Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Acting

Born November 13, 1955 · New York City, New York, USA

5 films as director · Active 2000–2016

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 Pu…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Directed(5)

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley★ 6.7

Acting(412)

2028Captain Zero: The Movie(voice)

2027Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk(voice)

2026Tribeca 25Self

2026KevinCupcake (voice)

2025Leopardi & CoMildred

2025ASALI: Power of the PollinatorsGalbanum (voice)

2025Flower of the DawnStoryteller (voice)

2025Number One on the Call SheetSelf

2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf

2024Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors DreamsSelf

2024Like Tears in RainSelf

2024Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve StorySelf

2024Hollywood BlackSelf (archive footage)

2024AtrabiliousDr. Andrea Hart

2024Group TherapySelf (archive footage)

2024Butterfly in the SkySelf

2024BabesDawn's Breasts

2024Outlaw PosseStagecoach Mary

2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff StorySelf (archive footage)

2023Oprah & The Color Purple JourneySelf

2023The Color PurpleMidwife (uncredited)

2023Three Trees(Narration)

2023Barry Humphries at the BBCSelf (archive material)

2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)

2023Our BarbaraSelf

2022My Father's DragonCat (voice)

202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of WakandaSelf

2022Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black MambazoSelf

2022Is That Black Enough for You?!?Self

2022CuomoSelf - Guest

2022SherriSelf - Guest

2022Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20Self

2022LuckCaptain (voice)

2022Tony Bennett: Forget Me NotSelf

2022Bill Cosby: Walking FreeSelf (archive footage)

2022Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning ActSelf (archive footage)

2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens RisingSelf

2022JANET JACKSON.Self

2021HarlemDr. Elise Pruitt

2021JFK: Destiny BetrayedSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021JFK Revisited: Through the Looking GlassSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney WorldSelf - Host

2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItSelf

2021Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)

2021HacksWhoopi Goldberg

2021The Story of Late NightSelf

2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny DaysSelf - Guest

2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...Self

2020The StandAbagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle

2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's FineWhoopi Goldberg (voice)

2020Walter Winchell: The Power of GossipNarrator

2020The ConSelf - Narrator (voice)

2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in AmericaWhoopi Goldberg

2020The Drew Barrymore ShowSelf - Guest

2020A Virtual Princess Bride ReunionThe Mother / The Ancient Booer

2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf - Co-host, "The View"

2020Feeding America Comedy FestivalSelf

2020My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)

2020Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway

2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowSelf

2020Find Your GrooveSelf

2020Star Trek: PicardGuinan

2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU(archive footage)

2019Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary CelebrationSelf

2019Godfather of HarlemMiss Willa

2019The Most Magnificent ThingNarrator (voice)

2019Cracked UpSelf

2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf

2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Whoopi Goldberg (voice)

2019AmphibiaMother Olm (voice)

2019Charley Pride: I'm Just MeSelf

2019Desus & MeroSelf

2019LorenaHerself

2018OlympiaSelf

2018Nobody's FoolLola

2018Trump @WarSelf (archive footage)

2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)

2018The ShopSelf

2018Random Acts of FlynessPolice Officer

2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)

2018Summer Camp IslandBarb (voice)

2018James Cameron's Story of Science FictionSelf

2018The Gospel According to AndréSelf

2018FurloughMoms

2018Mister Rogers: It's You I LikeSelf

2018Citizen RoseSelf

2017Decorating Disney: Holiday MagicHost

2017The Problem with ApuSelf

2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeSelf

2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsYari (voice)

2017Descendants 2Ursula (voice) (uncredited)

2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)

2017The Truth Is in the StarsSelf

2017GilbertSelf

2017A Very Sordid WeddingAbernatha Coleman

2017When We RisePat Norman

2017King of the DancehallLoretta Brixton

2017RioGayle Morgenstern

2016X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-TimeSelf

2016Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)Self (archive footage)

2016Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord BuckleySelf

2016The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring YearsSelf

2016The Stinky & Dirty ShowMeg (voice)

2016The TickWhoopi Goldberg

201650 Years of Star TrekSelf

2016Ask the Storybots

2016Floyd Norman: An Animated LifeHerself

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Black Dog, Red DogCalliope

2015The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!Self

2015The Magic of the Diary of Anne FrankSelf

2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf

2015Misery Loves ComedySelf

2014Top FiveWhoopi Goldberg

2014Big Stone GapFleeta Mullins

2014BoJack HorsemanMikhaela (voice)

2014Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesBernadette Thompson

2014The 7DMagic Mirror (voice)

2014A Day Late and a Dollar ShortViola

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf

2014Broad CitySelf

2013Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music TaleSelf

2013Once Upon a Time in WonderlandMrs. Rabbit (voice)

2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - RedemptionGuinan

2013BlackfishSelf

2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both WorldsGuinan (archive footage)

2013Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicSelf

2013Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableySelf

2013Why We Laugh: Funny WomenSelf

2013Miracle Rising: South AfricaSelf

2013The Contradictions of Fair HopeNarrator

201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy ReliefSelf

2012RadiomanSelf

2012Katy Perry: Part of MeSelf

2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf

2012Python Legs!

