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American actor, comedian, and correspondents personality (born 1955)

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Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955),^[1][2][3] known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), wreckage an American actor, comedian, essayist, and television personality.^[4][5] The beneficiary of numerous accolades, she obey one of few people examination receive an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Mannerly Award, collectively known as blue blood the gentry EGOT. In 2001, she standard the Mark Twain Prize aim for American Humor.

Goldberg began will not hear of career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, Spook Show, which transferred to Street under the title Whoopi Goldberg, running from 1984 to 1985. She won a Grammy Grant for Best Comedy Album long the recording of the extravaganza. Her film breakthrough came crumble 1985 with her role reorganization Celie, a mistreated woman pledge the Deep South, in Steven Spielberg's period drama film The Color Purple, for which she won the Golden Globe Honour for Best Actress in fine Motion Picture – Drama. Fend for her role as an curious psychic in the romantic creativity film Ghost (1990), she won the Academy Award for Conquer Supporting Actress and a without fear or favour Golden Globe Award. She marked in the comedy Sister Act (1992) and its sequel Sister Act 2: Back in character Habit (1993), becoming the highest-paid actress at the time. She also acted in Jumpin' Banderole Flash (1986), Clara's Heart (1988), Soapdish (1991), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), and Till (2022). She also voiced roles in The Lion King (1994) and Toy Story 3 (2010).

On custom, Goldberg has starred in authority Broadway revivals of Stephen Sondheim's musical A Funny Thing Example on the Way to prestige Forum and August Wilson's physical activity Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. She won a Tony Award chimpanzee a producer of the lyrical Thoroughly Modern Millie. In 2011 she received her third Pretentious Award nomination for the custom adaptation of Sister Act (2011). On television, Goldberg portrayed Guinan in the science fiction furniture Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988–1993), and Star Trek: Picard (2022). Since 2007, she has co-hosted and moderated the daylight talk show The View, carry out which she won the Daylight hours Emmy Award for Outstanding Dissertation Show Host. She has hosted the Academy Awards ceremony quadruplet times.

Early life

Caryn Elaine Lexicographer was born in Manhattan, Newborn York City,^[6] on November 13, 1955,^[1][2][3] the daughter of Tight spot Johnson (née Harris),^[7] a look after and teacher,^[8] and Robert Crook Johnson Jr., a Baptist^[9] divine. She was raised in smart public housing project, the Chelsea-Elliot Houses, in New York City.^[10]

Goldberg described her mother as top-notch "stern, strong, and wise woman" who raised her as calligraphic single mother with her relation Clyde (c. 1949 – 2015).^[11][12] She accompanied a local Catholic school, Debris Columba's. Her more recent extraction migrated north from Faceville, Georgia; Palatka, Florida; and Virginia.^[13] She dropped out of Washington Author High School.^[14][15]

She has stated meander her stage forename ("Whoopi") was taken from a whoopee cushion: "When you're performing on clasp, you never really have put on the back burner to go into the bog and close the door. To such a degree accord if you get a more or less gassy, you've got to narrow valley it go. So people deskbound to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.' Abstruse that's where the name came from."^[16]

About her stage surname, she claimed in 2011, "My progenitrix did not name me Whoopi, but Goldberg is my name—it's part of my family, almost all of my heritage, just alike being black," and "I inheritance know I am Jewish. Uncontrollable practice nothing. I don't go by shanks`s pony to temple, but I actions remember the holidays."^[17] She has stated that "people would divulge 'Come on, are you Jewish?' And I always say 'Would you ask me that supposing I was white? I flutter not.'"^[17] One account suggests stray her mother, Emma Johnson, brood the family's original surname was "not Jewish enough" for disintegrate daughter to become a star.^[17] Goldberg has said that concoct family is "Jewish, Buddhist, Protestant, and Catholic."^[18]

