WHOOPI GOLDBERG ON SCREEN AND STAGE

Whoopi Goldberg is an American actor, comedian, and singer. The following is her filmography throughout her entire acting career. She has won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. She won the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the film Ghost (1990).

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Citizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away
1985	The Color Purple	Celie Harris Johnson
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Teresa "Terry" Doolittle
1987	Burglar	Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr
1987	Fatal Beauty	Detective Rita Rizzoli
1988	The Telephone	Vashti Blue
1988	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
1990	The Long Walk Home	Odessa Cotter
1991	Blackbird Fly	Herself	Short subject
	Soapdish	Rose Schwartz
	House Party 2	The Professor	Uncredited
	Dragon and Slippers	Matilda The Witch	Voice; English version
1992	Sister Act	Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
	The Player	Detective Susan Avery
	Sarafina!	Mary Masembuko
	The Magical World of Chuck Jones	Herself	Documentary
1993	National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1	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
1994	The Lion King	Shenzi	Voice role
	The Little Rascals	Buckwheat's Mom
	Corrina, Corrina	Corrina Washington
	Star Trek Generations	Guinan	Uncredited
	The Pagemaster	Fantasy	Voice role
1995	Boys on the Side	Jane DeLuca
	Moonlight and Valentino	Sylvie Morrow
	Theodore Rex	Katie Coltrane
1996	Eddie	Edwina "Eddie" Franklin
	Bordello of Blood	Hospital Patient	Uncredited
	Bogus	Harriet Franklin
	The Associate	Laurel Ayres / Robert S. Cutty
	Ghosts of Mississippi	Myrlie Evers
1997	A Christmas Carol	The Ghost of Christmas Present	Voice role
	Destination Anywhere	"Cabbie"
	In the Gloaming	Nurse Myrna
	In & Out	Herself	Uncredited
	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Herself	Special appearance
1998	Titey	The Iceberg	Voice role
	Alegría	Baby Clown
	A Knight in Camelot	Dr. Vivien Morgan / Sir Boss
	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Delilah Abraham
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	Stormella, The Evil Ice Queen	Voice role
	The Rugrats Movie	Ranger Margaret	Voice role
	Alice in Wonderland	Cheshire Cat
1999	The Deep End of Ocean	Detective Candace "Candy" Bliss
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Valerie Owens, R.N.
2000	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Judge Cameo	Uncredited
2000	More Dogs Than Bones	Cleo
2001	Golden Dreams	Calafia, the Queen of California / Narrator	Short subject
	Kingdom Come	Raynelle Slocumb
	Monkeybone	Death
	Rat Race	Vera Baker
	The Hollywood Sign	Woman at Funeral	Cameo
	Call Me Claus	Lucy Cullin
2002	Showboy	Herself	Cameo
	My Fair Madeline	Miss Clavel	Voice role
	Star Trek: Nemesis	Guinan	Uncredited
	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	The Boss
2003	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Herself
	Bitter Jester
	Beyond the Skyline		Short subject
	Blizzard	Blizzard	Voice role
2004	Pinocchio 3000	Cyberina	Voice role
	SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2	Herself
	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Herself
	The Lion King 1½	Shenzi	Voice role; Direct-to-video
2005	Racing Stripes	Frannie	Voice role
2005	Doogal	Ermintrude The Cow
2006	Everyone's Hero	Darlin'
2007	Farce of the Penguins	Helen
	Homie Spumoni	Thelma
	If I Had Known I Was a Genius	Mrs. Reed
2008	Snow Buddies	Miss Mittens	Voice role
2008	Descendants	Red Flower	Voice role
2009	Madea Goes to Jail	Herself	Cameo
2009	Stream	Jodi	Short subject
2010	Toy Story 3	Stretch	Voice role
	For Colored Girls	Alice
	Teenage Paparazzo	Herself
2011	A Little Bit of Heaven	God
	The Little Engine That Could	Tower	Voice role
	The Muppets	Herself
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Bernadette Thompson
	Big Stone Gap	Fleeta
	Top Five	Herself
	A Day Late and a Dollar Short	Viola
	TCB Baby	Dr. Reynolds
2016	A Warrior's Tail	Mom Jozee	Voice role; English version
2016	King of the Dancehall	Loretta Brixton
2017	9/11	Metzie
	Yamasong: March of the Hollows	Yari
	Gilbert	Herself
2018	Furlough	Mrs. Stevens
2018	Nobody's Fool	Lola^[1]^[2]
2019	The Most Magnificent Thing	The Narrator^[3]	Voice role; Short film
2022	Luck	The Captain	Voice role^[4]
	Till	Alma Carthan	Producer
	My Father's Dragon	Cat	Voice role
2023	Atrabilious	Andrea Hart	^[5]
	Ezra	Jayne	^[6]
	The Color Purple	Midwife	Cameo
2024	Outlaw Posse	Stagecoach Mary	^[7]

