Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/13/1955
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Whoopi Goldberg
Biography
Known For
The Lion King
as Shenzi (voice)
Toy Story 3
as Stretch (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Bernadette Thompson
Blackfish
as Self
Luck
as Captain (voice)
The Muppets
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Lion King 1½
as Shenzi (voice)
Monkeybone
as Death
Descendants 2
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
In & Out
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Associate
as Laurel Ayres
Snow Buddies
as Miss Mittens (voice)
Girl, Interrupted
as Valerie
Corrina, Corrina
as Corrina Washington
Theodore Rex
as Katie Coltrane
Cinderella
as Queen Constantina
Racing Stripes
as Franny (voice)
The Rugrats Movie
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
Rat Race
as Vera Baker
Ghost
as Oda Mae Brown
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
2022
My Father's Dragon
as Cat (voice)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
Till
as Alma
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
Cuomo
as Self - Guest
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
Luck
as Captain (voice)
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
as Self
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
as Self (archive footage)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
JANET JACKSON.
as Self
2021
Harlem
as Dr. Elise Pruitt
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Self
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
as Self - Host
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
as Marian Pouncy / Poundcakes (voice)
Hacks
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Story of Late Night
as Self
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
as Self - Guest
2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
as Self
The Stand
as Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
as Narrator
The Con
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Whoopi Goldberg
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as The Mother / The Ancient Booer
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self - Co-host, "The View"
Staged
as Mary
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway
Role unknown
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as Self
Find Your Groove
as Self
Star Trek: Picard
as Guinan
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as (archive footage)
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Godfather of Harlem
as Miss Willa
The Most Magnificent Thing
as Narrator (voice)
Cracked Up
as Self
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Whoopi Goldberg (voice)
Amphibia
as Mother Olm (voice)
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
as Self
Desus & Mero
as Self
Lorena
as Herself
2018
The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
as Self - Host
Olympia
as Herself
Nobody's Fool
as Lola
Trump @War
as Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Shop
as Self
Random Acts of Flyness
as Police Officer
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Camp Island
as Barb (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
The Gospel According to André
as Self
Furlough
as Moms
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
as Self
Citizen Rose
as Self
2017
Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
as Host
The Problem with Apu
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as Self
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Yari (voice)
9/11
as Metzie
Descendants 2
as Ursula (voice) (uncredited)
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
The Truth Is in the Stars
as Self
Gilbert
as Self
A Very Sordid Wedding
as Abernatha Coleman
When We Rise
as Pat Norman
King of the Dancehall
as Loretta Brixton
Rio
as Gayle Morgenstern
2016
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
as Self
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as Self
The Stinky & Dirty Show
as Meg (voice)
The Tick
as Whoopi Goldberg
50 Years of Star Trek
as Self
Ask the Storybots
Role unknown
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
as Herself
2015
2014
Top Five
as Self
Big Stone Gap
as Fleeta Mullins
BoJack Horseman
as Mikhaela (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Bernadette Thompson
The 7D
as Magic Mirror (voice)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
as Viola
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Broad City
as Self
2013
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
as Self
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
Blackfish
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Guinan (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as Self
Miracle Rising: South Africa
as Self
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
as Narrator
2012
2011
2010
For Colored Girls
as Alice / White
Blue Bloods
as Regina Thomas
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
New York Street Games
as Self
Toy Story 3
as Stretch (voice)
The Black List: Volume Three
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge
Teenage Paparazzo
as Self
See You in September
as Lindsay's Therapist (uncredited)
2009
The Middle
as Jane Marsh
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
as Self (archive footage)
Journey to the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
Kambakkht Ishq
as Whoopi Goldberg
Glee
as Carmen Tibideaux
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
as Self
The Justin Lee Collins Show
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Madea Goes to Jail
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
Role unknown
Stream
as Jodi Quinn
2008
2007
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self
The Sophisticated Misfit
as Self
The Word According to Whoopi
as Herself
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
as Self
Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Naked Brothers Band
as Herself
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
as Mom
2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as Self
Farce of the Penguins
as Helen (voice)
Comic Relief 2006
Role unknown
30 Rock
as Whoopi Goldberg
Rachael Ray
Role unknown
Homie Spumoni
as Thelma
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Everyone's Hero
as Darlin' (voice)
So NoTORIous
as MaMa Belle
Doogal
as Ermintrude (voice)
The N Word
as Self
