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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

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

Born

Nov 13, 1955

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

287 acting

22 crew

Popularity

3.0

Known For

The Lion King
The Lion King
1994 • as Shenzi (voice)
★ 8.3
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3
2010 • as Stretch (voice)
★ 7.8
Ghost
Ghost
1990 • as Oda Mae Brown
★ 7.3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 • as Bernadette Thompson
★ 5.9
The Little Rascals
The Little Rascals
1994 • as Buckwheat's Mom
★ 6.8
Luck
Luck
2022 • as Captain (voice)
★ 7.8
Sister Act
Sister Act
1992 • as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
★ 6.8
The Lion King 1½
The Lion King 1½
2004 • as Shenzi (voice)
★ 6.6
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
1999 • as Valerie
★ 7.6
The Deep End of the Ocean
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999 • as Candy
★ 6.6
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 • as Deloris Van Cartier
★ 6.4
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002 • as Guinan (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
1985 • as Celie
★ 7.7
Descendants 2
Descendants 2
2017 • as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: Generations
1994 • as Guinan (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Player
The Player
1992 • as Detective Avery
★ 7.2
The Muppets
The Muppets
2011 • as Whoopi Goldberg
★ 6.7
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
2023 • as Midwife (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Rat Race
Rat Race
2001 • as Vera Baker
★ 6.3
Bordello of Blood
Bordello of Blood
1996 • as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
★ 6.0
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993 • as Billy York (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Rugrats Movie
The Rugrats Movie
1998 • as Ranger Margaret (voice)
★ 6.3
The Pagemaster
The Pagemaster
1994 • as Fantasy (voice)
★ 6.4
Monkeybone
Monkeybone
2001 • as Death
★ 5.3
Till
Till
2022 • as Alma
★ 7.3
Racing Stripes
Racing Stripes
2005 • as Franny (voice)
★ 6.0
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1999 • as Cheshire Cat
★ 6.2
Boys on the Side
Boys on the Side
1995 • as Jane Deluca
★ 6.4
Everyone's Hero
Everyone's Hero
2006 • as Darlin' (voice)
★ 6.1
My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon
2022 • as Cat (voice)
★ 7.0
Madea Goes to Jail
Madea Goes to Jail
2009 • as Self
★ 6.5
In & Out
In & Out
1997 • as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
★ 6.5
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002 • as Daniel's 'Boss'
★ 6.1
A Little Bit of Heaven
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011 • as God
★ 6.4
Ezra
Ezra
2024 • as Jayne
★ 6.9
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
★ 6.8
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998 • as Stormella (voice)
★ 6.1
Made in America
Made in America
1993 • as Sarah Mathews
★ 5.5
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 • as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
★ 4.3
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986 • as Terry Dolittle
★ 6.1
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 • as Delilah Abraham
★ 5.8
Blackfish
Blackfish
2013 • as Self
★ 7.8
Soapdish
Soapdish
1991 • as Rose Schwartz
★ 6.3
The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home
1990 • as Odessa Cotter
★ 7.7
Snow Buddies
Snow Buddies
2008 • as Miss Mittens (voice)
★ 6.1
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012 • as Self
★ 7.1
Top Five
Top Five
2014 • as Whoopi Goldberg
★ 6.0
Babes
Babes
2024 • as Dawn's Breasts
★ 6.0
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 • as Myrlie Evers
★ 6.6
The Little Engine That Could
The Little Engine That Could
2011 • as The Tower (voice)
★ 6.2
Cinderella
Cinderella
1997 • as Queen Constantina
★ 6.6
Pinocchio 3000
Pinocchio 3000
2004 • as Cyberina (voice)
★ 4.4
9/11
9/11
2017 • as Metzie
★ 5.1
Nobody's Fool
Nobody's Fool
2018 • as Lola
★ 6.0
The Associate
The Associate
1996 • as Laurel Ayres
★ 6.2
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
★ 3.9
Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrina
1994 • as Corrina Washington
★ 6.7
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003 • as Whoopi Goldberg
★ 4.4
Sarafina!
Sarafina!
1992 • as Mary Masembuko
★ 6.2
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2027 • as (voice)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993 • as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
★ 7.0
Bogus
Bogus
1996 • as Harriet Franklin
★ 5.8
Jackie Chan: My Story
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Eddie
Eddie
1996 • as Eddie Franklin
★ 5.5
Kambakkht Ishq
Kambakkht Ishq
2009 • as Whoopi Goldberg
★ 4.4
Blizzard
Blizzard
2003 • as Blizzard (voice)
★ 6.0
Call Me Claus
Call Me Claus
2001 • as Lucy Cullins
★ 5.7
Naked in New York
Naked in New York
1993 • as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
★ 4.8
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004 • as Whoopi Goldberg
★ 2.9
Farce of the Penguins