Documentary

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Wisecracks	Herself	Documentary
1994	Liberation	The Narrator
1995	The Celluloid Closet	Herself
1997	Pitch	Herself	Documentary, uncredited
1997	Mary Pickford: A Life on Film	Host / The Narrator	Documentary
1998	Junket Whore	Herself
1999	Get Bruce	Herself
2000	A Second Chance at Life	The Narrator
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself
2003	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives	The Narrator
2004	The N-Word	Herself
2005	The Aristocrats
2006	The Life of Nat King Cole
2008	Nuremberg: A Vision Restored
	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
	Our Country USA to Z		Voice; short subject
	The Sophisticated Misfit		Documentary
	Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2010	New York Street Games
2011	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	The Narrator
2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic	Herself
2013	Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley		HBO documentary
2016	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week		Television documentary
2017	The Problem with Apu		Television special
	Sammy Davis Jr: I've Gotta Be Me		Television documentary
	The Gospel According to André		Documentary
2018	Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind		HBO Documentary
2018	Mr. Rogers: It's You I Like		PBS Documentary
2021	Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It		Documentary
2022	Butterfly in the Sky		Documentary; also executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway	Various	TV special
1985	Television Parts	Herself
1986	Moonlighting	Camille Brand	Episode: "Camille"
1987	Carol, Carl, Whoopi, and Robin	Herself	TV special
1988	Whoopi Goldberg: Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?	Fontaine	TV movie; also writer
1988	Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special	Herself	TV movie
1988–1993	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Guinan	28 episodes
1989	My Past Is My Own	Mariah Johnston	Television movie
	Kiss Shot	Sarah Collins
	Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration	Herself
1990	Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown	Herself	Television movie; also executive producer
1990–1991	Bagdad Cafe	Brenda	15 episodes
1990–1992	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Gaia, The Spirit of Earth	Voice; 60 episodes
1990–2001	Sesame Street	Herself	6 episodes
1991	Chez Whoopi	Herself	HBO Standup special
	Tales from the Crypt	Peligre / Herself	Episode: "Dead Wait"
	A Different World	Dr. Jordan	Episode: "If I Should Die Before I Wake"
1992	34th Annual Grammy Awards	Herself (host)	Television special
1992	Defenders of Dynatron City	Ms. Megawatt	Voice; Television short
1992–1993	The Whoopi Goldberg Show	Herself (host)	200 episodes
1993	Reading Rainbow	Herself	Episode: "Amazing Grace"
1993	A Cool Like That Christmas	Mom / Irwin	Voice; Television movie
1994	66th Academy Awards	Herself (host)	TV special
1995	The Sunshine Boys	Nurse	TV movie; uncredited cameo
1995–1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Mother Gooseberg Zenobia The Hoodoo Diva	Voice; 2 episodes
1996	68th Academy Awards	Herself (host)	Television special, ABC
1997	Tracey Takes On...	God	Episode: "Supernatural"
	Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special	Mother Gooseberg	Voice; Television movie
	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella	Queen Constantina	Television movie
1998	A Knight in Camelot	Dr. Vivien Morgan	Television movie
	The Nanny	Herself / Edna	2 episodes
	Saturday Night Live	Iceberg (voice)	Episode: "Steve Buscemi/Third Eye Blind"
1998–2002	The Hollywood Squares	Herself (center square)	Also producer
1999	71st Academy Awards	Herself (host)	Television special, ABC
	Alice in Wonderland	Cheshire Cat	Television movie
	Our Friend, Martin	Mrs. Peck	Voice; Video
	Jackie's Back	Jackie's Sister	Television movie
	The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns	The Grand Banshee	2 episodes
1999–2000	Foxbusters	Ransome	Voice; all 26 episodes
2000	Celebrity Dish	Herself
2001	What Makes a Family	Terry Harrison	TV movie; also executive producer
	The Weber Show	Herself	Episode: "...And Then the Sex Freaked Jack Out"
	Celebrity Deathmatch	Herself	Episode: " Celebrity Deathmatch Special Report"
	Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel	Herself (host)	TV movie
	Call Me Claus	Lucy Cullins	TV movie; also executive producer
2001–2002	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Herself	2 episodes
2002	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Herself	Voice; Episode: "Lerapy"
	74th Academy Awards	Herself (host)	Television special, ABC
	My Fair Madeline	Miss Clavel	Voice, Television movie
	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Daniel's 'Boss'	Television movie
	Absolutely Fabulous	Goldie	Episode: "Gay"
