Whoopi Goldberg
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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...
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Good Witch
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janette Grayson
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Filmography
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028
as (voice)
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2027
as (voice)
Tribeca 25
2026
as Self
Kevin
2026
as Cupcake (voice)
Leopardi & Co
2025
as Mildred
Flower of the Dawn
2025
as Storyteller (voice)
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025
as Galbanum (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Outlaw Posse
2024
as Stagecoach Mary
Atrabilious
2024
as Dr. Andrea Hart
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
as Self
Ezra
2024
as Jayne
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self
Babes
2024
as Dawn's Breasts
Like Tears in Rain
2024
as Self
Group Therapy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024
as Self
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive material)
The Color Purple
2023
as Midwife (uncredited)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
as Self
Three Trees
2023
as (Narration)
Our Barbara
2023
as Self
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Luck
2022
as Captain (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
as Self
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
as Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
as Self (archive footage)
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Cat (voice)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
as Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022
as Self
Till
2022
as Alma
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Cuomo
2022
as Self - Guest
JANET JACKSON.
2022
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
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
as Self - Guest
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Story of Late Night
2021
as Self
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
2021
as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Harlem
2021
as Dr. Elise Pruitt
Hacks
2021
as Whoopi Goldberg
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
as Self
Find Your Groove
2020
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self - Co-host, "The View"
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
as Self
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020
as Narrator
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020
Staged
2020
as Mary
Star Trek: Picard
2020
as Guinan
The Stand
2020
as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
The Con
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
as Self - Guest
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019
as Self
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Self
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Cracked Up
2019
as Self
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Desus & Mero
2019
as Self
Amphibia
2019
as Mother Olm (voice)
Godfather of Harlem
2019
as Miss Willa
Lorena
2019
as Herself
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Furlough
2018
as Moms
The Gospel According to André
2018
as Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
as Self
Nobody's Fool
2018
as Lola
Trump @War
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Olympia
2018
as Self
The Shop
2018
as Self
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Rose
2018
as Self
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
as Police Officer
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Barb (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as Yari (voice)
Descendants 2
2017
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
Gilbert
2017
as Self
9/11
2017
as Metzie
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
as Self
King of the Dancehall
2017
as Loretta Brixton
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
as Abernatha Coleman
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017
as Host
The Problem with Apu
2017
as Self
Rio
2017
as Gayle Morgenstern
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
When We Rise
2017
as Pat Norman
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016
as Herself
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time
2016
as Self
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
2016
as Self
Ask the Storybots
2016
The Tick
2016
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Stinky & Dirty Show
2016
as Meg (voice)
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
as Self
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015
as Self
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Calliope
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Good Witch
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
as Viola
Top Five
2014
as Whoopi Goldberg
Big Stone Gap
2014
as Fleeta Mullins
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
as Bernadette Thompson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Broad City
2014
as Self
The 7D
2014
as Magic Mirror (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Mikhaela (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
as Self
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
as Self
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013
as Narrator
Blackfish
2013
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
as Guinan (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
as Guinan
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
Radioman
2012
as Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
as Self
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
as Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
as Self
Python Legs!
2012
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
as God
The Little Engine That Could
2011
as The Tower (voice)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The Muppets
2011
as Whoopi Goldberg
Bubble Guppies
2011
as Pirate Myra (voice)
Suburgatory
2011
as Yakult (voice)
Toy Story 3
2010
as Stretch (voice)
For Colored Girls
2010
as Alice / White
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
New York Street Games
2010
as Self
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
as Self
See You in September
2010
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
as Self - Guest Judge
Blue Bloods
2010
as Regina Thomas
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
as Self
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
as Whoopi Goldberg
Journey to the Stars
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Stream
2009
as Jodi Quinn
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009
as Self - Guest
The Middle
2009
as Jane Marsh
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Glee
2009
as Carmen Tibideaux
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
as Taxi Driver
Descendants
2008
as Red Flower (voice)
Snow Buddies
2008
as Miss Mittens (voice)
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
as Self
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007
as Self
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007
as Mom
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007
as Self
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007
as Self
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
2007
as Self
The Naked Brothers Band
2007
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Word According to Whoopi
2007
as Herself
Doogal
2006
as Ermintrude (voice)
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Everyone's Hero
2006
as Darlin' (voice)
Homie Spumoni
2006
as Thelma
Farce of the Penguins
2006
as Helen (voice)
The N Word
2006
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
30 Rock
2006
as Whoopi Goldberg
So NoTORIous
2006
as MaMa Belle
Rachael Ray
2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
as Self
The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
Racing Stripes
2005
as Franny (voice)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Whoopi Goldberg
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Louise Clarkson
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
as Self
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
The Lion King 1½
2004
as Shenzi (voice)