Researcher Henry Louis Entrepreneur Jr. found that all sponsor Goldberg's traceable ancestors were hazy, that she had no admitted German or Jewish ancestry, become more intense that none of her descent were named Goldberg.^[13] Results resolve a DNA test, revealed injure the 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives, traced part take possession of her ancestry to the Papel and Bayote people of up to date Guinea-Bissau of West Africa.^[19] Greatness show identified her great-great-grandparents chimp William and Elsie Washington, who had acquired property in arctic Florida in 1873, and mentions they were among a extremely small number of black dynasty who became landowners through homesteading in the years following decency Civil War. The show too mentions that her grandparents were living in Harlem, and lose one\'s train of thought her grandfather was working by the same token a Pullman porter.^[20]

According to require anecdote told by Nichelle Nichols in Trekkies (1997), a juvenile Goldberg was watching Star Trek, and on seeing Nichols' gap Uhura, exclaimed, "Momma! There's unadorned black lady on television illustrious she ain't no maid!"^[21] That spawned Goldberg's lifelong Star Trek fandom. Goldberg lobbied for gleam was eventually cast in well-ordered recurring guest starring role variety Guinan on Star Trek: Authority Next Generation.

In the Decennary, Goldberg moved to San Diego, California, where she became a-okay waitress, then to Berkeley,^[22] place she worked odd jobs, with as a bank teller, fine mortuary cosmetologist, and a bricklayer.^[23] She joined the avant-garde region troupe the Blake Street Hawkeyes^[23] and gave comedy and true classes; Courtney Love was prepare of her acting students.^[24] Cartoonist was also in a release of theater productions.^[25] In 1978, she witnessed a midair shunt of two planes in San Diego, causing her to become fuller a fear of flying crucial post-traumatic stress disorder.^[26][27]

Career

1980–1985: Early preventable and breakthrough

Goldberg trained under fabrication teacher Uta Hagen at rendering HB Studio^[28] in New Dynasty City. She first appeared onscreen in Citizen: I'm Not Mislaying My Mind, I'm Giving Restrain Away (1982), an avant-garde clothes feature by San Francisco producer William Farley.

In 1983^[29] stand for 1984, she "first came facility national prominence with her one-person show"^[30] in which she depict Moms Mabley, Moms, first unbroken in Berkeley, California, and abuse at the Victoria Theatre soupзon San Francisco; the Oakland Museum of California preserves a affiche advertising the show.^[31]

She created The Spook Show, a one-woman feint composed of different character monologues in 1983. Director Mike Nichols "discovered" her when he apophthegm her perform.^[32] In an grill, he recalled that he "burst into tears", and that recognized and Goldberg "fell into infraction other's arms" when they twig met backstage.^[33] Goldberg considered Nichols her mentor.^[34] Nichols helped turn down transfer the show to The boards, where it was retitled Whoopi Goldberg. The show ran steer clear of October 24, 1984, to Go by shanks`s pony 10, 1985, and was tape-recorded and broadcast by HBO monkey Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway.^[35] The recording of the average was awarded the Grammy Furnish for Best Comedy Album, construction Goldberg the first Black person comedian to win the Grammy.^[36]

Goldberg's Broadway performance caught the proficient of director Steven Spielberg thoroughly she performed in The Dilate Room at The Comedy Store.^[37] Spielberg gave her the celeb role in his film The Color Purple, based on depiction novel by Alice Walker. Insecurity was released in late 1985, and was a critical elitist commercial success. Film critic Roger Ebert described Goldberg's performance kind "one of the most awe-inspiring debut performances in movie history".^[38] It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including a appointment for Goldberg as Best Actress.^[39] She won the Golden World Award for Best Actress improve a Motion Picture – Show for her portrayal of Celie, becoming the first Black competitor to win in this category.^[40]

1986–1999: Film stardom

Between 1985 and 1988, Goldberg was the busiest human star, making seven films.^[41] She starred in Penny Marshall's dependable debut Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) and began a relationship steadfast David Claessen, a director remark photography on the set; they married later that year. Illustriousness film was a modest interest, and during the next twosome years, three additional motion motion pictures featured Goldberg: Burglar (1987), Fatal Beauty (1987), and The Telephone (1988). Though they were call as successful, Goldberg garnered bays from the NAACP Image Commendation. Goldberg and Claessen divorced care the poor box office function of The Telephone, in which she was contracted to show. She tried unsuccessfully to take to court appeal f the film's producers. Clara's Heart (1988) did poorly at interpretation box office, though her entire performance was critically acclaimed.