2003	Liberty's Kids	Deborah Samson Robert Shurtliff	Voice; 1 episode
	The Disco Ball	Herself	Television special
	Good Fences	Mabel Spader	Television movie; also producer
2003–2004	Whoopi	Mavis Rae	22 episodes; also executive producer
2004	Whoopi's Littleburg	Mayor Whoopi	3 episodes
2004	Sesame Street	Herself	Episode: 4063
2005	Whoopi: Back to Broadway – The 20th Anniversary	Various	TV special; also executive producer and writer
2006	Just for Kicks		Developer and executive producer
	Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy	Herself	Three-part British TV series
	So Notorious	MaMa Belle	Episode: "Cursed"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Chesley Watkins	Episode: "To the Bone"
	Everybody Hates Chris	Louise Clarkson	2 episodes
2007–2009	30 Rock	Herself	2 episodes
2007– present	The View	Herself	Moderator/co-host
2008	62nd Tony Awards	Herself (host)	TV special
	A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa	Taxi Driver	Television movie
	Entourage	Herself	Episode: "Fire Sale"
	Life on Mars	Brother Lovebutter	Season 1 - Episode 5
	Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins	The Narrator	Documentary
2008–2010	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	2 episodes
2009	The Cleaner	Paulina Kmec	3 episodes
2009–2010	The Electric Company	Herself	2 episodes
2012	The Middle	Jane Marsh	Episode: "The Guidance Counselor"
	Suburgatory	Yakult	Voice; Episode: "The Motherload"
	Robot Chicken	Various voices	Episode: "Choked on Multi-Colored Scarves"
	666 Park Avenue	Maris Elder	Episode: "Hypnos"
2012–2014	Glee	Carmen Tibideaux	6 episodes
2013	Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley	Herself	TV movie; also director, producer, narrator^[8]
2013–2014	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	Mrs. Rabbit	Voice; 2 episodes
2014	A Day Late and a Dollar Short	Viola	Television movie
2014–2016	The 7D	Magic Mirror	Voice; Recurring role
2014–2016	Nashville	Herself	2 episodes
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Janette Grayson^[9]	Episode: "Institutional Fail"
2016	Strut		Executive producer^[10]
	The Tick	Herself	Episode: "The Tick"
	Miles from Tomorrowland	The GameMaster	Voice; 4 episodes
	Nightcap	Herself	Episode: "Lice-Ism"
	Ask the Storybots	Tooth Fairy	Episode: "Why Do I Have to Brush My Teeth?"
2016–2020	Blue Bloods	Regina Thomas	3 episodes^[11]
2016–2019	The Stinky & Dirty Show	Meg	Voice; 10 episodes
2017	When We Rise	Pat Norman	3 episodes
	Animals.	Dorothy	Voice; Episode: "Dog."
	Descendants 2	Ursula	Voice; Television movie
	The Problem with Apu	Herself	Documentary
2017–2018	The Graham Norton Show	Herself	2 episodes
2018	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Good Witch	Episode: "Chadwick Boseman/Strangest Things"
	Random Acts of Flyness	Officer Pearson	Episode: "Items outside the shelter but within reach"
	Instinct	Joan Ross^[12]	6 episodes
	BoJack Horseman	Mikayla	Voice; Episode: " The Light Bulb Scene"
2018–2020	Elena of Avalor	Lama	Voice; 3 episodes
2019	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Herself	Voice; Episode: "The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!"
2019–present	Summer Camp Island	Barb	Voice; Recurring character, 16 episodes
2020	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself	2 episodes: season 12, guest Judge^[13]
2020–2021	The Stand	Mother Abagail Freemantle	Limited series, 8 episodes
2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Whoopi Goldberg	Voice; Television special
2020–present	The Con	Whoopi Goldberg	Narrator; 15 episodes
2021	Staged	Mary	3 episodes
	The George Lucas Talk Show	Herself	Episode: "AmAIRican GrabBuddies"
	Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.	Poundcakes	Voice; Episode: "If Saturday Be... for the Boys!"
	Tuca & Bertie	The Narrator	Voice; Episode: "The Flood"
	Bubble Guppies	Pirate Myra	Voice; Episode: "The Holiday Pirates!"
2021–2023	Godfather of Harlem	Miss Willa	3 episodes
2021–present	Harlem	Dr. Elise Pruitt	9 episodes
2022	Star Trek: Picard	Guinan	2 episodes
	Amphibia	Mother Olm	Voice; 3 episodes
	Caught in His Web		Executive producer
	A New Orleans Noel		Executive producer
2023	The Conners	Ms. Glen	Episode: "The Contra Hearings and The Midnight Gambler"
TBA	Soapdish	Rose Schwartz	Executive producer; Recurring cast^[14]
TBA	Anansi Boys	Bird Woman	Recurring cast^[15]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Whoopi Goldberg	Herself	Also writer
1996	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Prologus; Pseudolus
2001–07	Golden Dreams	Califa	Voice role only
2002	Thoroughly Modern Millie		Producer
2003	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey	Also producer
2004	Whoopi	Herself	Also writer
2008	Xanadu	Calliope/ Aphrodite
2010	Sister Act	Mother Superior ( West End)	Also produced show on Broadway
2019	Into the Woods	The Giant's Wife	Pre-recorded voice for the Hollywood Bowl