2011The MuppetsWhoopi Goldberg

2011Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's JourneyNarrator (voice)

2011SuburgatoryYakult (voice)

2011The Little Engine That CouldThe Tower (voice)

2011A Little Bit of HeavenGod

2011Bubble GuppiesPirate Myra (voice)

2010For Colored GirlsAlice / White

2010Blue BloodsRegina Thomas

2010Teenage PaparazzoSelf

20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(archive footage)

2010New York Street GamesSelf

2010Toy Story 3Stretch (voice)

2010The Black List: Volume ThreeSelf

2010RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedSelf - Guest Judge

2010See You in SeptemberLindsay's Therapist (uncredited)

2009The MiddleJane Marsh

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest

2009Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePantsSelf (archive footage)

2009Journey to the StarsNarrator (voice)

2009Kambakkht IshqWhoopi Goldberg

2009GleeCarmen Tibideaux

2009Star Trek: The Captain's SummitSelf

2009The Justin Lee Collins ShowSelf - Guest

2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf

2009Madea Goes to JailSelf

2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge

2009Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren

2009StreamJodi Quinn

2008A Muppets Christmas: Letters to SantaTaxi Driver

2008Shatner's Raw NerveSelf

2008DescendantsRed Flower (voice)

2008Meerkat Manor: The Story BeginsSelf - Narrator (voice)

2008Snow BuddiesMiss Mittens (voice)

2008Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

2007Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's CutSelf

2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf

2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensSelf

2007The Sophisticated MisfitSelf

2007The Word According to WhoopiHerself

2007Elton 60: Live At Madison Square GardenSelf

2007Ghost Stories: The Making of a ClassicSelf

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2007The Naked Brothers BandWhoopi Goldberg

2007If I Had Known I Was a GeniusMom

2006More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: ComedySelf

2006Farce of the PenguinsHelen (voice)

2006Comic Relief 2006

200630 RockWhoopi Goldberg

2006Rachael Ray

2006Homie SpumoniThelma

2006The One ShowSelf - Guest

2006Everyone's HeroDarlin' (voice)

2006So NoTORIousMaMa Belle

2006DoogalErmintrude (voice)

2006The N WordSelf

2005The Reichen ShowSelf

2005Everybody Hates ChrisLouise Clarkson

2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListSelf

2005The AristocratsSelf

2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant Patron

2005Jiminy Glick in LalawoodWhoopi Goldberg

2005Whoopi Goldberg: Back to BroadwayHerself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady

2005Racing StripesFranny (voice)

2004The Lion King 1½Shenzi (voice)

2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest

2004Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2Whoopi Goldberg

2004EntourageWhoopi Goldberg

2004The World of Nat King ColeSelf

2004Pinocchio 3000Cyberina (voice)

2004Uta Hagen's Acting ClassSelf

2004Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!Self (uncredited)

2004Whoopi's Littleburg

2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)

2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!Self

2003WhoopiMavis Rae

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 ChampionsVoice

2003Declaration of IndependenceSelf

2003BlizzardBlizzard (voice)

2003Pauly Shore Is DeadWhoopi Goldberg

2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf

2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesNarrator (voice)

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self

2003Good FencesMabel Spader

2002Star Trek: NemesisGuinan (uncredited)

2002It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas MovieDaniel's 'Boss'

2002Madeline: My Fair MadelineMiss Clavel (voice)

2002The Hollywood SignWoman at Funeral (uncredited)

2002Liberty's KidsRobert Shirtliff (voice)

2002Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

2002Searching for Debra WingerSelf

2002ShowboyHerself

2002Making Rat RaceHerself

2001The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'Self - Hostess

2001Call Me ClausLucy Cullins

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentChesley Watkins

2001Rat RaceVera Baker

2001Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDanielSelf - Host

2001Rescued from the ClosetSelf

2001Ghost: Remembering the MagicSelf

2001Kingdom ComeRaynelle Slocumb

2001MonkeyboneDeath

2001Golden DreamsCalifia, the Queen of California

2001What Makes a FamilyTerry Harrison

2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationSelf

2000The Weber ShowWhoopi Goldberg

2000Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelf - Host / Narrator

2000Strong MedicineDr. Lydia Emerson

2000More Dogs Than BonesCléo

2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleJudge Cameo (uncredited)

2000Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great YearsSelf - Host

1999Girl, InterruptedValerie

1999The Magical Legend of the LeprechaunsThe Grand Banshee

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJanette Grayson

1999The FoxbustersRansome (voice)

1999Jackie's Back!Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

1999The Deep End of the OceanCandy Bliss

1999Alice in WonderlandCheshire Cat

1999Our Friend, MartinMrs. Peck (voice)

1999AlegríaBaby Clown

1999Get Bruce!Self

1999Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

1998The Rugrats MovieRanger Margaret (voice)

1998A Knight in CamelotDr. Vivien Morgan

1998Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieStormella (voice)