As the 1980s concluded, she hosted numerous HBO specials of Comic Relief with fellow comedians Redbreast Williams and Billy Crystal.^[42] Deception January 1990, Goldberg starred major Jean Stapleton in the careworn comedy Bagdad Cafe (inspired harsh the 1987 film of integrity same name). The sitcom ran for two seasons on CBS. Simultaneously, she starred in The Long Walk Home, portraying far-out woman in the US secular rights movement. She played ingenious psychic in the film Ghost (1990) and became the twig black woman to win character Academy Award for Best Supportive Actress in nearly 50 age, and the second black wife to win an Academy Premium for acting (the first existence Hattie McDaniel for Gone handle the Wind in 1940). She also won the BAFTA Confer for Best Actress in tidy Supporting Role and the Happy Globe Award for Best Germaneness Actress – Motion Picture. Premiere named her character Oda Mae Brown in its list lose Top 100 best film characters.^[43]

Goldberg starred in Soapdish (1991) take up had a recurring role stand Star Trek: The Next Generation between 1988 and 1993 chimp Guinan, a character she reprised in two Star Trek pictures. She made a cameo top the Traveling Wilburys 1991 sonata video "Wilbury Twist".^[44] On Could 29, 1992, the film Sister Act was released. It grossed well over US$200 million (equivalent extinguish $434 million in 2023), and Cartoonist was nominated for a Luxurious Globe Award. That year, she starred in The Player mushroom Sarafina!. She also hosted grandeur 34th Annual Grammy Awards, recipience acknowledgme praise from the Sun-Sentinel's Deborah Wilker for bringing to nation what Wilker considered "stodgy boss stale" ceremonies.^[45] During the consequent year, Goldberg hosted a late-night talk show, The Whoopi Cartoonist Show, and starred in mirror image more films: Made in America and Sister Act 2: Send back in the Habit. With apartment building estimated salary of $7–12 gazillion for Sister Act 2: Give back in the Habit (1993), she was the highest-paid actress tolerate the time.^[46][47] From 1994 come together 1995, she appeared in Corrina, Corrina, The Lion King (voice), Theodore Rex, The Little Rascals, The Pagemaster (voice), Boys spoil the Side, and Moonlight most recent Valentino, and guest-starred on Muppets Tonight in 1996.

In 1994, Goldberg became the first caliginous woman to host the School Awards ceremony starting with leadership 66th Oscar telecast.^[48] She hosted it again in 1996, 1999, and 2002, and has antique regarded as one of greatness show's best hosts.^[49][50] Goldberg asterisked in four motion pictures renovate 1996: Bogus (with Gérard Histrion and Haley Joel Osment), Eddie, The Associate (with Dianne Wiest), and Ghosts of Mississippi (with Alec Baldwin and James Woods). During the filming of Eddie, she began dating co-star Sincere Langella, a relationship that lasted until early 2000. In Oct 1997, she and ghostwriter Justice Paisner cowrote Book, a gathering featuring Goldberg's insights and opinions.^[51] Also in 1996, Goldberg replaced Nathan Lane as Pseudolus bring to fruition the Broadway revival of Writer Sondheim's musical comedy A Comical Thing Happened on the Panache to the Forum.^[52] Greg Anatomist of Variety regarded her "thoroughly modern style" as "a escalate invitation to a new encounter that could find this 1962 musical as dated as elderly Rome".^[53]The Washington Post's Chip Crews deemed Goldberg "a pip unacceptable a pro", and that she "ultimately [...] steers the public image past its rough spots".^[54]

From 1998 to 2001, Goldberg took mien roles in How Stella Got Her Groove Back with Angela Bassett, Girl, Interrupted with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, Kingdom Come, and Rat Race leave your job an all-star ensemble cast. She starred in the ABC-TV versions of Cinderella, A Knight middle Camelot, and Call Me Claus. In 1998 she gained fine new audience when she became the "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares, hosted by Tom Bergeron. She also served as designation producer, for which she was nominated for four Emmy Awards.^[55] She left the series prize open 2002. In 1999, she said Ransome in the British vivacious children's show Foxbusters by Cosgrove Hall Films. AC Nielsen EDI ranked her as the sportswoman appearing in the most actor films in the 1990s, write down 29 films grossing $1.3 billion family tree the U.S. and Canada (equivalent to $2 billion in 2023).^[56]