Farce of the Penguins
2006 • as Helen (voice)
★ 4.3
Teenage Paparazzo
Teenage Paparazzo
2010 • as Self
★ 7.0
Theodore Rex
Theodore Rex
1995 • as Katie Coltrane
★ 3.6
The Aristocrats
The Aristocrats
2005 • as Self
★ 5.9
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
★ 6.1
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
★ 6.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
★ 7.7
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
★ 7.1
Tribeca 25
Tribeca 25
2026 • as Self
★ 7.0
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 • as Self - Co-host, "The View"
★ 8.1
Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 • as Self
★ 6.8
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005 • as Whoopi Goldberg
★ 4.4
House Party 2
House Party 2
1991 • as Professor (uncredited)
★ 5.5
In the Gloaming
In the Gloaming
1997 • as Nurse Myrna
★ 6.0
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
50 Years of Star Trek
50 Years of Star Trek
2016 • as Self
★ 6.2
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
★ 6.8
Big Stone Gap
Big Stone Gap
2014 • as Fleeta Mullins
★ 5.8
A Knight in Camelot
A Knight in Camelot
1998 • as Dr. Vivien Morgan
★ 5.5
Captain Zero: The Movie
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028 • as (voice)
Outlaw Posse
Outlaw Posse
2024 • as Stagecoach Mary
★ 4.5
Destination Anywhere
Destination Anywhere
1997 • as Cabbie
★ 6.9
Fatal Beauty
Fatal Beauty
1987 • as Rita Rizzoli
★ 5.6
What Makes a Family
What Makes a Family
2001 • as Terry Harrison
★ 6.3
Radioman
Radioman
2012 • as Self
★ 6.3
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
★ 6.0
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
1997 • as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
★ 6.5
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
★ 7.2
Feeding America Comedy Festival
★ 5.8
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
★ 6.5
Burglar
Burglar
1987 • as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
★ 5.2
See You in September
See You in September
2010 • as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
★ 4.6
Alegría
Alegría
1999 • as Baby Clown
★ 6.6
A Very Sordid Wedding
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017 • as Abernatha Coleman
★ 5.4
My Darling Vivian
My Darling Vivian
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Doogal
Doogal
2006 • as Ermintrude (voice)
★ 4.9
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017 • as Yari (voice)
★ 3.6
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 • as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
★ 6.3
For Colored Girls
For Colored Girls
2010 • as Alice / White
★ 6.7
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.1
Citizen Steve
Citizen Steve
1987 • as Self - Actress
★ 6.0
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
★ 6.7
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 • as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
★ 5.4
Moonlight and Valentino
Moonlight and Valentino
1995 • as Sylvie Morrow
★ 5.6
Gilbert
Gilbert
2017 • as Self
★ 6.7
Misery Loves Comedy
Misery Loves Comedy
2015 • as Self
★ 6.1
A Cool Like That Christmas
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993 • as Mom / Irwin (voice)
★ 8.0
The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet
1996 • as Self
★ 7.3
Furlough
Furlough
2018 • as Moms
★ 5.7
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.7
Butterfly in the Sky
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 • as Self
★ 8.2
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
★ 7.4
The Hollywood Sign
The Hollywood Sign
2002 • as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
★ 4.6
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come
2001 • as Raynelle Slocumb
★ 6.6
Defenders of Dynatron City
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992 • as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
★ 7.0
Atrabilious
Atrabilious
2024 • as Dr. Andrea Hart
★ 1.0
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990 • as Self (uncredited)
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
★ 7.3
Our Friend, Martin
Our Friend, Martin
1999 • as Mrs. Peck (voice)
★ 7.1
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
★ 7.5
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002 • as Miss Clavel (voice)
★ 6.1
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
★ 3.3
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
★ 5.9
The Truth Is in the Stars
★ 6.5
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
Get Bruce!
Get Bruce!
1999 • as Self
★ 6.5
More Dogs Than Bones
More Dogs Than Bones
2000 • as Cléo
★ 4.9
Homer and Eddie
Homer and Eddie
1989 • as Eddie Cervi
★ 5.6
New York Street Games
New York Street Games
2010 • as Self
movie
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025 • as Galbanum (voice)
★ 8.0
movie
Repairs
1987 • as The Voice (voice)
The Making of Captain EO
★ 7.3
Leopardi & Co
Leopardi & Co
2025 • as Mildred
★ 7.5
Junket Whore
Junket Whore
1998 • as Self
★ 5.5
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
★ 7.3
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
★ 7.6
Jackie's Back!
Jackie's Back!
