Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
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 starred in Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Clara's Heart (1988), Soapdish (1991), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), and Till (2022). She also is known for voicing 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). She made her West End stage debut in a special limited run as Mother Superior in "Sister Act: The Musical" in 2011.
Whoopi has also produced numerous series, specials and movies for television, as well as theatrical productions on Broadway and around the world, including the Tony Award-winning "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and the Tony-nominated "Sister Act: The Musical."
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.
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Whoopi Goldberg has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.
Whoopi Goldberg has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Whoopi Goldberg's first West End show was Sister Act which opened in 2009
Whoopi Goldberg has been nominated for several awards in the theater world, including Unique Contribution to the Theatre at the Drama League Awards, Best Musical at the Tony Awards for "Sister Act" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," Outstanding Solo Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for Whoopi Goldberg, Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Whoopi Goldberg, and Performance at the Theatre World Awards for Whoopi Goldberg.
Whoopi Goldberg has won several awards for her contributions to the theater, including the Unique Contribution to the Theatre from the Drama League Awards, Best Musical at the Tony Awards for Thoroughly Modern Millie, Outstanding Solo Performance at the Drama Desk Awards, Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and a Performance award from the Theatre World Awards.
Whoopi Goldberg has written 1 shows including Whoopi (Playwright).
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