Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of few people to receive an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award, collectively known as the EGOT. In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.Goldberg began her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, ''Spook Show'', which transferred to Broadway under the title ''Whoopi Goldberg'', running from 1984 to 1985. She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the recording of the show. Her film breakthrough came in 1985 with her role as Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in Steven Spielberg's period drama film ''The Color Purple'', for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. For her role as an eccentric psychic in the romantic fantasy film ''Ghost'' (1990), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a second Golden Globe Award. She starred in the comedy ''Sister Act'' (1992) and its sequel ''Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit'' (1993), becoming the highest-paid actress at the time. She also acted in ''Jumpin' Jack Flash'' (1986), ''Clara's Heart'' (1988), ''Soapdish'' (1991), ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996), and ''Till'' (2022). She also voiced roles in ''The Lion King'' (1994) and ''Toy Story 3'' (2010).
On stage, Goldberg has starred in the Broadway revivals of Stephen Sondheim's musical ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' and August Wilson's play ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom''. She won a Tony Award as a producer of the musical ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''. In 2011 she received her third Tony Award nomination for the stage adaptation of ''Sister Act'' (2011). On television, Goldberg portrayed Guinan in the science fiction series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1988–1993), and ''Star Trek: Picard'' (2022). Since 2007, she has co-hosted and moderated the daytime talk show ''The View'', for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. She has hosted the Academy Awards ceremony four times. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
4
-
5
-
6
-
7
-
8
-
9
-
10by Nelson Mandela, Benjamin Bratt, Scarlett Johansson, Ricardo Chavira, Debra Messing, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Hugh Jackman, Gillian Anderson, CCH Pounder, Blair Underwood, LeVar Burton, Desmond Tutu, Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Sophie Okonedo, Helen Mirren, Don Cheadle, Alfre Woodard, Alan Rickman, Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Damon, Parminder Nagra, Forest Whitaker, Sean Hayes, Charlize Theron
eAudio - 2009
-
11
-
12
Streaming video - 2001
Saved in: -
13
Streaming video - 2014
Saved in: -
14
Streaming video - 2008
Saved in: -
15
Streaming video - 2008
Saved in: -
16
-
17
-
18
-
19
-
20
Search tools:
Get RSS feed
–
Email this search
Related Subjects
Motion pictures
Assassination
Investigation
Presidents
Security classification (Government documents)
Action and adventure films
Nonfiction
African American comedians
African American motion picture actors and actresses
African American women
African American women comedians
Childhood and youth
Comedians
Comedy
Drama
Family
Fantasy fiction
Foreign films
Independent films
Motion picture actors and actresses
Motion pictures, French
Muppets (Fictitious characters)
Science fiction
African American mothers
African American women civil rights workers
African Americans
Aging
Autistic youth
Christmas plays
Crimes against