Whoopi Goldberg

Birthplace: New York, New York
Birthday: November 13, 1955

Versatile stand-up comedienne and performance artist Whoopi Goldberg first gained Hollywood’s attention with her eponymous 1984 Broadway show of character sketches, directed by Mike Nichols. Her trademark dreadlocks, gravelly voice and blunt, hip, yet compassionate style made her unconventional star material to be sure, with the ups and downs of her career clearly representing the attempts of producers to smooth over what they considered to be her “rough edges.” She made an auspicious feature debut with an atypically subdued but very movi…more

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Actor

Consultants & Advisors

My Past Is My Own
Creative Consultant

Music

The Pointer Sisters... Up All Night
Song Performer ("Can't Get Next to You")
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Theme Song
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Song Performer ("The Prince Is Giving a Ball" "Your Wishes")
That's What Friends Are For
Song Performer ("That's What Friends Are For")

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Career Milestones

2007
Replaced Rosie O'Donnell as moderator and new co-host of “The View” (ABC)
2006
Joined the cast of “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW) in a recurring role as an overly protective grandmother of a neighbor girl
2006
Launched a live, syndicated radio program, “Wake Up With Whoopi”
2005
Starred in “Whoopi: Back to Broadway — The 20th Anniversary,” an HBO film of the one-woman show she performed in New York
2005
Voiced Franny, a wise old goat in the animated feature “Racing Stripes”

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Awards

2004
NAACP Image Award: Best Actress in a Television Film, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
2002
Daytime Emmy: Outstanding Special Class Special
2002
Tony: Best Musical
2001
Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor:
2001
Women in Film Crystal Award: