut as Self - Host | 2018-11-16 |
| Olympia as Herself | 2018-11-11 |
| Nobody's Fool as Lola | 2018-10-31 |
| Trump @War as Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-11 |
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
| The Gospel According to André as Self | 2018-03-18 |
| Furlough as Moms | 2018-03-16 |
| Mister Rogers: It's You I Like as Self | 2018-03-06 |
| Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic as Host | 2017-12-18 |
| The Problem with Apu as Self | 2017-11-18 |
| Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me as Self | 2017-09-11 |
| Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Yari (voice) | 2017-09-10 |
| 9/11 as Metzie | 2017-09-07 |
| Descendants 2 as Ursula (voice) (uncredited) | 2017-07-21 |
| The Truth Is in the Stars as Self | 2017-05-01 |
| Gilbert as Self | 2017-04-20 |
| A Very Sordid Wedding as Abernatha Coleman | 2017-03-10 |
| King of the Dancehall as Loretta Brixton | 2017-01-13 |
| Rio as Gayle Morgenstern | 2017-01-01 |
| X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time as Self | 2016-10-28 |
| Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) as Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-16 |
| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years as Self | 2016-09-15 |
| 50 Years of Star Trek as Self | 2016-08-14 |
| Floyd Norman: An Animated Life as Herself | 2016-02-05 |
| Black Dog, Red Dog as Calliope | 2015-07-23 |
| The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! as Self | 2015-05-05 |
| The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank as Self | 2015-04-29 |
| Misery Loves Comedy as Self | 2015-01-23 |
| Top Five as Whoopi Goldberg | 2014-12-12 |
| Big Stone Gap as Fleeta Mullins | 2014-10-09 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Bernadette Thompson | 2014-08-07 |
| A Day Late and a Dollar Short as Viola | 2014-04-19 |
| Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale as Self | 2013-12-11 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption as Guinan | 2013-07-30 |
| Blackfish as Self | 2013-06-07 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds as Guinan (archive footage) | 2013-04-25 |
| Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self | 2013-04-23 |
| Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley as Self | 2013-04-20 |
| Why We Laugh: Funny Women as Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Miracle Rising: South Africa as Self | 2013-02-09 |
| The Contradictions of Fair Hope as Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
| 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Radioman as Self | 2012-12-07 |
| Katy Perry: Part of Me as Self | 2012-06-28 |
| Paul Simon: Under African Skies as Self | 2012-05-11 |
| Python Legs! | 2012-03-04 |
| The Muppets as Whoopi Goldberg | 2011-11-23 |
| Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey as Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
| The Little Engine That Could as The Tower (voice) | 2011-03-22 |
| A Little Bit of Heaven as God | 2011-02-03 |
| For Colored Girls as Alice / White | 2010-11-05 |
| 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| New York Street Games as Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Toy Story 3 as Stretch (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| The Black List: Volume Three as Self | 2010-02-08 |
| Teenage Paparazzo as Self | 2010-01-22 |
| See You in September as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
| Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-14 |
| Journey to the Stars as Narrator (voice) | 2009-07-04 |
| Kambakkht Ishq as Whoopi Goldberg | 2009-07-03 |
| Star Trek: The Captain's Summit as Self | 2009-04-12 |
| Madea Goes to Jail as Self | 2009-02-20 |
| Stream as Jodi Quinn | 2009-01-15 |
| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa as Taxi Driver | 2008-12-17 |
| Descendants as Red Flower (voice) | 2008-06-30 |
| Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-06-03 |
| Snow Buddies as Miss Mittens (voice) | 2008-02-05 |
| Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest | 2008-02-05 |
| Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut as Self | 2007-11-01 |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self | 2007-10-13 |
| Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self | 2007-05-19 |
| The Sophisticated Misfit as Self | 2007-04-26 |
| Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden as Self | 2007-03-29 |
| Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self | 2007-03-13 |
