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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Highest Rated: 100% Butterfly in the Sky (2022)

Lowest Rated: 0% Theodore Rex (1996)

Birthday: Nov 13, 1955

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Comedienne, actress, author, talk show host and political activist Whoopi Goldberg arrived on the entertainment scene of the 1980s and went on to become a lasting, formidable presence over the decades that followed. Mining her often unflattering early background for material, Goldberg first came to notoriety with her eponymous 1984 Broadway character sketch show, directed by the renowned Mike Nichols. Her auspicious feature film debut as the abused Celie in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed drama "The Color Purple" (1985) garnered her accolades and overnight stardom, which were then combined with box office gold and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her hilarious role in the blockbuster romance "Ghost" (1990). Other projects like "Sister Act" (1992) added to her commercial success, while her work with fellow comedians Billy Crystal and Robin Williams on the annual "Comic Relief" benefit concerts allowed her to do the two things she loved most - make people laugh and help those in need. A frequent personality on television, Goldberg acted as host of the Academy Awards no fewer than four times before becoming one of the more outspoken and controversial co-hosts of the daytime talk show "The View" (ABC, 1997- ) in 2007. One of the few people to have won an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy - not to mention the prestigious Mark Twain Award for Humor - Goldberg both entertained and inspired people across the globe, regardless of their sex, race, creed or color.

Highest rated movies

100% Atrabilious
97% 84% The Player
96% 97% Till 96% 93% Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It 94% 90% Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
88% 84% The Long Walk Home
86% 95% A Very Sordid Wedding
86% 74% Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