2005
The Reichen Show
as Self
Everybody Hates Chris
as Louise Clarkson
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self
The Aristocrats
as Self
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg: Back to Broadway
as Herself / Fontaine / Lurleen / Crippled Lady
Racing Stripes
as Franny (voice)
2004
The Lion King 1½
as Shenzi (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
as Whoopi Goldberg
Entourage
as Whoopi Goldberg
The World of Nat King Cole
as Self
Pinocchio 3000
as Cyberina (voice)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
as Self
Whoopi's Littleburg
Role unknown
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Whoopi
as Mavis Rae
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions
as Voice
Declaration of Independence
as Self
Blizzard
as Blizzard (voice)
Pauly Shore Is Dead
as Whoopi Goldberg
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as Narrator (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Good Fences
as Mabel Spader
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as Self
2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
as Guinan (uncredited)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as Daniel's 'Boss'
Madeline: My Fair Madeline
as Miss Clavel (voice)
The Hollywood Sign
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Liberty's Kids
as Robert Shirtliff (voice)
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Role unknown
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
Showboy
as Herself
Making Rat Race
as Herself
2001
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
as Self - Hostess
Call Me Claus
as Lucy Cullins
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Chesley Watkins
Rat Race
as Vera Baker
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
Ghost: Remembering the Magic
as Self
Kingdom Come
as Raynelle Slocumb
Monkeybone
as Death
Golden Dreams
as Califia, the Queen of California
What Makes a Family
as Terry Harrison
2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
The Weber Show
as Whoopi Goldberg
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self - Host / Narrator
Strong Medicine
as Dr. Lydia Emerson
More Dogs Than Bones
as Cléo
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Judge Cameo (uncredited)
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years
as Self - Host
1999
Girl, Interrupted
as Valerie
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as The Grand Banshee
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Janette Grayson
The Foxbusters
as Ransome (voice)
Jackie's Back!
as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
The Deep End of the Ocean
as Candy Bliss
Alice in Wonderland
as Cheshire Cat
Our Friend, Martin
as Mrs. Peck (voice)
Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
as Baby Clown
Get Bruce!
as Self
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Role unknown
1998
The Rugrats Movie
as Ranger Margaret (voice)
A Knight in Camelot
as Dr. Vivien Morgan
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as Stormella (voice)
Junket Whore
as Self
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares
as Self
Hollywood Squares
Role unknown
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Delilah Abraham
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
Jackie Chan: My Story
as Self (uncredited)
Titey
as The Iceberg (voice)
Celebrity Deathmatch
Role unknown
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Whoopi Goldberg
Creating Ragtime
as Host
1997
A Christmas Carol
as Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Cinderella
as Queen Constantina
Bear in the Big Blue House
as Edwina Badger (voice)
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
In & Out
as Whoopi Goldberg
Pitch
as Self
The View
as Self - Moderator
The View
as Self - Co-Host
Destination Anywhere
as Cabbie
In the Gloaming
as Nurse Myrna
Classic Albums
as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
The Chris Rock Show
as Self
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Myrlie Evers
The Associate
as Laurel Ayres
Pulp Comics
as Whoopi Goldberg
Bogus
as Harriet Franklin
Bordello of Blood
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
Eddie
as Eddie Franklin
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1995
Theodore Rex
as Katie Coltrane
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
as Self - Hostess
MADtv
as Self
Moonlight and Valentino
as Sylvie Morrow
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Whoopi (voice)
Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Zenobia (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mother Gooseberg (voice)
Boys on the Side
as Jane Deluca
1994
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
as Self (archive footage)
The Pagemaster
as Fantasy (voice)
Star Trek: Generations
as Guinan (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Corrina, Corrina
as Corrina Washington
The Little Rascals
as Buckwheat's Mom
The Lion King
as Shenzi (voice)
But... Seriously
as Self (archive footage)
Liberation
as Narrator
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
as Self
1993
A Cool Like That Christmas
as Mom / Irwin (voice)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Deloris Van Cartier
Naked in New York
as Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
The Nanny
as Whoopi Goldberg
The Nanny
as Edna
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Billy York (uncredited)
Made in America
as Sarah Mathews
1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
Sarafina!
as Mary Masembuko
Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
Role unknown
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
as Self
Wisecracks
Role unknown
Sister Act
as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Role unknown
The Player
as Detective Avery
Defenders of Dynatron City
as Ms. Megawatt (voice)
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
Fatal Beauty
as Rita Rizzoli
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as Lu Lu - Constitutional Caterer
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Guinan
Dolly
as Self
A Different World
as Dr. Jordan
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Scared Straight!: 10 Years Later
as Self - Host
Burglar
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
as Self
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
as Self
Citizen Steve
as Self - Actress
Repairs
as The Voice (voice)