| If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Mom | 2007-01-23 |
| Farce of the Penguins as Helen (voz) | 2006-12-01 |
| Comic Relief 2006 | 2006-11-18 |
| Homie Spumoni as Thelma | 2006-09-08 |
| Everyone's Hero as Darlin' (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
| Doogal as Ermintrude (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| The N Word as Self | 2006-01-16 |
| The Aristocrats as Self | 2005-07-29 |
| Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Whoopi Goldberg | 2005-05-08 |
| Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady | 2005-04-09 |
| Racing Stripes as Franny (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| The Lion King 1½ as Shenzi (voice) | 2004-10-28 |
| Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 as Whoopi Goldberg | 2004-08-27 |
| The World of Nat King Cole as Self | 2004-06-15 |
| Pinocchio 3000 as Cyberina (voice) | 2004-05-14 |
| Uta Hagen's Acting Class as Self | 2004-04-06 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions as Voice | 2003-07-01 |
| Declaration of Independence as Self | 2003-06-10 |
| Blizzard as Blizzard (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
| Pauly Shore Is Dead as Whoopi Goldberg | 2003-03-11 |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-10 |
| Good Fences as Mabel Spader | 2003-01-22 |
| Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! as Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Star Trek: Nemesis as Guinan (uncredited) | 2002-12-13 |
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as Daniel's 'Boss' | 2002-11-29 |
| Madeline: My Fair Madeline as Miss Clavel (voice) | 2002-11-11 |
| The Hollywood Sign as Woman at Funeral (uncredited) | 2002-09-17 |
| Searching for Debra Winger as Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Showboy as Herself | 2002-06-22 |
| Making Rat Race as Herself | 2002-01-29 |
| The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' as Self - Hostess | 2001-12-06 |
| Call Me Claus as Lucy Cullins | 2001-12-03 |
| Rat Race as Vera Baker | 2001-08-17 |
| Rescued from the Closet as Self | 2001-05-29 |
| Ghost: Remembering the Magic as Self | 2001-04-24 |
| Kingdom Come as Raynelle Slocumb | 2001-04-11 |
| Monkeybone as Death | 2001-02-23 |
| Golden Dreams as Califia, the Queen of California | 2001-02-08 |
| What Makes a Family as Terry Harrison | 2001-01-22 |
| Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self | 2000-11-08 |
| Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self - Host / Narrator | 2000-09-12 |
| More Dogs Than Bones as Cléo | 2000-07-14 |
| The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Judge Cameo (uncredited) | 2000-06-30 |
| Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years as Self - Host | 2000-05-10 |
| Girl, Interrupted as Valerie | 1999-12-21 |
| Jackie's Back! as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister) | 1999-06-14 |
| The Deep End of the Ocean as Candy Bliss | 1999-03-12 |
| Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat | 1999-02-28 |
| Our Friend, Martin as Mrs. Peck (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Alegría as Baby Clown | 1999-01-10 |
| Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | 1999-01-01 |
| Get Bruce! as Self | 1999-01-01 |
| The Rugrats Movie as Ranger Margaret (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| A Knight in Camelot as Dr. Vivien Morgan | 1998-11-08 |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie as Stormella (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
| Junket Whore as Self | 1998-10-12 |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Delilah Abraham | 1998-08-14 |
| Jackie Chan: My Story as Self (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
| Titey as The Iceberg (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
| An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-02-27 |
| Creating Ragtime as Host | 1998-01-21 |
| A Christmas Carol as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Cinderella as Queen Constantina | 1997-11-02 |
| Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special as Mother Gooseberg (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| In & Out as Whoopi Goldberg | 1997-09-10 |
| Pitch as Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Destination Anywhere as Cabbie | 1997-06-16 |
| In the Gloaming as Nurse Myrna | 1997-04-20 |
| Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self | 1997-02-24 |
| Ghosts of Mississippi as Myrlie Evers | 1996-12-20 |
| The Associate as Laurel Ayres | 1996-10-25 |
