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