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.
280 movies · 123 shows
Leopardi & Co
2025·8.1
ASALI: Power of the Pollinators
2025·8.0
Flower of the Dawn
2025·0.0
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024·0.0
Like Tears in Rain
2024·7.7
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024·8.1
Atrabilious
2024·1.0
Group Therapy
2024·7.8
Ezra
2024·6.9
Butterfly in the Sky
2024·8.3
Babes
2024·5.9
Outlaw Posse
2024·4.7
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024·10.0
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023·3.3
The Color Purple
2023·7.0
Three Trees
2023·0.0
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023·7.6
Commitment to Life
2023·0.0
Our Barbara
2023·10.0
My Father's Dragon
2022·7.0
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022·4.3
Till
2022·7.3
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022·0.0
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022·6.2
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022·8.0
Luck
2022·7.8
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022·10.0
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022·8.3
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022·8.5
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022·6.0
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021·7.0
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021·8.0
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021·7.4
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021·6.5
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020·7.4
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020·5.4
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020·10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020·10.0
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020·6.3
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020·8.1
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020·5.8
My Darling Vivian
2020·7.1
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
2020·0.0
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020·5.9
Find Your Groove
2020·10.0
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020·9.7
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019·9.3
The Most Magnificent Thing
2019·8.6
Cracked Up
2019·7.2
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019·4.6
Olympia
2018·8.0
Nobody's Fool
2018·6.1
Trump @War
2018·6.7
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018·5.9
The Gospel According to André
2018·6.3
Furlough
2018·5.7
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018·7.9
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
2017·7.8
The Problem with Apu
2017·4.8
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017·6.9
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017·3.6
9/11
2017·5.1
Descendants 2
2017·7.4
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017·6.8
Gilbert
2017·6.7
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017·5.3
King of the Dancehall
2017·7.6
Rio
2017·1.0
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016·6.7
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016·0.0
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016·7.5
50 Years of Star Trek
2016·6.2
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016·7.4
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015·7.5
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015·0.0
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015·2.0
Misery Loves Comedy
2015·6.0
Top Five
2014·6.1
Big Stone Gap
2014·5.9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014·5.9
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014·6.6
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013·6.7
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013·0.0
Blackfish
2013·7.8
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013·7.2
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013·7.1
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013·6.7
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013·7.2
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013·8.5
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
2013·5.0
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012·6.8
Radioman
2012·6.3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012·7.1
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012·7.1
Python Legs!
2012·0.0
The Muppets
2011·6.7
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011·7.2
The Little Engine That Could
2011·6.2
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011·6.3
For Colored Girls
2010·6.7
Teenage Paparazzo
2010·7.0
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010·6.1
New York Street Games
2010·0.0
Toy Story 3
2010·7.8
The Black List: Volume Three
2010·4.8
See You in September
2010·4.4
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009·0.0
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009·10.0
Journey to the Stars
2009·7.0
Kambakkht Ishq
2009·4.3
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009·6.4
Madea Goes to Jail
2009·6.5
Stream
2009·0.0
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008·6.0
Descendants
2008·7.0
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
2008·6.6
Snow Buddies
2008·6.1
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008·6.0
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
2007·0.0
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007·6.8
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007·7.7
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007·0.0
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007·7.3
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
2007·0.0
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007·4.1
Farce of the Penguins
2006·4.2
Comic Relief 2006
2006·7.0
Homie Spumoni
2006·5.0
Everyone's Hero
2006·6.1
Doogal
2006·4.9
The N Word
2006·7.2
The Aristocrats
2005·6.0
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005·4.3
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
2005·6.3
Racing Stripes
2005·5.9
The Lion King 1½
2004·6.6
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004·2.9
The World of Nat King Cole
2004·0.0
Pinocchio 3000
2004·4.4
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004·10.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004·7.6
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004·5.3
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003·7.8
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
2003·5.8
Declaration of Independence
2003·7.7
Blizzard
2003·6.0
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003·4.4
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003·5.2
Good Fences
2003·5.9
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002·6.3
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002·6.0
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002·6.1
The Hollywood Sign
2002·4.6
Searching for Debra Winger
2002·6.4
Showboy
2002·3.9
Making Rat Race
2002·0.0
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
2001·6.3
Call Me Claus
2001·5.7
Rat Race
2001·6.3
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001·0.0
Rescued from the Closet
2001·6.5
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
2001·6.0
Kingdom Come
2001·6.5
Monkeybone
2001·5.2
Golden Dreams
2001·6.7
What Makes a Family
2001·6.3
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000·7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000·7.0
More Dogs Than Bones
2000·4.9
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000·4.3
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
2000·9.0
Girl, Interrupted
1999·7.6
Jackie's Back!
