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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Janette Grayson

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

The Graham Norton Show

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Chesley Watkins

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2025	Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin	Aqua (voice)
2025	Leopardi & Co	Mildred
2024	I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story	Self (archive footage)
2024	Outlaw Posse	Stagecoach Mary
2024	Atrabilious	Dr. Andrea Hart
2024	Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story	Self
2024	Ezra	Jayne
2024	Butterfly in the Sky	Self
2024	Babes	Dawn's Breasts
2024	Like Tears in Rain	Self
2023	Barry Humphries at the BBC	Self (archive material)
2023	The Color Purple	Midwife (uncredited)
2023	Oprah & The Color Purple Journey	Self
2023	Three Trees	(Narration)
2023	Our Barbara	Self
2022	Luck	Captain (voice)
2022	Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act	Self (archive footage)
2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising	Self
2022	Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not	Self
2022	Bill Cosby: Walking Free	Self (archive footage)
2022	My Father's Dragon	Cat (voice)
2022	Is That Black Enough for You?!?	Self
2022	Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20	Self
2022	20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda	Self
2022	Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Self
2022	Till	Alma
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
2021	JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass	Self - Narrator (voice)
2020	My Darling Vivian	Self (archive footage)
2020	Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self
2020	Find Your Groove	Self
2020	Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King	Self - Co-host, "The View"
2020	The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show	Self
2020	Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip	Narrator
2020	Siempre, Luis	Self (archive footage)
2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2020	Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...	Self
2020	The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America	Whoopi Goldberg
2020	The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU	(archive footage)
2020	A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion	The Mother / The Ancient Booer
2019	Charley Pride: I'm Just Me	Self
2019	Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration	Self
2019	The Most Magnificent Thing	Narrator (voice)
2019	Cracked Up	Self
2018	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
2018	Furlough	Moms
2018	The Gospel According to André	Self
2018	Mister Rogers: It's You I Like	Self
2018	Nobody's Fool	Lola
2018	Trump @War	Self (archive footage)
2018	Olympia	Herself
2018	The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut	Self - Host
2017	Yamasong: March of the Hollows	Yari (voice)
2017	Descendants 2	Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
2017	Gilbert	Self
2017	9/11	Metzie
2017	The Truth Is in the Stars	Self
2017	King of the Dancehall	Loretta Brixton
2017	Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me	Self
2017	A Very Sordid Wedding	Abernatha Coleman
2017	Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic	Host
2017	The Problem with Apu	Self
2017	Rio	Gayle Morgenstern
2016	50 Years of Star Trek	Self
2016	Floyd Norman: An Animated Life	Herself
2016	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years	Self
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)
2015	The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!	Self
2015	Misery Loves Comedy	Self
2015	The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank	Self
2015	Black Dog, Red Dog	Calliope
2014	A Day Late and a Dollar Short	Viola
2014	Top Five	Self
2014	Big Stone Gap	Fleeta Mullins
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Bernadette Thompson
2013	Why We Laugh: Funny Women	Self
2013	Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley	Self
2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic	Self
2013	Miracle Rising: South Africa	Self
2013	Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale	Self
2013	The Contradictions of Fair Hope	Narrator
2013	Blackfish	Self
2013	Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds	Guinan (archive footage)
2012	Radioman	Self
2012	Katy Perry: Part of Me	Self
2012	12-12-12 \| The Concert for Sandy Relief	Self
2012	Paul Simon: Under African Skies	Self
2011	A Little Bit of Heaven	God
2011	The Little Engine That Could	The Tower (voice)
2011	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Narrator (voice)
2011	The Muppets	Whoopi Goldberg
2010	Toy Story 3	Stretch (voice)
2010	For Colored Girls	Alice / White
2010	Teenage Paparazzo	Self
2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	(archive footage)
2010	New York Street Games	Self
2010	The Black List: Volume Three	Self
2010	See You in September	Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2009	Star Trek: The Captain's Summit	Self
2009	Kambakkht Ishq	Whoopi Goldberg
2009	Journey to the Stars	Narrator (voice)
2009	Stream	Jodi Quinn
2009	Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants	Self (archive footage)
2009	Madea Goes to Jail	Self
2008	A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa	Taxi Driver
2008	Descendants	Red Flower (voice)
2008	Snow Buddies	Miss Mittens (voice)
2008	Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins	Self - Narrator (voice)
2007	Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic	Self
2007	If I Had Known I Was a Genius	Mom
2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Self
2007	Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens	Self
2007	Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden	Self
2007	The Sophisticated Misfit	Self
2007	Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut	Self
2006	Doogal	Ermintrude (voice)
2006	Comic Relief 2006
2006	Everyone's Hero	Darlin' (voice)
2006	Homie Spumoni	Thelma
2006	Farce of the Penguins	Helen (voice)
2006	The N Word	Self
2005	The Aristocrats	Self
2005	Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway	Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
2005	Racing Stripes	Franny (voice)
2005	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Whoopi Goldberg
2004	The Lion King 1½	Shenzi (voice)
2004	Pinocchio 3000	Cyberina (voice)
2004	Uta Hagen's Acting Class	Self
2004	Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2	Whoopi Goldberg
2004	TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	Self (archive footage)
2004	The World of Nat King Cole	Self
2003	Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!	Self
2003	Good Fences	Mabel Spader
2003	Declaration of Independence	Self
2003	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Whoopi Goldberg
2003	New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions	Voice
2003	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives	Narrator (voice)
2003	Blizzard	Blizzard (voice)
2002	Star Trek: Nemesis	Guinan (uncredited)
2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Daniel's 'Boss'
2002	Madeline: My Fair Madeline	Miss Clavel (voice)
2002	The Hollywood Sign	Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
2002	Showboy	Herself
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Self
2002	Making Rat Race	Herself
2001	Monkeybone	Death
2001	Rat Race	Vera Baker
2001	Call Me Claus	Lucy Cullins
2001	Ghost: Remembering the Magic	Self
2001	What Makes a Family	Terry Harrison
2001	Kingdom Come	Raynelle Slocumb
2001	Golden Dreams	Califia, the Queen of California
2001	The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'	Self - Hostess
2001	Rescued from the Closet	Self
2000	Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years	Self - Host
2000	Mary Pickford: A Life on Film	Self - Host / Narrator
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Judge Cameo (uncredited)
2000	More Dogs Than Bones	Cléo
2000	Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation	Self
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Valerie
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Cheshire Cat
1999	The Deep End of the Ocean	Candy Bliss
1999	Jackie's Back!	Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
1999	Get Bruce!	Self
1999	Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999	Our Friend, Martin	Mrs. Peck (voice)
1999	Alegría: An Enchanting Fable	Baby Clown
1998	A Knight in Camelot	Dr. Vivien Morgan
1998	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Delilah Abraham
1998	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	Stormella (voice)
1998	The Rugrats Movie	Ranger Margaret (voice)
1998	Titey	The Iceberg (voice)
1998	Junket Whore	Self
1998	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn	Whoopi Goldberg
1998	Jackie Chan: My Story	Self (uncredited)
1997	Cinderella	Queen Constantina
1997	In the Gloaming	Nurse Myrna
1997	A Christmas Carol	Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
1997	Pitch	Self
1997	Destination Anywhere	Cabbie
1997	Sports on the Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)
1997	Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special	Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self
1997	In & Out	Whoopi Goldberg
1996	Bogus	Harriet Franklin
1996	Eddie	Eddie Franklin
1996	The Associate	Laurel Ayres
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Myrlie Evers
1996	Bordello of Blood	Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1996	The Celluloid Closet	Self
1996	The Sunshine Boys	Nurse (uncredited)
1996	The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful	Self (archive footage)
1995	Boys on the Side	Jane Deluca
1995	Theodore Rex	Katie Coltrane
1995	Moonlight and Valentino	Sylvie Morrow
1995	The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge	Self - Hostess
1995	Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About	Self
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	The Pagemaster	Fantasy (voice)
1994	Liberation	Narrator
1994	But... Seriously	Self (archive footage)
1994	Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo	Self
1994	The Making of 'The Pagemaster'	Self (archive footage)
1993	Naked in New York	Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Deloris Van Cartier
1993	Made in America	Sarah Mathews
1993	National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1	Billy York (uncredited)
1993	Aretha Franklin: Duets	Self
1993	A Cool Like That Christmas	Mom / Irwin (voice)
1992	Sister Act	Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1992	The Player	Detective Avery
1992	Sarafina!	Mary Masembuko
1992	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow	Guinan (archive footage)
1992	The Magical World of Chuck Jones	Self
1992	Defenders of Dynatron City	Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1992	Wisecracks
1991	Soapdish	Rose Schwartz
1991	House Party 2	Professor (uncredited)
1991	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption	Guinan (archive footage)
1991	Chez Whoopi	Self - Host
1991	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special	Self
1991	Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts	Narrator (voice)
1990	Ghost	Oda Mae Brown
1990	The Long Walk Home	Odessa Cotter
1990	Celebrity Guide to Wine	Self
1990	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter	Self (uncredited)
1990	Comic Relief '90	Self
1989	Homer and Eddie	Eddie Cervi
1989	Kiss Shot	Sarah Collins
1989	Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly	Herself
1989	Comic Relief III
1989	Hanna-Barbera's 50th	Self
1989	Beverly Hills Brats	Self
1988	Clara's Heart	Clara Mayfield
1988	The Telephone	Vashti Blue
1988	Free to Be... a Family	Self
1988	Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special	Self
1988	The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert	Self
1988	Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?	Fontaine
1987	Citizen Steve	Self - Actress
1987	Fatal Beauty	Rita Rizzoli
1987	Burglar	Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
1987	Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin	Self
1987	Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later	Self - Host
1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self
1987	The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite	Self
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Terry Dolittle
1986	Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce	Self
1986	The Making of Captain EO	Self
1986	Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show	Self
1986	The Best of Comic Relief	Self
1985	The Color Purple	Celie
1985	Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway	Self
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1982	Citizen
	Flower of the Dawn	Storyteller (voice)
	Sisters in Italy

