Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, author and talk show host. She made her movie debut in The Color Purple which she won a Golden Globe Award. Goldberg was partners with Frank Langella from 1996 until they separated in 2001. She is currently a co-host on The View. 

In 2022, Goldberg was temporarily banned from The View for making insensitive comments regarding the Holocaust.
In 2024 Goldberg claimed that a Staten Island Holterman Bakery [in business for 142 years] did not fulfill her order because of her policital positions (Kamala Harris supporter); in fact the order could not be fulfilled because the bakery had equipment problems with their 1930 boiler[November 17,2024|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/bakery-denies-refusing-whoopi-goldberg-s-birthday-dessert-order-over-political-views-it-was-boiler-issues/ar-AA1u1BQ0?ocid=BingNewsSerp|access-date=November 17,2024|Blog=Entertainment]
Early life
Goldberg had a daughter when she was 18 years old. She became a grandmother when she was 34.

Filmography
 Year Title Role Notes 1982 Citizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away 1985 The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion PictureNational Board of Review Award for Best ActressNominated – Academy Award for Best ActressNominated – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress 1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash Terri Doolittle 1987 Burglar Bernice Rhodenbarr Fatal Beauty Rita Rizzoli NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1988 The Telephone Vashti Blue Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actress Clara's Heart Clara Mayfield 1989 Comicitis Herself Short subject Beverly Hills Brats Herself Cameo Homer and Eddie Eddie Cervi 1990 Ghost Oda Mae Brown Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAmerican Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion PictureBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion PictureSaturn Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – TV Land Award for Favorite Character from the "Other Side" The Long Walk Home Odessa Cotter NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1991 Wisecracks Herself Documentary Blackbird Fly Herself Short subject Soapdish Rose Schwartz House Party 2 The Professor UncreditedDragon and SlippersMatilda the Witch (voice)English version 1992 Sister Act Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion PictureNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion PictureNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Comedy or MusicalNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformanceNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance The Player Detective Susan Avery Sarafina! Mary Masembuko The Magical World of Chuck Jones Herself Documentary 1993 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon Sgt. Billy York Uncredited cameo Naked in New York Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall Made in America Sarah Mathews Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 1994 Liberation Narrator Documentary The Lion King Shenzi Voice The Little Rascals Buckwheat's Mom Corrina, Corrina Corrina Washington Star Trek Generations Guinan UncreditedNominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress The Pagemaster Fantasy Voice 1995 Boys on the Side Jane Deluca The Celluloid Closet Herself Documentary Moonlight and Valentino Sylvie Morrow Theodore Rex Katie Coltrane Fantafestival Award for Best ActressNominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actress 1996 Eddie Edwina "Eddie" Franklin Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actress Bordello of Blood Hospital Patient Uncredited Bogus Harriet Franklin Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actress The Associate Laurel Ayres/Robert S. Cutty Ghosts of Mississippi Myrlie Evers Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1997 Pitch Herself Documentary, uncredited Mary Pickford: A Life on Film Host/narrator Documentary A Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Present Voice Destination Anywhere Cabbie In the Gloaming Nurse Myrna In & Out Herself Uncredited An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn Herself Special appearanceNominated – Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with any combination of two people playing themselves) 1998 Titey The Iceberg Voice Alegría Baby Clown A Knight in Camelot Dr. Vivien Morgan/Sir Boss How Stella Got Her Groove Back Delilah Abraham NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion PictureNominated – Acapulco Black Film Festival Black Film Award for Best ActressNominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Junket Whore Herself Documentary Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Stormella, The Evil Ice Queen The Rugrats Movie Ranger Margaret Alice in Wonderland Cheshire Cat 1999 Get Bruce Herself Documentary The Deep End of Ocean Candy Bliss Girl, Interrupted Valerie Owens, R.N. 2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Judge Cameo Not listed in final credits A Second Chance at Life Narrator Documentary More Dogs Than Bones Cleo 2001 Golden Dreams Calafia, the Queen of California (Narrator) Short subject Kingdom Come Raynelle Slocumb Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Monkeybone Death Rat Race Vera Baker The Hollywood Sign Woman at Funeral Cameo Call Me Claus Lucy Cullin 2002 Searching for Debra Winger Herself Documentary Showboy Herself Cameo My Fair Madeline Miss Clavel Voice Star Trek: Nemesis Guinan Uncredited It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie The Boss 2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Narrator Documentary Pauly Shore Is Dead Herself Bitter Jester Herself Beyond the Skyline Herself Short subject Blizzard Blizzard Voice 2004 Pinocchio 3000 Cyberina Voice The N-Word Herself Documentary SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Herself Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Herself The Lion King 1½ Shenzi Voice 2005 The Aristocrats Herself Documentary Racing Stripes Frannie Voice Doogal Ermintrude The Cow Voice Everyone's Hero Darlin' Farce of the Penguins Helen 2007 Homie Spumoni Thelma If I Had Known I Was a Genius Mrs. Reed Nuremberg: A Vision Restored Herself Documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Herself Documentary Our Country USA to Z Herself  Voice; short subject The Sophisticated Misfit Herself Documentary 2008 Stream Jodi Quinn Snow Buddies Miss Mittens Voice Descendants Red Flower Voice 2009 Madea Goes to Jail Herself Cameo Stream Jodi 2010 Toy Story 3 Stretch VoiceNominated – IGN Movie Award for Best Ensemble Cast For Colored Girls Alice Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Teenage Paparazzo Herself New York Street Games Herself Documentary 2011 A Little Bit of Heaven God The Little Engine That Could Tower The Muppets HerselfBig Stone Gap FleetaTop Five Herself A Day Late and a Dollar Short Viola TCB Baby Dr. Reynolds 2016 A Warrior's Tail Mom Jozee  Voice, English version  King of the Dancehall Loretta Brixton 2017 9/11 Metzie  2018 Furlough Mrs. Stevens Nobody's Fool Lola

 Awards
Won
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for The Color Purple (1985)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for The Color Purple (1985)
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for The Color Purple (1985)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Fatal Beauty (1987)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990)
American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Ghost (1990)
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Ghost (1990)
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Ghost (1990)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Ghost (1990)
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for The Long Walk Home (1990)
American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture for Sister Act (1992)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Sister Act (1992)
Fantafestival Award for Best Actress for Theodore Rex (1995)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vanguard Award (1999)
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2001)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for Good Fences (2003)
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for The View (2009) - she shares it with Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Barbara Walters.

Nominated
Academy Award for Best Actress for The Color Purple (1985)
Razzie Award for Worst Actress for The Telephone (1988)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for Sister Act (1992)
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Sister Act (1992)
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance for Sister Act (1992)
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Star Trek Generations (1994)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Acapulco Black Film Festival Black Film Award for Best Actress for How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Kingdom Come (2001)
Black Reel Award for Television: Best Actress for Good Fences (2003)

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