1999 • as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
★ 6.9
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989 • as Self
★ 9.1
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
★ 7.1
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
★ 10.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 6.6
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 4.7
The Gospel According to André
★ 6.1
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
★ 4.6
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997 • as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
★ 6.2
Group Therapy
Group Therapy
2024 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.8
Like Tears in Rain
Like Tears in Rain
2024 • as Self
★ 7.7
Black Dog, Red Dog
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015 • as Calliope
★ 7.5
movie
★ 8.5
Rescued from the Closet
Rescued from the Closet
2001 • as Self
★ 6.5
Kiss Shot
Kiss Shot
1989 • as Sarah Collins
★ 5.8
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.3
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys
1996 • as Nurse (uncredited)
★ 5.0
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995 • as Self - Hostess
★ 8.6
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.5
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
★ 8.0
King of the Dancehall
King of the Dancehall
2017 • as Loretta Brixton
★ 7.6
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
★ 7.8
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005 • as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
★ 6.3
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.3
Chez Whoopi
Chez Whoopi
1991 • as Self - Host
★ 10.0
Commitment to Life
Commitment to Life
2023 • as Self (archive footage)
Cracked Up
Cracked Up
2019 • as Self
★ 7.4
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
★ 4.1
Trump @War
Trump @War
2018 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.7
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 • as Self - Host / Narrator
★ 7.0
Wisecracks
★ 8.3
The Telephone
The Telephone
1988 • as Vashti Blue
★ 4.4
Showboy
Showboy
2002 • as Herself
★ 3.9
The Problem with Apu
The Problem with Apu
2017 • as Self
★ 4.7
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
★ 9.0
Good Fences
Good Fences
2003 • as Mabel Spader
★ 6.0
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
★ 6.5
Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats
1989 • as Self
★ 5.0
Clara's Heart
Clara's Heart
1988 • as Clara Mayfield
★ 5.5
Pitch
Pitch
1997 • as Self
★ 6.5
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
★ 10.0
Liberation
Liberation
1994 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.9
Find Your Groove
Find Your Groove
2020 • as Self
★ 10.0
Barry Humphries at the BBC
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023 • as Self (archive material)
★ 7.6
Sister Act 3
Sister Act 3
• as Deloris
movie
movie
★ 7.7
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
★ 6.9
Declaration of Independence
★ 7.7
Homie Spumoni
Homie Spumoni
2006 • as Thelma
★ 5.0
The N Word
The N Word
2006 • as Self
★ 7.2
Free to Be... a Family
Free to Be... a Family
1988 • as Self
★ 8.8
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
★ 6.2
movie
★ 8.8
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
★ 10.0
Titey
Titey
1998 • as The Iceberg (voice)
★ 7.0
Making Rat Race
Making Rat Race
2002 • as Herself
Descendants
Descendants
2008 • as Red Flower (voice)
★ 7.2
Comic Relief VI
Comic Relief VI
1994 • as Self - Hostess
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990 • as Self
★ 8.5
Flower of the Dawn
Flower of the Dawn
2025 • as Storyteller (voice)
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987 • as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
★ 8.0
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
★ 5.0
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
★ 6.0
Golden Dreams
Golden Dreams
2001 • as Califia, the Queen of California
★ 6.7
The Most Magnificent Thing
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.3
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
★ 10.0
Help Save Planet Earth
Help Save Planet Earth
1990 • as Self
★ 9.0
movie
Rio
2017 • as Gayle Morgenstern
★ 1.0
Comic Relief VII
Comic Relief VII
1995 • as Self - Host
Searching for Debra Winger
★ 6.4
movie
Creating Ragtime
Creating Ragtime
1998 • as Host
movie
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987 • as Self - Host
★ 10.0
Comic Relief 2006
★ 7.0
Comic Relief III
★ 8.0
movie
But... Seriously
1994 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Olympia
Olympia
2018 • as Self
★ 8.0
movie
Stream
2009 • as Jodi Quinn
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993 • as Self
★ 8.3
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016 • as Self (archive footage)
movie
Comic Relief '90
1990 • as Self
★ 6.5
Three Trees
Three Trees
2023 • as (Narration)
movie
★ 4.8
Our Barbara
Our Barbara
2023 • as Self
★ 10.0
Citizen
★ 10.0
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991 • as Narrator (voice)
movie
movie
★ 7.8
Journey to the Stars
Journey to the Stars
2009 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
movie
★ 7.0