Pinocchio 3000
2004
as Cyberina (voice)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
as Self
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
as Whoopi Goldberg
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Nat King Cole
2004
as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Self (uncredited)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Whoopi's Littleburg
2004
Entourage
2004
as Whoopi Goldberg
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
as Self
Good Fences
2003
as Mabel Spader
Declaration of Independence
2003
as Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Whoopi Goldberg
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
2003
as Voice
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Blizzard
2003
as Blizzard (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Whoopi
2003
as Mavis Rae
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
as Guinan (uncredited)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as Daniel's 'Boss'
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002
as Miss Clavel (voice)
The Hollywood Sign
2002
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Showboy
2002
as Herself
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
Making Rat Race
2002
as Herself
Liberty's Kids
2002
as Robert Shirtliff (voice)
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Monkeybone
2001
as Death
Call Me Claus
2001
as Lucy Cullins
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001
as Self
What Makes a Family
2001
as Terry Harrison
Kingdom Come
2001
as Raynelle Slocumb
Golden Dreams
2001
as Califia, the Queen of California
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
2001
as Self - Hostess
Rescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
Rat Race
2001
as Vera Baker
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
as Self - Host
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Chesley Watkins
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000
as Self - Host
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self - Host / Narrator
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Cléo
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Lydia Emerson
The Weber Show
2000
as Whoopi Goldberg
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Valerie
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Cheshire Cat
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
as Candy
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
AlegrÃa
1999
as Baby Clown
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as The Grand Banshee
The Foxbusters
1999
as Ransome (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Janette Grayson
A Knight in Camelot
1998
as Dr. Vivien Morgan
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Delilah Abraham
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
as Stormella (voice)
The Rugrats Movie
1998
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
Titey
1998
as The Iceberg (voice)
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as Whoopi Goldberg
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
as Self (uncredited)
Creating Ragtime
1998
as Host
Celebrity Deathmatch
1998
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self
Cinderella
1997
as Queen Constantina
In the Gloaming
1997
as Nurse Myrna
A Christmas Carol
1997
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Pitch
1997
as Self
Destination Anywhere
1997
as Cabbie
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
In & Out
1997
as Whoopi Goldberg (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self - Moderator
Bear in the Big Blue House
1997
as Edwina Badger (voice)
The Chris Rock Show
1997
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Co-Host
Classic Albums
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Bogus
1996
as Harriet Franklin
Eddie
1996
as Eddie Franklin
The Associate
1996
as Laurel Ayres
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Myrlie Evers
Bordello of Blood
1996
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self
The Sunshine Boys
1996
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Muppets Tonight
1996
as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Pulp Comics
1996
as Whoopi Goldberg
TFI Friday
1996
Boys on the Side
1995
as Jane Deluca
Theodore Rex
1995
as Katie Coltrane
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Sylvie Morrow
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995
as Self - Hostess
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
1995
as Self - Host
Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About
1995
as Self
Comic Relief VII
1995
as Self - Host
MADtv
1995
as Self
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)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as Whoopi (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)
The Pagemaster
1994
as Fantasy (voice)
Liberation
1994
as Narrator (voice)
But... Seriously
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
as Self
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Comic Relief VI
1994
as Self - Hostess
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Naked in New York
1993
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Deloris Van Cartier
Made in America
1993
as Sarah Mathews
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Billy York (uncredited)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
as Self
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993
as Mom / Irwin (voice)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
The Nanny
1993
as Whoopi Goldberg
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Nanny
1993
as Edna
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest Host
Sister Act
1992
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
The Player
1992
as Detective Avery
Sarafina!
1992
as Mary Masembuko
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
as Self
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
Wisecracks
1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Soapdish
1991
as Rose Schwartz
House Party 2
1991
as Professor (uncredited)
Chez Whoopi
1991
as Self - Host
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Ghost
1990
as Oda Mae Brown
The Long Walk Home
1990
as Odessa Cotter
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
as Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self (uncredited)
Comic Relief '90
1990
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
as Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Gaia (voice)
Bagdad Cafe
1990
as Brenda
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Eddie Cervi
Kiss Shot
1989
as Sarah Collins
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989
as Herself
Comic Relief III
1989
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
as Self
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Self
The Debbie Allen Special
1989
as Self
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Peligre
Clara's Heart
1988
as Clara Mayfield
The Telephone
1988
as Vashti Blue
Free to Be... a Family
1988
as Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988
as Fontaine
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
This Morning
1988
as Self
Citizen Steve
1987
as Self - Actress
Fatal Beauty
1987
as Rita Rizzoli
Burglar
1987
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
as Self
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987
as Self - Host
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987
as Self
Repairs
1987
as The Voice (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Guinan
A Different World
1987
as Dr. Jordan
Dolly
1987
as Self
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Terry Dolittle
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
as Self
The Making of Captain EO
1986
as Self
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986
as Self
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
as Self
Comic Relief
1986
as Self - Host
American Masters
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
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self
Citizen
1982
Wogan
1982
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
De TV Show
1981
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Winner
Saturday Night Live
1975
as The Iceberg (voice)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter