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Whoopi Goldberg
12 FOLLOWERS • 121 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
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Blue Bloods
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The Oscars
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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/QdCyzFDoa6sUs6zqjvIdTHZ8Go.jpg)
The Middle
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
![](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
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fRu9zQFdWHjEVyHwnIYqm0LRoKA.jpg)
Broad City
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x4pecWbYs6iRVZS1ZTLUwpLsTOQ.jpg)
Classic Albums
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Glee
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Star Trek: Picard
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RuPaul's Drag Race
![](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
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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MADtv
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bFCgv9iWZECWSDxNQYc9soqvwjx.jpg)
Amphibia
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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/w342/17ElimZWIUypXV1hcGaXQJQuDBe.jpg)
The Chris Rock Show
![](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/eYYQWACx7ttUzRwTNYuo6zveqpE.jpg)
30 Rock
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dOOFAtzsRQ641p2NL4s4nyThJSO.jpg)
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
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The 7D
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Ask the Storybots
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Bear in the Big Blue House
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Everybody Hates Chris
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CBS Schoolbreak Special
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vHwgcxGQH8KpgTL4KEV4eG2IAn8.jpg)
Hollywood Squares
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3a6FrCtQ1mHllI3dvaKLG8dsnhT.jpg)
Lorena
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In & Out
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Descendants 2
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
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Vice
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Miss Americana
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yPW5Lmptt7z8rCYtVYjkpyjI3SY.jpg)
Katy Perry: Part of Me
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rsNbxonO8gtylIXwiv7JeqwJ4Kb.jpg)
The Muppets
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The Color Purple
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Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
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Star Trek: Generations
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Tony Awards
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Blackfish
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The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
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House Party 2
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X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
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Star Trek: Nemesis
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Toy Story 3
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Madea Goes to Jail
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The Little Rascals
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Top Five
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Snow Buddies
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vkLzXddgUKH5VcpnYiRzpJFrZhz.jpg)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
![](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
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Soapdish
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The Magic School Bus
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sVJME5R1NmTXtbdnAxYPx7Xa7kr.jpg)
The Lion King 1½
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dOBdatHIVppvmRFw2z7bf9VKJr9.jpg)
Girl, Interrupted
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The Comedy Store
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Till
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xHJ7xtdqn3ZeQIkWHknUWOUQtld.jpg)
Anansi Boys
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/2228.jpg)
But... Seriously
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Atrabilious
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The Celluloid Closet
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The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
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Nobody's Fool
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Luck
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/54awQrtekrsI11bKg2NwQrBHLIe.jpg)
Cinderella
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Rat Race
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The Stand
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In the Gloaming
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
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Ghost
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fYRMjpZUBxvzU4xqvXTISJ34Bsa.jpg)
Whoopi
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Comic Relief
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JFK: Destiny Betrayed
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The Black List: Volume Three
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Pee-wee's Playhouse
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Sister Act 3
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uZejGKCSd6nwfMx8U0Td37U2fTc.jpg)
The Rugrats Movie
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uUz8qaqPKbVeUWjUGoZ1v2dWOc.jpg)
Defenders of Dynatron City
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Moms Mabley
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly
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Golden Dreams
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The Color Purple
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Sister Act
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
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Bagdad Cafe
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A Knight in Camelot
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Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
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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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The Con
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The Making of Captain EO
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