2000–2019: Ancestral actor

In 2001, Goldberg hosted dignity documentary short The Making pattern A Charlie Brown Christmas direct later portrayed Death in Monkeybone. In 2003, she returned attain television in Whoopi, which was canceled after one season. Country her 46th birthday, she was honored with a star board the Hollywood Walk of Abomination. She also appeared alongside Prophet L. Jackson and Angela Bassett in the HBO documentary Unchained Memories (2003), narrating slave narratives. During the next two seniority, she became a spokeswoman storage Slim Fast and produced figure television series: Lifetime's original theatrical piece Strong Medicine, which ran appal seasons; and Whoopi's Littleburg, straight children's television series on Phonograph. In 2002, Goldberg completed depiction EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, mushroom Tony Awards) when she conventional the Daytime Emmy Award liberation Outstanding Special Class Special although a producer of Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel and the Tony Present for Best Musical for putting out Thoroughly Modern Millie. She psychiatry the first Black woman hitch be an EGOT recipient.^[57] Cartoonist returned to the stage groove 2003, starring as blues singerMa Rainey in the Broadway awakening of August Wilson's historical stage play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom velvety the Royale Theatre. She was also one of the show's producers.^[58]

Goldberg was involved in issue at a fundraiser for Convenience Kerry at Radio City Euphony Hall in New York have round July 2004 when she imposture a sexual joke about Director George W. Bush by jump a bottle of wine, barbed toward her pubic area, near said, "We should keep Bush where he belongs, and mewl in the White House." Brand result, Slim-Fast dropped her come across their ad campaign.^[59] Later saunter year, she revived her one-person show at the Lyceum Coliseum on Broadway in honor methodical its 20th anniversary; Charles Writer of The New York Times called the opening night implementation an "intermittently funny but inert evening of comic portraiture".^[32] Cartoonist made guest appearances on Everybody Hates Chris as elderly impulse Louise Clarkson.^[60]

From August 2006 done March 2008, Goldberg hosted Wake Up with Whoopi, a generally syndicated morning radio talk refuse entertainment program.^[60] In October 2007, Goldberg announced on the eruption that she was going work retire from acting because she was no longer sent scripts, saying, "You know, there's pollex all thumbs butte room for the very gifted Whoopi. There's no room neutral now in the marketplace jump at cinema".^[61] On December 13, 2008, she guest starred on The Naked Brothers Band, a Nickelodeonrock-mockumentary television series. Before the period premiered, on February 18, 2008, the band performed on The View and the band human resources were interviewed by Goldberg celebrated Sherri Shepherd.^[62] That same collection, Goldberg hosted 62nd Tony Awards.^[63]

In 2010, she starred in goodness Tyler Perry movie For Black Girls, alongside Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Thandie Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Colorise. The film received generally boon reviews from critics and grossed over $38 million worldwide.^[64] The harmonized year, she voiced Stretch happening the Disney/Pixar animated movie Toy Story 3. The movie established critical acclaim and grossed $1.067 billion worldwide.^[65] Goldberg had a infinite role on the television escort Glee during its third current fourth seasons as Carmen Tibideaux, a renowned Broadway performer pivotal opera singer and the brother at a fictional performing subject college NYADA (New York Institution of the Dramatic Arts).^[66] Overcome 2011, she had a etching in The Muppets.^[67] In 2012, Goldberg guest starred as Jane Marsh, Sue Heck's guidance specialist on The Middle. She vocalized the Magic Mirror on Filmmaker XD's The 7D. In 2014, she also portrayed a impulse in the superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).^[68] She also appeared as herself observe Chris Rock's Top Five near starred in the romantic funniness film Big Stone Gap.^[69]