1998Junket WhoreSelf

1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist

1998How Stella Got Her Groove BackDelilah Abraham

1998Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self

1998Jackie Chan: My StorySelf (uncredited)

1998TiteyThe Iceberg (voice)

1998Celebrity Deathmatch

1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnWhoopi Goldberg

1998Creating RagtimeHost

1997A Christmas CarolSpirit of Christmas Present (voice)

1997CinderellaQueen Constantina

1997Bear in the Big Blue HouseEdwina Badger (voice)

1997Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' SpecialMother Gooseberg (voice)

1997In & OutWhoopi Goldberg

1997The ViewSelf - Moderator

1997Destination AnywhereCabbie

1997In the GloamingNurse Myrna

1997Classic AlbumsSelf (archive footage)

1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)

1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of LifeSelf

1997The Chris Rock ShowSelf

1996Ghosts of MississippiMyrlie Evers

1996The AssociateLaurel Ayres

1996Pulp ComicsWhoopi Goldberg

1996BogusHarriet Franklin

1996Bordello of BloodHospital Patient (uncredited)

1996The Sunshine BoysNurse (uncredited)

1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest

1996EddieEddie Franklin

1996The Good, The Bad, and the BeautifulSelf (archive footage)

1996The Celluloid ClosetSelf

1996Muppets TonightSelf

1995Theodore RexKatie Coltrane

1995The Rolling Stones: Voodoo LoungeSelf - Hostess

1995Comic Relief VIISelf - Host

1995Moonlight and ValentinoSylvie Morrow

1995The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge UncutSelf - Host

1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistWhoopi (voice)

1995Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk AboutSelf

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildZenobia (voice)

1995Boys on the SideJane Deluca

1994The Making of 'The Pagemaster'Self (archive footage)

1994The PagemasterFantasy (voice)

1994Star Trek: GenerationsGuinan (uncredited)

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Corrina, CorrinaCorrina Washington

1994The Little RascalsBuckwheat's Mom

1994The Lion KingShenzi (voice)

1994But... SeriouslySelf (archive footage)

1994Comic Relief VISelf - Hostess

1994LiberationNarrator

1994Sesame Street: The Best of ElmoSelf

1993A Cool Like That ChristmasMom / Irwin (voice)

1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitDeloris Van Cartier

1993Naked in New YorkTragedy Mask on Theater Wall

1993The NannyWhoopi Goldberg

1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical CelebrationSelf (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest Host

1993Aretha Franklin: DuetsSelf

1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1Billy York (uncredited)

1993Made in AmericaSarah Mathews

1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf

1992Sarafina!Mary Masembuko

1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaSelf

1992Sister ActDeloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992The PlayerDetective Avery

1992Defenders of Dynatron CityMs. Megawatt (voice)

1991House Party 2Professor (uncredited)

1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf

1991Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola NutsNarrator (voice)

1991Chez WhoopiSelf - Host

1991SoapdishRose Schwartz

1990The Long Walk HomeOdessa Cotter

1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterSelf (uncredited)

1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersGaia (voice)

1990GhostOda Mae Brown

1990Comic Relief '90Self

1990Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney YearsSelf

1990Bagdad CafeBrenda

1990Celebrity Guide to WineSelf

1989Beverly Hills BratsSelf

1989Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy ConnollyHerself

1989Homer and EddieEddie Cervi

1989Hanna-Barbera's 50thSelf

1989Tales from the CryptPeligre

1989Kiss ShotSarah Collins

1989Comic Relief III

1989The Debbie Allen SpecialSelf

1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas SpecialSelf

1988Free to Be... a FamilySelf

1988Clara's HeartClara Mayfield

1988This MorningSelf

1988Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?Fontaine

1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf

1988The TelephoneVashti Blue

1988The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday ConcertSelf

1987Fatal BeautyRita Rizzoli

1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional VaudevilleLu Lu - Constitutional Caterer

1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationGuinan

1987A Different WorldDr. Jordan

1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf

1987Scared Straight!: 10 Years LaterSelf - Host

1987BurglarBernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr

1987Carol, Carl, Whoopi and RobinSelf

1987The Pointer Sisters: Up All NiteSelf

1987Citizen SteveSelf - Actress

1987RepairsThe Voice (voice)

1986The Best of Comic ReliefSelf

1986Jumpin' Jack FlashTerry Dolittle

1986The Making of Captain EOSelf

1986American MastersSelf

1986Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This ShowSelf

1986Comic ReliefSelf - Host

1986Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose SauceSelf

1985The Color PurpleCelie

1985Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from BroadwaySelf

1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf

1985MoonlightingCamille Brand

1984Muppet Babies

1984CBS Schoolbreak SpecialMariah Johnston

1983Reading RainbowSelf

1981De TV ShowSelf

1981Wetten, dass..?Self

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)

1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - Winner

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1971Great PerformancesSelf

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host

1953The OscarsSelf

Naya: Legend of the Golden DolphinAqua (voice)

Sisters in Italy

Sister Act 3Deloris

Anansi BoysBird Woman

Saturday TV FunhouseIceberg (voice)