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Number One on the Call Sheet	Self
2022	Sherri	Self - Guest
2022	Cuomo	Self - Guest
2022	JANET JACKSON.	Self
2021	The Story of Late Night	Self
2021	Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.	Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
2021	JFK: Destiny Betrayed	Self - Narrator (voice)
2021	The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek	Self
2021	Harlem	Dr. Elise Pruitt
2021	Hacks	Whoopi Goldberg
2020	Staged	Mary
2020	Star Trek: Picard	Guinan
2020	The Stand	Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
2020	The Con	Narrator (voice)
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest
2019	Desus & Mero	Self
2019	Amphibia	Mother Olm (voice)
2019	Godfather of Harlem	Miss Willa
2019	Lorena	Herself
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self
2019	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2018	The Shop	Self
2018	Basketball: A Love Story	Self (archive footage)
2018	Citizen Rose	Self
2018	Random Acts of Flyness	Police Officer
2018	Summer Camp Island	Barb (voice)
2018	James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction	Self
2017	The Nineties	Self (archive footage)
2017	When We Rise	Pat Norman
2016	Ask the Storybots
2016	The Tick	Whoopi Goldberg
2016	The Stinky & Dirty Show	Meg (voice)
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	Broad City	Self
2014	The 7D	Magic Mirror (voice)
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2014	BoJack Horseman	Mikhaela (voice)
2013	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
2012	Honest Trailers	Guinan (archive footage)
2011	Bubble Guppies	Pirate Myra (voice)
2011	Suburgatory	Yakult (voice)
2010	RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Self - Guest Judge
2010	Blue Bloods	Regina Thomas
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Guest Judge
2009	Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009	The Justin Lee Collins Show	Self - Guest
2009	The Middle	Jane Marsh
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Special Guest
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2009	Glee	Carmen Tibideaux
2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Self
2008	Shatner's Raw Nerve	Self
2007	The Naked Brothers Band	Herself
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2007	The Word According to Whoopi	Herself
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2006	30 Rock	Whoopi Goldberg
2006	So NoTORIous
2006	Rachael Ray
2005	Everybody Hates Chris
2005	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Self
2005	Hell's Kitchen	Self - Restaurant Patron
2005	The Reichen Show	Self
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest
2004	Whoopi's Littleburg
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self
2003	Whoopi	Mavis Rae
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
2002	Liberty's Kids	Robert Shirtliff (voice)
2002	Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Chesley Watkins
2000	Strong Medicine	Dr. Lydia Emerson
2000	The Weber Show	Whoopi Goldberg
1999	The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns	The Grand Banshee
1999	The Foxbusters	Ransome (voice)
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Janette Grayson
1998	Celebrity Deathmatch
1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist
1998	Hollywood Squares	Self
1998	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Self
1998	Hollywood Squares
1997	The View	Self - Moderator
1997	Bear in the Big Blue House	Edwina Badger (voice)
1997	The Chris Rock Show	Self
1997	The View	Self - Co-Host
1997	Classic Albums	Self (archive footage)
1996	Muppets Tonight	Self
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest
1995	MADtv	Self
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Zenobia (voice)
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Mother Gooseberg (voice)
1995	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Whoopi (voice)
1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self
1993	The Nanny	Whoopi Goldberg
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1993	The Nanny	Edna
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1990	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Gaia (voice)
1990	Bagdad Cafe	Brenda
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Peligre
1988	This Morning	Self
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Guinan
1987	A Different World	Dr. Jordan
1987	Dolly	Self
1986	Comic Relief	Self - Host
1986	American Masters	Self
1985	Moonlighting	Camille Brand
1984	Muppet Babies
1984	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Mariah Johnston
1982	Wogan	Self
1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self
1981	De TV Show	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self
1971	Great Performances	Self
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host
1953	The Oscars	Self
1953	The Oscars	Self - Presenter
	Anansi Boys	Bird Woman
	Saturday TV Funhouse	Iceberg (voice)