Whoopi Goldberg
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.
Acted in
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
2025
as Aqua (voice)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
as Self
Atrabilious
2024
as Dr. Andrea Hart
Ezra
2024
as Jayne
Babes
2024
as Dawn's Breasts
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self
Outlaw Posse
2024
as Stagecoach Mary
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
as Self
The Color Purple
2023
as Midwife (uncredited)
Three Trees
2023
as (Narration)
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive material)
Our Barbara -- A Special Edition of 20/20
2023
as Self
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Cat (voice)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Till
2022
as Alma
Music Is My Life - Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022
as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
as Self
Luck
2022
as Captain (voice)
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
as Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
as Self
JANET JACKSON.
2022
as Self
Harlem
2021
as Dr. Elise Pruitt
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
as Self
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
as Self - Host
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
as Self
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
2021
as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
The Story of Late Night
2021
as Self
Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days
2021
as Self - Guest
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
as Self
The Stand
2020
as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020
as Narrator
The Con
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Whoopi Goldberg
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self - Co-host, "The View"
Staged
2020
as Mary
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
as Self
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
as Self
Find Your Groove
2020
as Self
Siempre, Luis
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Star Trek: Picard
2020
as Guinan
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Self
Godfather of Harlem
2019
as Miss Willa
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Cracked Up
2019
as Self
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Amphibia
2019
as Mother Olm (voice)
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019
as Self
Lorena
2019
as Herself
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
2018
as Self - Host
Olympia
2018
as Herself
Nobody's Fool
2018
as Lola
Trump @War
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
as Police Officer
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Barb (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
The Gospel According to André
2018
as Self
Furlough
2018
as Moms
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
as Self
Citizen Rose
2018
as Self
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017
as Host
The Problem with Apu
2017
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as Yari
9/11
2017
as Metzie
Descendants 2
2017
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
as Self
Gilbert
2017
as Self
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
as Abernatha Coleman
King of the Dancehall
2017
as Loretta Brixton
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016
as Herself
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self
The Stinky & Dirty Show
2016
as Meg (voice)
The Tick
2016
as Whoopi Goldberg
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Ask the Storybots
2016
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016
as Herself
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Calliope
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
as Self
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015
as Self
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
Top Five
2014
as Self
Big Stone Gap
2014
as Fleeta Mullins
Robin Williams Remembered
2014
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Mikhaela (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
as Bernadette Thompson
The 7D
2014
as Magic Mirror (voice)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
as Viola
Broad City
2014
as Self
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
as Self
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
Blackfish
2013
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
as Guinan (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
Moms Mabley
2013
as Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
as Self
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
as Self
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
as Narrator
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
as Self
Radioman
2012
as Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
as Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
as Self
The Muppets
2011
as Whoopi Goldberg
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Suburgatory
2011
as Yakult (voice)
The Little Engine That Could
2011
as The Tower (voice)
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
as God
Bubble Guppies
2011
as Pirate Myra (voice)
For Colored Girls
2010
as Alice / White
Blue Bloods
2010
as Regina Thomas
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
New York Street Games
2010
as Self
Toy Story 3
2010
as Stretch (voice)
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
as Self - Guest
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self
See You in September
2010
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
The Middle
2009
as Jane Marsh
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Journey to the Stars
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
as Whoopi Goldberg
Glee
2009
as Carmen Tibideaux
Star Trek: The Captains' Summit
2009
as Self
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
Stream
2009
as Jodi Quinn
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
as Taxi Driver
Descendants
2008
as Red Flower (voice)
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Snow Buddies
2008
as Miss Mittens (voice)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007
as Self
The Word According to Whoopi
2007
as Herself
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007
as Self
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
as Self
The Naked Brothers Band
2007
as Herself
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
as Mom
Farce of the Penguins
2006
as Helen (voice)
Comic Relief 2006
2006
30 Rock
2006
as Whoopi Goldberg
Homie Spumoni
2006
as Thelma
Everyone's Hero
2006
as Darlin' (voice)
So NoTORIous
2006
Doogal
2006
as Ermintrude (voice)
The N Word
2006
as Self
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
as Self
The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
Racing Stripes
2005
as Franny (voice)
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
as Whoopi Goldberg
The World of Nat King Cole
2004
as Self
Pinocchio 3000
2004
as Cyberina (voice)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
as Self
The Lion King 1½
2004
as Shenzi (voice)
Whoopi's Littleburg
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self (archive footage)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2003
as Daniel's 'Boss'
Whoopi
2003
as Mavis Rae
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
2003
as Voice
Declaration of Independence
2003
as Self
Blizzard
2003
as Blizzard (voice)
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Whoopi Goldberg
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Good Fences
2003
as Mabel Spader
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
as Self
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
as Guinan (uncredited)
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002
as Miss Clavel (voice)
Liberty's Kids
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
Showboy
2002
as Herself
Making Rat Race
2002
as Herself
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
2001
as Self - Hostess
Call Me Claus
2001
as Lucy Cullins
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Chesley Watkins
The Hollywood Sign
2001
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Rat Race
2001
as Vera Baker
Rescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
as Self
Kingdom Come
2001
as Raynelle Slocumb
Monkeybone
2001
as Death
Golden Dreams
2001
as Califia, the Queen of California
What Makes a Family
2001
as Terry Harrison
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
The Weber Show
2000
as Whoopi Goldberg
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self - Host / Narrator
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Lydia Emerson
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Cléo
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000
as Self - Host
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Valerie
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as The Grand Banshee
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Janette Grayson
The Foxbusters
1999
as Ransome (voice)
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
as Candy Bliss
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Cheshire Cat
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
1999
as Baby Clown
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
The Rugrats Movie
1998
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
A Knight in Camelot
1998
as Dr. Vivien Morgan
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
as Stormella (voice)
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Delilah Abraham
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
as Self (uncredited)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Self
Titey
1998
as The Iceberg (voice)
Celebrity Deathmatch
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as Whoopi Goldberg
A Christmas Carol
1997
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Cinderella
1997
as Queen Constantina
Bear in the Big Blue House
1997
as Edwina Badger (voice)
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
In & Out
1997
as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
Pitch
1997
as Self
Destination Anywhere
1997
as Cabbie
In the Gloaming
1997
as Nurse Myrna
Classic Albums
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Myrlie Evers
The Associate
1996
as Laurel Ayres
Bogus
1996
as Harriet Franklin
Bordello of Blood
1996
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys
1996
as Nurse (uncredited)
Eddie
1996
as Eddie Franklin
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Muppets Tonight
1996
as Self
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self
Theodore Rex
1995
as Katie Coltrane
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995
as Self - Hostess
MADtv
1995
as Self
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Sylvie Morrow
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow
1995
as Guinan (archive footage)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Zenobia (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
Boys on the Side
1995
as Jane Deluca
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Pagemaster
1994
as Fantasy (voice)
Star Trek: Generations
1994
as Guinan (uncredited)
Corrina, Corrina
1994
as Corrina Washington
The Little Rascals
1994
as Buckwheat's Mom
The Lion King
1994
as Shenzi (voice)
But... Seriously
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
as Self
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993
as Mom / Irwin (voice)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Deloris Van Cartier
Naked in New York
1993
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
The Nanny
1993
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Nanny
1993
as Edna
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
as Self
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Billy York (uncredited)
Made in America
1993
as Sarah Mathews
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
as Self
Sarafina!
1992
as Mary Masembuko
Wisecracks
1992
Sister Act
1992
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
The Player
1992
as Detective Avery
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
House Party 2
1991
as Professor (uncredited)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
1991
as Guinan (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Chez Whoopi
1991
as Self - Host
Soapdish
1991
as Rose Schwartz
The Long Walk Home
1990
as Odessa Cotter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self (uncredited)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Gaia (voice)
Ghost
1990
as Oda Mae Brown
Comic Relief '90
1990
as Self
Bagdad Cafe
1990
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
as Self
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly
1989
as Herself
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Eddie Cervi
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
as Self
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Peligre
Kiss Shot
1989
as Sarah Collins
Comic Relief III
1989
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Self
Free to Be... a Family
1988
as Self
Clara's Heart
1988
as Clara Mayfield
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988
as Fontaine
The Telephone
1988
as Vashti Blue
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
as Self
Fatal Beauty
1987
as Rita Rizzoli
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Guinan
A Different World
1987
as Dr. Jordan
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987
as Self - Host
Burglar
1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987
as Self
Citizen Steve
1987
as Self - Actress
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
as Self
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Terry Dolittle
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986
The Making of Captain EO
1986
as Host
American Masters
1986
as Self
Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
1986
Comic Relief
1986
as Self - Host
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
as Self
The Color Purple
1985
as Celie
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1985
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Moonlighting
1985
as Camille Brand
Muppet Babies
1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
as Mariah Johnston
Citizen
1982
De TV Show
1981
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Leopardi & Co
as Mildred
Fairy Tale Forest: Flower of the Dawn
as Storyteller (voice)
Sister Act 3
as Deloris Van Cartier
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Anansi Boys
as Bird Woman
Saturday TV Funhouse
as Iceberg (voice)