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Quest for the Code	Moldy	Voice

References

^ N'Duka, Amanda (March 26, 2018). "Whoopi Goldberg Joins Tyler Perry's 'The List'". Deadline. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
^ "Another movie role for Whoopi Goldberg with Tyler Perry's 'The List'". March 20, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
^ Szklarski, Cassandra (October 8, 2019). "Children's book 'Most Magnificent Thing' jumps to the screen with short film". CityNews. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ Giardina, Carolyn (June 10, 2021). "Whoopi Goldberg to Voice A Lead Role in Animated 'Luck'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ Grobar, Matt (November 9, 2022). "William Atticus Parker's Sophomore Film 'Atrabilious' Toplined By Leon Addison Brown With Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright, More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ Grobar, Matt (September 15, 2022). "Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson & Whoopi Goldberg Board Tony Goldwyn-Directed 'Inappropriate Behavior'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ Grobar, Matt (November 9, 2022). "Whoopi Goldberg, Cedric The Entertainer, Edward James Olmos & More Join Quiver Western 'Outlaws' Directed By & Starring Mario Van Peebles". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ "Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley". Home Box Office, Inc. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
^ Roots, Kimberly (September 16, 2015). "'Law and Order: SVU' — Whoopi Goldberg to Guest-Star in season 17". TVLine.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
^ Yohannes, Alamin (August 9, 2016). "Oxygen's Trans Reality Show 'Strut' to Debut in September". NBC News. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
^ "Triumph Over Trauma". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
^ Roberts, Kimberly (March 13, 2018). "Whoopi Goldberg comes to primetime in 'Instinct'". Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^ Rudolph, Christopher. "AOC, Robyn, and More RuVealed as 'Drag Race' Season 12 Guest Judges". LOGO News. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 10, 2022). "NAACP-CBS Venture Sets Slate: 'Soapdish' Series with Whoopi Goldberg, Comedies Starring DL Hughley & Earthquake, Little Rock Nine Limited Series & More". Deadline.
^ Petski, Denise (April 7, 2022). "'Anansi Boys': Whoopi Goldberg To Play Bird Woman In Neil Gaiman's Series Adaptation For Prime Video". Deadline. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

External links

Whoopi Goldberg on screen and stage at IMDb

[1] N'Duka, Amanda (March 26, 2018). "Whoopi Goldberg Joins Tyler Perry's 'The List'". Deadline. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

[2] "Another movie role for Whoopi Goldberg with Tyler Perry's 'The List'". March 20, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

[3] Szklarski, Cassandra (October 8, 2019). "Children's book 'Most Magnificent Thing' jumps to the screen with short film". CityNews. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[4] Giardina, Carolyn (June 10, 2021). "Whoopi Goldberg to Voice A Lead Role in Animated 'Luck'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

[5] Grobar, Matt (November 9, 2022). "William Atticus Parker's Sophomore Film 'Atrabilious' Toplined By Leon Addison Brown With Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright, More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[6] Grobar, Matt (September 15, 2022). "Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson & Whoopi Goldberg Board Tony Goldwyn-Directed 'Inappropriate Behavior'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

[7] Grobar, Matt (November 9, 2022). "Whoopi Goldberg, Cedric The Entertainer, Edward James Olmos & More Join Quiver Western 'Outlaws' Directed By & Starring Mario Van Peebles". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[8] "Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley". Home Box Office, Inc. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

[9] Roots, Kimberly (September 16, 2015). "'Law and Order: SVU' — Whoopi Goldberg to Guest-Star in season 17". TVLine.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016.

[10] Yohannes, Alamin (August 9, 2016). "Oxygen's Trans Reality Show 'Strut' to Debut in September". NBC News. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

[Triumph-11] "Triumph Over Trauma". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

[12] Roberts, Kimberly (March 13, 2018). "Whoopi Goldberg comes to primetime in 'Instinct'". Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[13] Rudolph, Christopher. "AOC, Robyn, and More RuVealed as 'Drag Race' Season 12 Guest Judges". LOGO News. Retrieved February 13, 2020.

[14] Andreeva, Nellie (January 10, 2022). "NAACP-CBS Venture Sets Slate: 'Soapdish' Series with Whoopi Goldberg, Comedies Starring DL Hughley & Earthquake, Little Rock Nine Limited Series & More". Deadline.

[15] Petski, Denise (April 7, 2022). "'Anansi Boys': Whoopi Goldberg To Play Bird Woman In Neil Gaiman's Series Adaptation For Prime Video". Deadline. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

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