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Whoopi Goldberg
12 FOLLOWERS • 117 CREDITS • NOV 13, 1955 • 68
Biography
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.
Known For
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Saturday Night Live
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Gg1oM8Us8gCS5aJA8e0ZRuIHnf.jpg)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q1WlrxnCvNhBjJ4N7V0JQXjnIBN.jpg)
Blue Bloods
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6uKEYejjR88GwHgNq6NAQ30glTx.jpg)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vrbqaBXB8AALynQzpWz6JdCPEJS.jpg)
The Graham Norton Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars
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The Middle
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Tony Awards
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RuPaul's Drag Race
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/265Gpw7wSwwMkUQlksot8B2chRg.jpg)
Tales from the Crypt
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4syShXMjaPAP3mG81ekhruv94sd.jpg)
The Nanny
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pB9L0jAnEQLMKgexqCEocEW8TA.jpg)
BoJack Horseman
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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Broad City
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Glee
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bONYUEn7iMFCebhDuqNG7hqqwoO.jpg)
Star Trek: Picard
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v7fuifcJjcqQxAsOjPviupcmFIZ.jpg)
A Different World
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8dORUJPK1JSprVK8vkfejtZ2HiQ.jpg)
Desus & Mero
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l8WzbOr7vg3WDlB3hoy32wZDxwj.jpg)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/syipk7iIpV4DTvGuBuEqrVbAbaY.jpg)
Summer Camp Island
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4tXHrqYbETym7Def99MeXrpPyRA.jpg)
MADtv
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bFCgv9iWZECWSDxNQYc9soqvwjx.jpg)
Amphibia
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yhISN0ewMkjqKxBQAeo2QkLFTnm.jpg)
The Shop
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The Tick
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/shOVFku8daIGRpgjTdMZBxUAvsV.jpg)
Hell's Kitchen
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p0Tq3A9CzvzjGWR3L7xBuqIAoJT.jpg)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g7vQXsELihik4oHJwqhL6WuTJ3j.jpg)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qhanotOZnOdgmCZonug5anT0mFo.jpg)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oICxDfFnDGjq3BfhirR3BgIaJv9.jpg)
Random Acts of Flyness
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t2LLLdpsz7RdXNog0nnVFWrMYxB.jpg)
Godfather of Harlem
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6KDwUpIC4JkKBZjnaxcN5BVV1nr.jpg)
Citizen Rose
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dOOFAtzsRQ641p2NL4s4nyThJSO.jpg)
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6IY8bmJcUGmgcB9ERnx8hLw7Qz5.jpg)
Ask the Storybots
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eYYQWACx7ttUzRwTNYuo6zveqpE.jpg)
30 Rock
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3FjakKDEuaO8FpR1qJctV6njqYy.jpg)
Everybody Hates Chris
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7muGNVtbHL9L83MwtcOWq6ebKiQ.jpg)
CBS Schoolbreak Special
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Lorena
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Hollywood Squares
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In & Out
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Descendants 2
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xCFSsftt2rglC81I6QLWcZSTCBM.jpg)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1gCab6rNv1r6V64cwsU4oEr649Y.jpg)
Vice
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Miss Americana
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Katy Perry: Part of Me
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The Color Purple
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The Muppets
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Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
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Star Trek: Generations
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Blackfish
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The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
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X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
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House Party 2
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Star Trek: Nemesis
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AbbXspMOwdvwWZgVN0nabZq03Ec.jpg)
Toy Story 3
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qiXNNmSFXsfUdKDkylBF2LfX0DR.jpg)
Madea Goes to Jail
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qI7PKX2JSw4yD2iQm3pyHvKir28.jpg)
The Little Rascals
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nM5zWv6zpWHsrKNMrPKg23UHZCA.jpg)
Top Five
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Snow Buddies
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sKCr78MXSLixwmZ8DyJLrpMsd15.jpg)
The Lion King
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Barry Humphries at the BBC
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3A70wxUpplD4V3IcL8WmNFBgAbV.jpg)
The Magic School Bus
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A5Aagqf4odlE1PkLouHPOj63z8D.jpg)
Soapdish
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The Lion King 1½
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The Comedy Store
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Girl, Interrupted
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cmDs0CYlgioyP2AQQTTmavt3uoO.jpg)
Till
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Atrabilious
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zDxpOQi7kkokDLxZkVQhejp2VHu.jpg)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/2228.jpg)
But... Seriously
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The Celluloid Closet
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cZLINjdoIVPQ3VacMmkilC4amcP.jpg)
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
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Nobody's Fool
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Anansi Boys
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1HOYvwGFioUFL58UVvDRG6beEDm.jpg)
Luck
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Rat Race
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/54awQrtekrsI11bKg2NwQrBHLIe.jpg)
Cinderella
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w6XiuRK5QQaLNmIqDRCWOpEcHwi.jpg)
The Stand
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Ghost
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In the Gloaming
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20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Whoopi
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JFK: Destiny Betrayed
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/1767.jpg)
The Black List: Volume Three
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Pee-wee's Playhouse
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Comic Relief
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Golden Dreams
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The Con
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Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
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The Making of Captain EO
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A Knight in Camelot
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hR6rugHHYlwJvLzCyqvh97CDkK6.jpg)
Moms Mabley
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ziosRyziefrmEmAMIswpjQzvAur.jpg)
The Color Purple
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
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Sister Act 3
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Defenders of Dynatron City
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Sister Act
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Boys on the Side
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The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
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Bagdad Cafe
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The Rugrats Movie
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