| Bogus as Harriet Franklin | 1996-09-06 |
| Bordello of Blood as Hospital Patient (uncredited) | 1996-08-16 |
| The Sunshine Boys as Nurse (uncredited) | 1996-08-08 |
| Eddie as Eddie Franklin | 1996-05-31 |
| The Celluloid Closet as Self | 1996-03-15 |
| Theodore Rex as Katie Coltrane | 1995-12-14 |
| The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge as Self - Hostess | 1995-12-05 |
| Moonlight and Valentino as Sylvie Morrow | 1995-09-29 |
| Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About as Self | 1995-03-16 |
| Boys on the Side as Jane Deluca | 1995-02-03 |
| The Making of 'The Pagemaster' as Self (archive footage) | 1994-12-01 |
| The Pagemaster as Fantasy (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Star Trek: Generations as Guinan (uncredited) | 1994-11-18 |
| Corrina, Corrina as Corrina Washington | 1994-08-12 |
| The Little Rascals as Buckwheat's Mom | 1994-08-05 |
| The Lion King as Shenzi (voice) | 1994-06-15 |
| But... Seriously as Self (archive footage) | 1994-03-25 |
| Liberation as Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo as Self | 1994-01-01 |
| A Cool Like That Christmas as Mom / Irwin (voice) | 1993-12-23 |
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Deloris Van Cartier | 1993-12-09 |
| Naked in New York as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall | 1993-11-10 |
| Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") | 1993-10-29 |
| Aretha Franklin: Duets as Self | 1993-05-09 |
| National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as Billy York (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
| Made in America as Sarah Mathews | 1993-01-06 |
| The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self | 1992-10-23 |
| Sarafina! as Mary Masembuko | 1992-09-18 |
| Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as Self | 1992-08-12 |
| Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 |
| Sister Act as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence | 1992-05-28 |
| The Player as Detective Avery | 1992-05-08 |
| Defenders of Dynatron City as Ms. Megawatt (voice) | 1992-02-22 |
| House Party 2 as Professor (uncredited) | 1991-10-23 |
| Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special as Self | 1991-09-28 |
| Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts as Narrator (voice) | 1991-09-01 |
| Chez Whoopi as Self - Host | 1991-08-24 |
| Soapdish as Rose Schwartz | 1991-05-31 |
| The Long Walk Home as Odessa Cotter | 1990-12-21 |
| Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter as Self (uncredited) | 1990-12-01 |
| Ghost as Oda Mae Brown | 1990-07-13 |
| Comic Relief '90 as Self | 1990-05-12 |
| Help Save Planet Earth as Self | 1990-01-01 |
| Celebrity Guide to Wine as Self | 1990-01-01 |
| Beverly Hills Brats as Self | 1989-10-06 |
| Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly as Herself | 1989-09-10 |
| Homer and Eddie as Eddie Cervi | 1989-08-17 |
| Hanna-Barbera's 50th as Self | 1989-07-17 |
| Kiss Shot as Sarah Collins | 1989-04-11 |
| Comic Relief III | 1989-03-18 |
| Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special as Self | 1988-12-21 |
| Free to Be... a Family as Self | 1988-12-14 |
| Clara's Heart as Clara Mayfield | 1988-10-07 |
| Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight? as Fontaine | 1988-08-06 |
| The Telephone as Vashti Blue | 1988-01-22 |
| The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert as Self | 1988-01-01 |
| Fatal Beauty as Rita Rizzoli | 1987-10-30 |
| Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer | 1987-10-12 |
| Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later as Self - Host | 1987-05-06 |
| Burglar as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr | 1987-03-20 |
| Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin as Self | 1987-02-10 |
| The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite as Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Citizen Steve as Self - Actress | 1987-01-01 |
| Repairs as The Voice (voice) | 1987-01-01 |
| The Best of Comic Relief as Self | 1986-12-31 |
| Jumpin' Jack Flash as Terry Dolittle | 1986-10-09 |
| The Making of Captain EO as Self | 1986-09-12 |
| Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show as Self | 1986-05-24 |
| Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce as Self | 1986-01-01 |
| The Color Purple as Celie | 1985-12-18 |
| Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway as Self | 1985-07-20 |
| Night of 100 Stars II as Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Citizen | 1982-01-01 |



