Whoopi Goldberg is among an elite group of artists who have won the
GRAMMY® (“Whoopi Goldberg”), Academy Award® (“Ghost”),
Golden Globe® (“The Color Purple” and “Ghost”), Emmy® (as
host of AMC’s “Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie
McDaniel” and a Daytime Emmy for “The View”) and Tony®
(producer of “Thoroughly Modern Millie”). She was honored in 2017
with the Disney Legends Award, which celebrates artists whose work has
significantly contributed to Disney’s enduring reputation for
creative excellence, and she served as a member of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Board of Governors from 2017 to 2023.

Born and raised in New York City, Goldberg worked in theater and
improvisation in San Diego and the Bay Area, performing with the Blake
Street Hawkeyes theater troupe. It was there she created the
characters that became “The Spook Show” and evolved into her hit
Broadway show, GRAMMY Award-winning album, and the HBO special that
helped launch her career.

Goldberg made her motion picture debut in the Steven
Spielberg-directed “The Color Purple,” for which she earned an
Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award. Her performance in
“Ghost” earned her the Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for
Best Supporting Actress. She has also appeared in numerous other
films, including “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Clara’s Heart,”
“The Long Walk Home,” “Soapdish,” “Sister Act,” “Made in
America,” “Boys on the Side,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,”
“How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” “Girl, Interrupted,”
“Kingdom Come,” “Rat Race,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles,” Adriana Trigiani’s film adaptation of “Big Stone
Gap” and Tyler Perry’s “Nobody’s Fool.” She has also voiced
characters in such animated classics as “The Lion King” and “Toy
Story 3” as well as the recent animated features “Luck” and
“My Father’s Dragon.” She appeared in and produced the
critically acclaimed 2022 feature film “Till” and recently
appeared in Mario Van Peebles’ “Outlaw Posse” and director Tony
Goldwyn’s “Ezra” with Bobby Cannavale and Robert De Niro. Her
additional upcoming film projects include “Sister Act 3” for
Disney+.

On television, Goldberg appeared for five seasons on “Star Trek: The
Next Generation,” co-starred with Jean Stapleton in “Bagdad
Café,” and hosted her own syndicated late-night talk show. She
appeared in the Emmy-nominated HBO drama “In the Gloaming,”
directed by Christopher Reeve, as well as the Wonderful World of
Disney presentations of “Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” and
“A Knight in Camelot,” and the miniseries “Alice in
Wonderland” and “The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns.” She
starred in the NBC sitcom “Whoopi,” which she executive produced,
as well as the television movies “It’s a Very Merry Muppet
Christmas Movie” and Showtime’s “Good Fences,” which she
co-produced with co-star Danny Glover. She executive produced the
Lifetime original movie “What Makes a Family” and Showtime’s
“Ruby’s Bucket of Blood,” and she executive produced and starred
in the TNT original movie “Call Me Claus,” the Showtime original
“Good Fences” and the Lifetime original movie “A Day Late and a
Dollar Short.” Goldberg has been the moderator and co-host of
ABC’s “The View” since 2007. She appeared in the 2020 adaptation
of Stephen King’s bestselling novel “The Stand” and has
recurring roles on Amazon’s “Harlem” and the EPIX series
“Godfather of Harlem.” She reprised her iconic role of Guinan in
season two of the Paramount+ series “Star Trek: Picard.” She will
also be seen in the highly anticipated limited series for Amazon Prime
Video based on Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed fantasy novel “Anansi
Boys.” Goldberg narrated the two seasons of ABC News Studios’
primetime series “The Con.”

