Whoopi Goldberg

Joined the Broadway musical "Xanadu" as the goddess Aphrodite and Calliope

Replaced Rosie O'Donnell as moderator and new co-host of “The View” (ABC)

Joined the cast of “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW) in a recurring role as an overly protective grandmother of a neighbor girl

Launched a live, syndicated radio program, “Wake Up With Whoopi”

Starred in “Whoopi: Back to Broadway — The 20th Anniversary,” an HBO film of the one-woman show she performed in New York

Voiced Franny, a wise old goat in the animated feature “Racing Stripes”

Cast in the short-lived NBC sitcom, “Whoopi” as Mavis Rae, a member of a former one-hit wonder singing group

Reprised role of Guinan for “Star Trek: Nemesis”

Returned for a fourth time to host the 74th Academy Awards

Appeared as Death in the combined live-action animated fantasy film “Monkeybone”

With Barbra Streisand, served as executive producer of the Lifetime movie “What Makes a Family”

Returned for a third time to host the 71st Academy Awards

Joined the new syndicated version of “Hollywood Squares” as the center square; also executive produced through One Ho Productions; earned 4 Emmy nominations

Replaced Nathan Lane as Pseudolus in the Broadway revival of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”

Co-starred with Frank Langella in the basketball comedy “Eddie”

Returned to host the 68th Academy Awards telecast

Signed a two-picture deal with Disney for nearly $20 million to appear in the ABC remake of “Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella” (1997) and “A Knight in Camelot” (1998)

Became the first female and first solo black host of an Academy Awards show

Voiced one of the hyenas in Disney's blockbuster animated hit “The Lion King”

Took to the habit again for the inevitable sequel, “Sister Act II”

Hosted the short-lived talk show “The Whoopi Goldberg Show”

Made publishing debut with a re-vamped version of Alice in Wonderland as an urban fairy tale called Alice

Starred in the comedy hit “Sister Act”

Played psychic, Oda Mae Brown in the critically acclaimed film "Ghost"; became the first African-American female to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in nearly 50 years

Produced and performed in the comedy special, “HBO Comedy Hour Live"

Provided voice of Gaia for the animated series “Captain Planet and the Planeteers”; received Daytime Emmy nomination

Penned the HBO live comedy special “Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine: Why Am I Straight”

Played recurring role of Guinan, an enigmatic alien bartender, on the syndicated sci-fi series “Star Trek: The Next Generation”

Began co-hosting “Comic Relief” (HBO) with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams

Feature film acting debut in Steven Spielberg’ “The Color Purple”; received Best Actress Oscar nomination

First TV appearance, “Mothers by Daughters” (PBS)

Performed five different characters in the Broadway show, “Whoopi Goldberg”; directed by Mike Nichols

Co-authored the play “Moms Mabley” about the life of the pioneering black stand-up comic

Began solo career touring in San Francisco with “The Spook Show”; later traveled through America and Europe

Joined Blake Street Hawkeyes Theater

Became a member of the improv group, Spontaneous Combustion

Began performing with the Hudson Guild children's program and the Helena Rubenstein Children's Theater at age eight

Dropped out of high school and became in her words “a junkie”

Formed One Ho Productions

Moved to San Diego with her one-year-old daughter; co-founded the San Diego Repertory Theater