1999·6.9
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999·6.6
Alice in Wonderland
1999·6.2
Our Friend, Martin
1999·7.1
Alegría
1999·6.6
Get Bruce!
1999·6.5
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999·7.4
The Rugrats Movie
1998·6.3
A Knight in Camelot
1998·5.5
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998·6.1
Junket Whore
1998·5.0
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998·5.8
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998·6.3
Titey
1998·7.0
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998·3.9
Creating Ragtime
1998·0.0
A Christmas Carol
1997·6.5
Cinderella
1997·6.6
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997·6.2
In & Out
1997·6.5
Pitch
1997·6.5
Destination Anywhere
1997·6.9
In the Gloaming
1997·6.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997·9.0
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997·7.3
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996·6.6
The Associate
1996·6.3
Bogus
1996·5.8
Bordello of Blood
1996·6.0
The Sunshine Boys
1996·5.0
Eddie
1996·5.5
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996·10.0
The Celluloid Closet
1996·7.2
Theodore Rex
1995·3.7
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
1995·8.6
Comic Relief VII
1995·0.0
Moonlight and Valentino
1995·5.6
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
1995·7.3
Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About
1995·0.0
Boys on the Side
1995·6.4
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994·4.7
The Pagemaster
1994·6.4
Star Trek: Generations
1994·6.5
Corrina, Corrina
1994·6.7
The Little Rascals
1994·6.8
The Lion King
1994·8.3
But... Seriously
1994·8.5
Comic Relief VI
1994·0.0
Liberation
1994·7.9
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994·7.3
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993·8.0
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993·6.4
Naked in New York
1993·4.8
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993·7.0
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993·8.3
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993·6.1
Made in America
1993·5.5
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992·8.0
Sarafina!
1992·6.1
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992·7.8
Wisecracks
1992·8.3
Sister Act
1992·6.8
The Player
1992·7.2
Defenders of Dynatron City
1992·7.0
House Party 2
1991·5.5
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991·5.9
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
1991·0.0
Chez Whoopi
1991·10.0
Soapdish
1991·6.3
The Long Walk Home
1990·7.6
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990·0.0
Ghost
1990·7.2
Comic Relief '90
1990·6.5
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990·7.2
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990·8.5
Help Save Planet Earth
1990·9.0
Beverly Hills Brats
1989·5.0
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989·7.7
Homer and Eddie
1989·5.6
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989·9.1
Kiss Shot
1989·5.8
Comic Relief III
1989·8.0
The Debbie Allen Special
1989·0.0
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988·7.2
Free to Be... a Family
1988·8.8
Clara's Heart
1988·5.5
Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988·7.8
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988·6.5
The Telephone
1988·4.4
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988·10.0
Fatal Beauty
1987·5.6
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987·8.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987·6.0
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
1987·10.0
Burglar
1987·5.2
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987·8.8
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987·7.0
Citizen Steve
1987·6.0
Repairs
1987·0.0
The Best of Comic Relief
1986·0.0
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986·6.1
The Making of Captain EO
1986·6.9
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986·7.7
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986·6.3
The Color Purple
1985·7.7
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1985·6.2
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
Citizen
1982·10.0