Whoopi Goldberg
Acting
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 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.
TV Shows(124)
Kevin
Cupcake (voice)
2026
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
Cuomo
Self - Guest
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
JANET JACKSON.
Self
2022
Harlem
Dr. Elise Pruitt
2021
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
2021
Hacks
Whoopi Goldberg
2021
The Story of Late Night
Self
2021
The Stand
Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
2020
The Con
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self - Guest
2020
Staged
Mary
2020
Star Trek: Picard
Guinan
2020
Godfather of Harlem
Miss Willa
2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
2019
Amphibia
Mother Olm (voice)
2019
Desus & Mero
Self
2019
Lorena
Herself
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Shop
Self
2018
Random Acts of Flyness
Police Officer
2018
Summer Camp Island
Barb (voice)
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018
Citizen Rose
Self
2018
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
When We Rise
Pat Norman
2017
The Stinky & Dirty Show
Meg (voice)
2016
The Tick
Whoopi Goldberg
2016
Ask the Storybots
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
2015
BoJack Horseman
Mikhaela (voice)
2014
The 7D
Magic Mirror (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Broad City
Self
2014
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
2013
Suburgatory
Yakult (voice)
2011
Bubble Guppies
Pirate Myra (voice)
2011
Blue Bloods
Regina Thomas
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge
2010
The Middle
Jane Marsh
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Glee
Carmen Tibideaux
2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show
Self - Guest
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
2008
The Word According to Whoopi
Herself
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Naked Brothers Band
Whoopi Goldberg
2007
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self
2006
30 Rock
Whoopi Goldberg
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
So NoTORIous
MaMa Belle
2006
The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Everybody Hates Chris
Louise Clarkson
2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
2005
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Entourage
Whoopi Goldberg
2004
Whoopi's Littleburg
2004
Whoopi
Mavis Rae
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Liberty's Kids
Robert Shirtliff (voice)
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Chesley Watkins
2001
The Weber Show
Whoopi Goldberg
2000
Strong Medicine
Dr. Lydia Emerson
2000
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Grand Banshee
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janette Grayson
1999
The Foxbusters
Ransome (voice)
1999
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1998
Celebrity Deathmatch
1998
Bear in the Big Blue House
Edwina Badger (voice)
1997
The View
Self - Moderator
1997
Classic Albums
Self (archive footage)
1997
The Chris Rock Show
Self
1997
Pulp Comics
Whoopi Goldberg
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Muppets Tonight
Self
1996
MADtv
Self
1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Whoopi (voice)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Zenobia (voice)
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Nanny
Whoopi Goldberg
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest Host
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Gaia (voice)
1990
Bagdad Cafe
Brenda
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Peligre
1989
This Morning
Self
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Guinan
1987
Dolly
Self
1987
A Different World
Dr. Jordan
1987
American Masters
Self
1986
Comic Relief
Self - Host
1986
Moonlighting
Camille Brand
1985
Muppet Babies
1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Mariah Johnston
1984
Reading Rainbow
Self
1983
Wogan
Self
1982
De TV Show
Self
1981
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
People's Choice Awards
Self - Winner
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
1962
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Anansi Boys
Bird Woman
Saturday TV Funhouse
Iceberg (voice)
Movies(277)
Captain Zero: The Movie
(voice)
2028
Leopardi & Co
Mildred
2025
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
Galbanum (voice)
2025
Flower of the Dawn
Storyteller (voice)
2025
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
self
2024
Like Tears in Rain
Self
2024
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
2024
Atrabilious
Dr. Andrea Hart
2024
Group Therapy
Self (archive footage)
2024
Ezra
Jayne
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Self
2024
Babes
Dawn's Breasts
2024
Outlaw Posse
Stagecoach Mary
2024
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Self (archive footage)
2024
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
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Our Barbara
Self
2023
My Father's Dragon
Cat (voice)
2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
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
2022
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
2021
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
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self
2020
Find Your Groove
Self
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
2020
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
2019
Olympia
Self
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
2018
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 (voice)
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
2017
Rio
Gayle Morgenstern
2017
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
Self
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
2016
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
2015
Top Five
Whoopi Goldberg
2014
Big Stone Gap
Fleeta Mullins
2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bernadette Thompson
2014
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Viola
2014
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
Self
2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Guinan
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
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Self
2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa
Self
2013
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
Narrator
2013
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
2012
Python Legs!
2012
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
2011
For Colored Girls
Alice / White
2010
Teenage Paparazzo
Self
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
See You in September
Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2010
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 Captain's Summit
Self
2009
Madea Goes to Jail
Self
2009
Stream
Jodi Quinn
2009
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)
2008
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
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
2007
Farce of the Penguins
Helen (voz)
2006
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Homie Spumoni
Thelma
2006
Everyone's Hero
Darlin' (voice)
2006
Doogal
Ermintrude (voice)
2006
The N Word
Self
2006
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)
2005
The Lion King 1½
Shenzi (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
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
2004
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Self
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
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
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Showboy
Herself
2002
Making Rat Race
Herself
2002
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
2001
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
2000
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
Baby Clown
1999
Get Bruce!
Self
1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
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
1998
Creating Ragtime
Host
1998
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
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
1997
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 Celluloid Closet
Self
1996
Theodore Rex
Katie Coltrane
1995
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
Self - Hostess
1995
Moonlight and Valentino
Sylvie Morrow
1995
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
Self - Host
1995
Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About
Self
1995
Boys on the Side
Jane Deluca
1995
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
Liberation
Narrator
1994
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
Self
1994
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
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
1993
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Billy York (uncredited)
1993
Made in America
Sarah Mathews
1993
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
1992
Sarafina!
Mary Masembuko
1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Self
1992
Wisecracks
1992
Sister Act
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
1992
The Player
Detective Avery
1992
Defenders of Dynatron City
Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1992
House Party 2
Professor (uncredited)
1991
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1991
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
Narrator (voice)
1991
Chez Whoopi
Self - Host
1991
Soapdish
Rose Schwartz
1991
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
1990
Help Save Planet Earth
Self
1990
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
1989
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
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
The Telephone
Vashti Blue
1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Self
1988
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
Self
1987
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
Self
1987
Citizen Steve
Self - Actress
1987
Repairs
The Voice (voice)
1987
The Best of Comic Relief
Self
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Terry Dolittle
1986
The Making of Captain EO
Self
1986
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
Self
1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Self
1986
The Color Purple
Celie
1985
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Citizen
1982
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Aqua (voice)
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Sisters in Italy
Sister Act 3
Deloris