Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson) is an American actress, comedian, author, and television personality. She is one of only 16 entertainers to receive the EGOT, which consists of an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award ("Oscar"), and a Tony Award. She was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2001.

Goldberg began her theater career in 1983 with her one-woman play Spook Show, which was later renamed Whoopi Goldberg and ran on Broadway from 1984 to 1985. For the recording of the concert, she received a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Her breakthrough occurred in 1985, when she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her part as Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in Steven Spielberg's historical drama film The Color Purple. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a second Golden Globe Award for her role as an eccentric clairvoyant in the romantic fantasy picture Ghost (1990).

Goldberg has appeared on Broadway in the 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. As a producer of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, she won a Tony Award. For the stage adaption of Sister Act, she received her third Tony Award nomination in 2011. (2011). Guinan was played by Goldberg in the science fiction programs Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988-1993) and Star Trek: Picard (1993). (2022). She has co-hosted and moderated the daytime chat show The View since 2007, winning the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for her efforts. She has four times hosted the Academy Awards event.

Nationality: U.S