Filmography

Movies

Credit
98% 99% Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Self - 2024
44% 77% Outlaw Posse Stagecoach Mary (Character) - 2024
100% No Score Yet Atrabilious Andrea Hart (Character) - 2024
70% 92% Ezra Jayne (Character) $2.6M 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Like Tears In Rain Self - 2023
100% 90% Butterfly in the Sky Executive Producer - 2022
96% 97% Till Alma (Character),
Producer
$9.0M 2022
100% 62% Is That Black Enough for You?!? Self - 2022
48% 67% Luck The Captain (Voice) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bill Cosby: Walking Free Self - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caught in His Web Executive Producer - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet A New Orleans Noel Executive Producer - 2022
63% 76% JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass Narrator - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World Host - 2021
96% 93% Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It Unknown (Character),
Self
$263.2K 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days Unknown (Character) - 2021
75% No Score Yet The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show Self - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Find Your Groove Self - 2020
100% 100% Waldo on Weed Executive Producer - 2019
100% No Score Yet Master of Dark Shadows Herself (Voice) - 2019
84% 97% Olympia Self - 2018
25% 36% Nobody's Fool Lola (Character) $31.7M 2018
94% 90% Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Unknown (Character) - 2018
20% 31% Furlough Mrs. Stevens (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 71% Yamasong: March of the Hollows Yari (Voice) - 2017
100% 100% Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me Self - 2017
87% 75% The Gospel According to André Self $388.2K 2017
90% 27% The Problem With Apu Self - 2017
95% 88% Gilbert Self $8.4K 2017
20% 41% 9/11 Metzie (Character) $172.0K 2017
86% 95% A Very Sordid Wedding Abernatha Coleman (Character) - 2017
96% 89% The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years Self $2.9M 2016
94% 75% Floyd Norman: An Animated Life Self - 2016
40% 71% King of the Dancehall Loretta Brixton (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hero Quest Mama Zho Zi (Voice) - 2015
20% 33% Savva Mama Zho Zi (Voice) - 2015
33% 54% Big Stone Gap Fleeta Mullins (Character) $1.0M 2014
20% 50% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Bernadette Thompson (Character) $191.2M 2014
No Score Yet 68% A Day Late and a Dollar Short Viola (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 78% Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You Director - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Contradictions of Fair Hope Narrator - 2012
4% 52% A Little Bit of Heaven God (Character) $10.0K 2011
95% 80% The Muppets Self $88.6M 2011
95% 87% Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Narrator $304.1K 2011
No Score Yet 73% The Little Engine That Could Tower (Voice) - 2011
32% 73% For Colored Girls Alice/White (Character) $37.7M 2010
98% 90% Toy Story 3 Stretch (Voice) $415.0M 2010
No Score Yet 72% Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins Narrator - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mia and the Migoo Unknown (Voice) - 2008
No Score Yet 63% Snow Buddies Miss Mittens (Voice) - 2008
No Score Yet 44% Letters to Santa: A Muppets Christmas Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Descendants Red Flower (Voice) - 2008
No Score Yet 44% Homie Spumoni Thelma (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 10% If I Had Known I Was a Genius Mom (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nuremberg: A Vision Restored Unknown (Character) - 2007
41% 44% Everyone's Hero Darlin (Voice) $14.5M 2006
8% 22% Doogal Ermintrude (Voice) $7.6M 2006
35% 42% Racing Stripes Franny (Voice) $49.2M 2005
76% 62% The Lion King 1 1/2 Shenzi (Voice) - 2004
23% 33% Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Self $25.7K 2004
54% 29% Pauly Shore Is Dead Self - 2004
No Score Yet 29% P3K: Pinocchio 3000 Cyberina (Voice) - 2004
No Score Yet 62% Good Fences Mabel Spader (Character),
Producer
- 2003
67% 52% Blizzard Blizzard (Voice) - 2003
83% 51% It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Daniel's `'Boss'` (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 67% Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Madeline: My Fair Madeline Miss Clavel (Voice) - 2002
No Score Yet 85% Ruby's Bucket of Blood Executive Producer - 2001
No Score Yet 43% Call Me Claus Lucy Cullins (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2001
45% 64% Rat Race Vera Baker (Character) $56.6M 2001
27% 72% Kingdom Come Raynelle Slocumb (Character) $23.2M 2001
20% 27% Monkeybone Death (Character) $5.4M 2001
No Score Yet 56% What Makes a Family Terry Harrison (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2001
No Score Yet 57% More Dogs Than Bones Cleo (Character) - 2000
42% 21% The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Judge Cameo (Voice) $26.0M 2000
72% 45% Get Bruce! Self $43.2K 1999
No Score Yet 87% Jackie's Back! Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Character) - 1999
33% 62% Alice in Wonderland Cheshire Cat (Character) - 1999
53% 84% Girl, Interrupted Valerie (Character) - 1999
42% 58% The Deep End of the Ocean Candy Bliss (Character) $13.4M 1999
No Score Yet 66% Our Friend, Martin Mrs. Peck (Voice) - 1999
No Score Yet 80% The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 45% A Knight in Camelot Dr. Vivien Morgan (Character) - 1998
40% 58% Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Stormella, The Evil Ice Queen (Voice) $106.3K 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mary Pickford: A Life on Film Narrator - 1998
50% 66% How Stella Got Her Groove Back Delilah Abraham (Character) $37.7M 1998
59% 50% The Rugrats Movie Ranger Margaret (Voice) $100.5M 1998
No Score Yet 74% In the Gloaming Nurse Myrna (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christmas Carol Spirit of Christmas Present (Voice) - 1997
86% 74% Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Queen Constantina (Character) - 1997
8% 15% An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn Self $43.9K 1997
41% 45% Bogus Harriet Franklin (Character) $4.3M 1996
0% 18% Theodore Rex Katie Coltrane (Character) $53.3M 1996
16% 36% Eddie Edwina "Eddie" Franklin (Character) $31.4M 1996
43% 62% Ghosts of Mississippi Myrlie Evers (Character) $13.1M 1996
28% 54% The Associate Laurel Ayres (Character) $12.8M 1996
13% 53% Moonlight and Valentino Sylvie Morrow (Character) $2.1M 1995
97% 89% The Celluloid Closet Self $1.4M 1995
73% 68% Boys on the Side Jane (Character) $22.2M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liberation Narrator - 1994
19% 49% The Pagemaster Fantasy (Voice) $12.0M 1994
37% 69% Corrina, Corrina Corrina Washington (Character) $20.2M 1994
48% 57% Star Trek Generations Guinan (Character) $74.6M 1994
21% 70% The Little Rascals Buckwheat's Mom (Character) $51.7M 1994
92% 93% The Lion King Shenzi the Hyena (Voice) $95.6M 1994
18% 61% Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence (Character) $57.0M 1993
32% 29% Made in America Sarah Mathews (Character) $41.8M 1993
21% 50% National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Sgt. Billy York (Character) $28.0M 1993
97% 84% The Player Detective Susan Avery (Character) $21.7M 1992
73% 65% Sister Act Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence (Character) $139.6M 1992
60% 86% Sarafina! Mary Masembuko (Character) $7.3M 1992
74% 63% Soapdish Rose Schwartz (Character) $33.9M 1991
88% 84% The Long Walk Home Odessa Cotter (Character) $1.8M 1990
75% 80% Ghost Oda Mae Brown (Character) $214.3M 1990
0% 38% Homer & Eddie Eddie Cervi (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 42% Beverly Hills Brats Whoopi Goldberg (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 71% Kiss Shot Sarah Collins (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 44% The Telephone Vashti Blue (Character) $54.8K 1988
47% 59% Clara's Heart Clara Mayfield (Character) $4.5M 1988
20% 55% Fatal Beauty Rita Rizzoli (Character) $10.8M 1987
27% 38% Burglar Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr (Character) $15.2M 1987
33% 58% Jumpin' Jack Flash Terry Dolittle (Character) $24.5M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce Self - 1986
73% 94% The Color Purple Celie (Character) $93.4M 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comic Relief: The Latest Self -