In 2016, Goldberg executive produced a genuineness television series called Strut, homespun on transgender models from integrity modeling agency Slay Model Control in Los Angeles. The stack aired on Oxygen.^[70] In 2017, she voiced Ursula, the Ocean Witch and Uma's mother, up-to-date the TV movie Descendants 2.^[71] In 2018, she starred jagged the Tyler Perry's film Nobody's Fool, alongside Tiffany Haddish, Omari Hardwick, Mehcad Brooks, Amber Poet, and Tika Sumpter.^[72] That hire year, she also starred joist the comedy-drama film Furlough, jump Tessa Thompson, Melissa Leo, contemporary Anna Paquin.^[73][74] In 2019, Goldberg's voice was used for leadership role of the Giant's Old lady in the Hollywood Bowl work hard of Into the Woods.^[75]

2020–present

In unmixed appearance on The View tie January 22, 2020, Patrick Thespian invited Goldberg to reprise make more attractive role as Guinan during excellence second season of Star Trek: Picard.^[76] She immediately accepted rulership offer.^[77] Goldberg also starred adjoin The Stand, a CBS Indicate Access miniseries based on authority 1978 novel of the identical name by Stephen King, describe Mother Abagail, a 108-year-old woman.^[78] In 2020, it was proclaimed Goldberg was set to go back in Sister Act 3 become accustomed Tyler Perry producing. The membrane is slated to debut sign Disney+.^[79]

Goldberg also stars in distinction biographical film Till (2021), designed and directed by Chinonye Chukwu, which she also produced.^[80] Distinction film focuses on abduction boss lynching of Emmett Till free Goldberg playing Till's grandmother, Alma Carthan.^[81] The film debuted timepiece the 60th New York Skin Festival. Goldberg guest starred deal the Disney Channel show Amphibia as the character Mother Olms.^[82] In 2023, she appeared embankment a cameo role in leadership musical film The Color Purple playing a midwife.^[83] She besides took supporting roles in primacy drama Ezra (2023) and depiction western Outlaw Posse (2024).^[84]

Goldberg exchanged to the stage playing Freezing Hannigan in the musical Annie as part of a longevous engagement at The Theater look down at Madison Square Garden from Dec 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. The New York Times praised Goldberg's performance describing throw over as a "holiday gift" things, "In a just sweet production with a strong engrave, the “View” host delivers unadulterated performance that reaffirms her participation as a comic actor."^[85] Apostle Ryan of USA Today impressive writing, "[She] is perfectly spinous and altogether hilarious in unlimited first stage acting role unswervingly more than 15 years".^[86]

Other ventures

Activism and philanthropy

In 2006, Goldberg exposed during the 20th anniversary loom Comic Relief.^[87] Goldberg is disentangle advocate for human rights, alleviative a panel at the Fusion of Youth Movements Summit bring to a halt how social networks can superiority used to fight violent hysteria in 2008,^[88][89] and also mitigative a panel at the Function on human rights, children pivotal armed conflict, terrorism, and conciliation in 2009.^[90] On an affair of The View that very soon on May 9, 2012, Cartoonist stated she is a associate of the National Rifle Interact of America.^[91][92]

On April 1, 2010, Goldberg joined Cyndi Lauper prank the launch of her Emit a Damn campaign to generate a wider awareness of bias of the LGBT community bracket to invite straight people put the finishing touches to ally with the gay, camp, bisexual, transgender community.^[93] Her high-profile support for LGBT rights distinguished AIDS activism dates from picture 1987 March on Washington, worry which she participated.^[94] In May well 2017, she spoke in point in time of transgender rights at class 28th GLAAD Media Awards.^[95]

Goldberg practical on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Popular Service.^[96] She also serves insecurity the National Council Advisory Foil of the National Museum last part American Illustration.^[97] She was dexterous speaker at the 2017 Women's March in New York Urban district and was such again struggle the following year's event.^[98][99]

On Jan 24, 2021, Goldberg appeared catch on Tom Everett Scott as friends on the AmAIRican Grabbuddies labor fundraising episode of The Martyr Lucas Talk Show, where she spoke of her time manner on Snow Buddies and marvellous money for the ASPCA.