Goldberg has had considerable success as a producer as well. She
executive produced the Lifetime original series “Strong Medicine,”
and from 1998 to 2002, she executive produced and appeared in the
center square on “Hollywood Squares.” Under the umbrella of Whoop,
Inc., Goldberg and partner Tom Leonardis also produced the live-action
comedy series “Just for Kicks,” set in the world of girls’
soccer, for Nickelodeon, as well as “Stream,” an original sci-fi
miniseries event for FEARnet.com. They recently launched the BET
docuseries “According to Alex” and Oxygen’s “Strut,” which
followed a group of transgender models breaking down barriers in the
world of fashion while challenging stereotypes of gender and beauty
and was honored with the GLAAD Media Award in 2017 for Outstanding
Reality Program. They produced the documentary short “Coach” about
legendary coach C. Vivian Stringer for ESPN’s “Nine for IX”
series. Goldberg made her directorial debut with the Emmy
Award-nominated documentary “Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms
Mabley,” which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and premiered on
HBO in November 2013. Her documentary “Waldo on Weed” premiered at
the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. Most recently, she executive
produced the Lifetime movies “Caught in His Web” and “A New
Orleans Noel.”

In 2024, she added yet another entry to her résumé: streaming
entrepreneur. She is an equity investor in BLKFAM, the first and only
Black-owned and Black-focused family streaming platform. She
co-founded the All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) to provide a
powerful platform for women athletes to be seen, celebrated, and
supported. The network transforms visibility into opportunity,
building a space where performance and ambition are center stage.

Goldberg has appeared on many television series and specials,
including her own HBO specials, three-time host of ABC’s “A Gala
for the President at Ford’s Theatre,” and nine historic “Comic
Relief” telecasts with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. Goldberg
received Emmy Award nominations for hosting three Academy Awards
telecasts and returned to host the first telecast at the new Kodak
Theatre in 2002. She hosted the Tony Awards in 2008.

Goldberg executive produced the hit Broadway musical “Thoroughly
Modern Millie,” which won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
She also produced “Whoopi… The 20th Anniversary” and “Ma
Rainey’s Black Bottom” (in which she also starred), as well as the
West End, Broadway and worldwide touring productions of “Sister Act:
The Musical.” She provided the voice of the Giant in the all-star
2019 Hollywood Bowl production of “Into the Woods.”

She returned to Broadway in 1997, garnering rave reviews in “A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” In 2001, Goldberg returned
to her performing roots, on tour for the first time in over 10 years,
performing one-night-only engagements across the U.S. In 2003,
Goldberg produced and starred in the title role of the Broadway
revival of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” She commemorated the 20th
anniversary of her original one-woman show with a Tony-nominated
engagement production on Broadway last year, and the HBO broadcast of
the show was nominated for an Emmy Award. She appeared in the hit
Broadway musical “Xanadu” and made her West End stage debut in a
special limited run as Mother Superior in “Sister Act: The
Musical” in 2011, which she also produced in London, on Broadway and
around the world. She garnered rave reviews as the iconic Miss
Hannigan in the classic musical “Annie” at The Theater at Madison
Square Garden in 2024.

In addition to the Oscar®, GRAMMY and two Golden Globe Awards,
Goldberg has been honored with multiple NAACP Image Awards, numerous
People’s Choice Awards and five Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards as
Favorite Movie Actress, as well as various awards and honors for her
many humanitarian efforts.

In 1992, Goldberg made her debut as an author with the children’s
book “Alice.” Her second literary endeavor, “Book,” became a
bestseller, and she is the author of the children’s book series
“Sugar Plum Ballerinas.” Her books for adults include “Is It
Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There?,” “If Someone Says ‘You
Complete Me’… Run!!!,” “The Unqualified Hostess: I Do It My
Way, So You Can Too” and “Two Old Broads: Stuff You Need to Know
That You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know” with Dr. M.E. Hecht. Her
recent memoir, “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me,”
became an instant New York Times bestseller and bestselling audiobook,
and Dark Horse Comics published her first graphic novel, “The
Change.”

In 2019, Whoopi launched her first fashion line, DUBGEE by Whoopi. She
launched her own line of holiday sweaters in 2016, which has since
expanded to include scarves, socks and face masks. She introduced her
Whoopi Prosecco in 2023.

In 1995, Goldberg placed prints of her hands, feet and braids in the
forecourt of the famed Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and received her
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