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 12% The View Host 2013-2024
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014 2017 2019 2024
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Unknown (Character),
Guest
2014-2016 2018 2020-2022 2024
98% 89% Harlem Dr. Elise Pruitt (Guest Star) 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2008-2011 2013 2015-2017 2019 2021-2022
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2021-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Con Narrator 2020-2022
89% 57% Star Trek: Picard Guinan (Guest Star) 2022
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2015-2020 2022
68% 95% Janet Jackson. Self 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2021
57% 25% The Stand Mother Abagail (Character) 2020-2021
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Regina Thomas (Guest Star) 2016-2017 2020
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2020
80% 83% The Comedy Store Self 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Elena of Avalor Lama (Guest Voice) 2018-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Unknown (Guest Voice) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2012-2013 2015-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shop Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2010-2011 2013-2017 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2017-2018
54% 59% Instinct Joan Ross (Guest Star) 2018
83% 85% James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Project Runway All Stars Judge 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry Guest 2016-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2011-2012 2015 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miles From Tomorrowland The GameMaster (Guest Voice) 2016-2017
82% 79% When We Rise Pat Norman (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 60% Nightcap Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strut Executive Producer 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet StoryBots Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle Judge 2016
38% 76% Maya & Marty Music Performer 2016
91% 73% Nashville Unknown (Guest Star) 2014 2016
99% 87% Broad City Whoopi Goldberg (Guest Star) 2016
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Janette Grayson (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 7D Magic Mirror (Voice) 2014-2015
100% 90% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Extreme Weight Loss Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2010 2014
70% 72% Glee Carmen Tibideaux (Guest Star) 2012 2014
63% 67% Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Unknown (Guest Voice),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Guest 2013
No Score Yet 58% Dance Moms Whoopi Goldberg (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 62% Saturday Night Live Music Performer 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2009 2011 2013
58% 74% 666 Park Avenue Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 85% Robot Chicken Unknown (Guest Voice) 2012
No Score Yet 88% The Middle Jane Marsh (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alan Carr: Chatty Man Guest 2010
78% 92% 30 Rock Whoopi Goldberg (Guest Star) 2007 2009
24% No Score Yet The Cleaner Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life on Mars Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
65% 82% Entourage Whoopi Goldberg (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet 63% Hell's Kitchen Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star),
Guest
1994-1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
96% 98% Everybody Hates Chris Louise Clarkson (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Just for Kicks Executive Producer 2006
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
81% No Score Yet So NoTORIous Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strong Medicine Executive Producer 2000-2006
26% No Score Yet Whoopi Marvis Rae (Character),
Executive Producer
2003-2004
No Score Yet 99% Whose Line Is It Anyway? Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2001-2002
45% No Score Yet The Academy Awards Host 1994 1996 1999 2002
8% No Score Yet The Weber Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 72% The Nanny Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio Guest 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Unknown (Voice) 1995 1997
60% No Score Yet Muppets Tonight Guest 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet MADtv Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Guinan (Guest Star) 1988-1993
No Score Yet 78% The New Adventures of Captain Planet Gaia (Voice) 1990-1992
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Different World Unknown (Guest Star) 1991