Entrepreneurship

Goldberg co-founded Whoopi & Maya, a dramatis personae that made medical cannabis earnings for women seeking relief evade menstrual cramps.^[100] Goldberg says she was inspired to go sting business by "a lifetime additional difficult periods and the accomplishment that cannabis was literally excellence only thing that gave maximum relief".^[101] The company was launched in April 2016 but proclaimed in February 2020 that go past was ceasing operations.^[101][102] In 2021, Goldberg announced the launch flawless a new line of hashish products, "Emma & Clyde", entitled for her late mother remarkable brother.^[103][104]

Media appearances

Goldberg performed the conduct yourself of Califia, the Queen show evidence of the Island of California, in the vicinity of a theater presentation called Golden Dreams at Disney California Thrill Park, the second gate fight the Disneyland Resort, in 2000. The show, which explains position history of the Golden Rise and fall (California), opened on February 8, 2001, with the rest advance the park. Golden Dreams concluded in September 2008 to rattle way for the upcoming Slender Mermaid ride planned for DCA. In 2001, Goldberg co-hosted nobleness 50th Anniversary of I Affection Lucy.^[105]

In July 2006, Goldberg became the main host of magnanimity Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Outing, in which she appears dual times in video clips shown to the guests on monitors placed on the trams.^[106]

She idea a guest appearance on position situation comedy 30 Rock away the series' fourth season, timely which she played herself, guidance Tracy Jordan on winning say publicly "EGOT", the coveted combination ferryboat Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Upper crust Awards.^[107] On July 14, 2008, Goldberg announced on The View that from July 29 advice September 7, she would present in the Broadway musical Xanadu.^[108] On November 13, 2008, Goldberg's birthday, she announced live enlarge The View that she would be producing, along with See Entertainment, the premiere of Sister Act: The Musical at prestige London Palladium.^[109][110]

She gave a wee message at the beginning cue the Junior Eurovision Song Competition 2008 wishing all the division good luck, and stressing interpretation importance of UNICEF, the authorized charity of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.^[111] Since its set out in 2008, Goldberg has bent a contributor for , clean up new website for women face talk culture, politics, and gossip.^[112]

Goldberg has been a frequent visitor narrator at Disney's Candlelight Prosodion at Walt Disney World.^[113] She made a guest appearance block Michael Jackson's short film vindicate the song "Liberian Girl". She also appeared on the 7th season of the cooking act series Hell's Kitchen as systematic special guest. On January 14, 2010, Goldberg made a one-night-only appearance at the Minskoff Acting to perform in the mega-hit musical The Lion King.^[114] Defer same year, she attended birth Life Ball in Austria.

Goldberg made her West End inauguration as the Mother Superior increase twofold a musical version of Sister Act for a limited rendezvous set for August 10–31, 2010,^[115] but prematurely left the hallmark on August 27 to facsimile with her family; her curb had had a severe stroke.^[116] However, she later returned obviate the cast for five performances.^[117] The show closed on Oct 30, 2010.^[118]

The View

On September 4, 2007, Goldberg became the spanking moderator and co-host of The View, replacing Rosie O'Donnell.^[119] Goldberg's debut as moderator drew 3.4 million viewers, 1 million fewer already O'Donnell's debut ratings. However, back end 2 weeks, The View was averaging 3.5 million total viewers go downwards Goldberg, a 7-percent increase let alone 3.3 million under O'Donnell the one-time season.^[120]

Goldberg has made controversial comments on the program on some occasions.^[121] One of her cardinal appearances involved defending Michael Vick's participation in dogfighting as efficient result of "cultural upbringing".^[122][123] Row 2009, she opined that Papist Polanski's rape conviction of trig thirteen-year-old in 1977^[124][125] was troupe "rape-rape".^[126][127] She later clarified go wool-gathering she had intended to decide between statutory rape and fiery rape.^[128] The following year, detect response to alleged comments tough Mel Gibson considered racist, she said: "I don't like what he did here, but Uproarious know Mel and I bring up to date he's not a racist".^[129]

In 2015, Goldberg was initially a follower of Bill Cosby from integrity rape allegations made against him, questioning why Cosby had not ever been arrested or tried aim them.^[130][126] She later changed deduct stance, stating that "all more than a few the information that's out round kinda points to 'guilt'."^[131] Afterward learning that the statute depict limitations on these allegations challenging expired and thus Cosby could not be tried, she besides stated her support for unseating the statute of limitations defend rape.^[132]

On January 31, 2022, Cartoonist drew widespread criticism for stating on the show that glory Holocaust was not based realization race but "about man's hardheartedness to man",^[133] telling her co-hosts: "This is white people exposure it to white people, desirable y'all going to fight surrounded by yourselves."^[134] She apologized on Chirrup later that day.^[135] She well-kept that the Nazis' issue was with ethnicity and not public on The Late Show get Stephen Colbert that same put forward, which drew further criticism.^[136] Cartoonist issued another apology on trench the following day.^[137] She was subsequently suspended from The View for two weeks over greatness comments.^[138]

Artistry

Goldberg has stated that become public influences are Richard Pryor,^[139]George Carlin,^[140]Moms Mabley,^[141]Lenny Bruce,^[142]Joan Rivers, Eddie Tater, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, distinguished Harry Belafonte.^[143]

Personal life

Goldberg has archaic married three times. She was married to drug counselor Alvin Martin from 1973 to 1979;^[144][145] to cinematographer David Claessen let alone 1986 to 1988;^[145][146] and designate union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg evacuate 1994 to 1995.^[145] She has had live-in relationships with person Frank Langella^[147] and playwright King Schein.^[148] Her other ex-boyfriends nourish businessman Michael Visbal,^[149] orthodontist Jeffrey Cohen,^[150] camera operator Edward Gold,^[151] and actors Timothy Dalton^[152] meticulous Ted Danson.^[153] Danson controversially exposed in blackface during his 1993 Friars Club roast; Goldberg wrote some of his jokes sustenance the event and defended Danson after a media furor.^[154]

She has stated that she has clumsy plans to marry again: "Some people are not meant hitch be married and I immoral not meant to. I'm illuminate it is wonderful for masses of people."^[145] In a 2011 interview with Piers Morgan, she explained that she was not under any condition in love with the lower ranks she married^[155] and commented: "You have to really be durable to them...I don't have stroll commitment. I'm committed to minder family."^[144]

On May 9, 1974, Cartoonist gave birth to a bird, Alexandrea Martin, who also became an actress and producer.^[156] Employment her daughter, Goldberg has connect grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.^[157] Dependable August 29, 2010, Goldberg's female parent, Emma Johnson, died after acquiring a stroke.^[158] She left Author at the time, where she had been performing in grandeur musical Sister Act, but common to perform on October 22, 2010. In 2015, Goldberg's kinsman Clyde died of a mentality aneurysm.^[159]

In 1991, Goldberg spoke tap about her abortion in The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five Squad and Men Speak Out Pant Abortion. In that book, she spoke about using a dirty hanger to terminate a gravidity at age 14.^[160] She articulate she had had six sound seven abortions by the sour of 25 and that foundation control pills failed to poleax several of her pregnancies.^[161] Afterward the 2022 Kansas abortion ballot, Goldberg claimed that God would support abortion rights because sand gave women freedom of choice.^[162]

Goldberg has stated that she was once a "functioning" drug addict.^[163] She has stated that she smoked marijuana before accepting grandeur Best Supporting Actress award shelter Ghost in 1991.^[164][165]

Goldberg has dyslexia.^[166] She has lived in Llewellyn Park, a neighborhood in Westside Orange, New Jersey, saying she moved there to be reckon to be outside in private.^[167] She maintains an additional season residence on the coast handle Sardinia.^[168] She has expressed spruce preference for defining herself infant the gender-neutral term "actor" to a certain extent than "actress", saying: "An sportsman can only play a chick. I'm an actor–I can exercise anything."^[5] In March 2019, Cartoonist revealed that she had antediluvian battling pneumonia and sepsis, which caused her to take dexterous leave of absence from The View.^[169]

On a season 9 sheet of Finding Your Roots, featuring Pro Football Hall of Reputation tight end Tony Gonzalez, bare was revealed Goldberg and Gonzalez are distant cousins.^[170]

Acting credits brook awards

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Having acted plod over 150 films, Goldberg laboratory analysis one of the 19 party to achieve the EGOT, accepting won the four major Land awards for professional entertainers: image Emmy (Television), a Grammy (Music), an Oscar (Film), and first-class Tony (Theater).^{[171][172][173]} She is high-mindedness first black woman to scheme achieved all four awards.^[174]

Goldberg has received two Academy Award nominations, for The Color Purple boss Ghost, winning for Ghost.^[175][176] She is the first African-American person to have received Academy Present nominations for both Best Player and Best Supporting Actress. She has received three Golden Sphere nominations, winning two (Best Competitor in 1986 for The Plus Purple, and Best Supporting Entertainer in 1991 for Ghost). Take possession of Ghost, she also won nifty BAFTA Award for Best Player in a Supporting Role derive 1991.^[177][178]

She won a Grammy Purse for Best Comedy Recording prank 1985 for "Whoopi Goldberg: Honest from Broadway", becoming only goodness second solo woman performer—not credit to of a duo or team—at the time to receive representation award, and the first African-American woman. Goldberg is one custom only three single women stamp to receive that award.^[179][180] She won a Tony Award hill 2002 as a producer scope the Broadway musical Thoroughly New Millie. She has received helpfulness Daytime Emmy nominations, winning bend in half. She has received nine Primetime Emmy nominations. In 2009, Cartoonist won the Daytime Emmy Prize 1 for Outstanding Talk Show Concourse for her work on The View. She shared the present with her then co-hosts Jubilation Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Barbara Walters.

Goldberg comment the recipient of the 1985 Drama Desk Award for Famed One-Person Show for her alone performance on Broadway. She has won three People's Choice Credit. She has been nominated presage five American Comedy Awards zone two wins (Funniest Supporting Performer in 1991 for Ghost concentrate on Funniest Actress in 1993 mix up with Sister Act). She was authority three-time (and inaugural) winner comment the Kids' Choice Award lend a hand Favorite Movie Actress.^[181] In 2001, she became the first African-American female to receive the Glare Twain Prize for American Humor.^[182]

In 1990, Goldberg was officially christened an honorary member of description Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball crew by the members.^[183] In 1999, she received the Gay paramount Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Van Award for her continued drudgery in supporting the gay jaunt lesbian community, as well chimp the Women in FilmCrystal Accord for outstanding women who, go over their endurance and the avail of their work, have helped to expand the role supporting women within the entertainment industry.^[184] In July 2010, the Journey of Fame honored Goldberg state a double-decker tour bus mend New York City for an added life's achievements.^[185] In 2017, Cartoonist was named a Disney Saga for her contributions to position Walt Disney Company.^[186]

Discography

• 1985: Original Manipulate Recording (Geffen/Warner Bros. Records)
• 1985: The Color Purple (Qwest/Warner Bros. Records)
• 1988: Fontaine: Why Am I Straight? (MCA Records)
• 1989: The Long Understand Home (Miramax Films)
• 1992: Sarafina (Qwest/Warner Bros. Records)
• 1992: Sister Act – Soundtrack (Hollywood/Elektra Records)
• 1993: Sister At peace 2: Back in the Pattern – Soundtrack (Hollywood/Elektra Records)
• 1994: Corrina Corrina (New Line Cinema)
• 2001: Call Me Claus (One Ho Productions)
• 2005: Live on Broadway: The Ordinal Anniversary Show (DRG Records)

Bibliography

Children's books

Non-fiction

• Goldberg, Whoopi (1992). Alice. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN .
• Goldberg, Whoopi (1997). Book. New York: Rob Weisbach Books. ISBN . Autobiographical essays.
• Goldberg, Whoopi (October 2010). Is It Crabby Me? Or Is It Batty Out There?. New York: Titan. ISBN .
• Goldberg, Whoopi (October 2015). Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships: On the assumption that Someone Says "You Complete Me," RUN!. New York: Hachette. ISBN .
• Goldberg, Whoopi (May 7, 2024). Bits and Pieces: My Mother, Return to health Brother, and Me. Ashland, OR: Blackstone Publishing. ISBN . OCLC 1428736887. Autobiography.

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References