Whoopi Goldberg Highlights

  • 2008: Joined the Broadway musical "Xanadu" as the goddess Aphrodite and Calliope
  • 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: Voiced Franny, a wise old goat in the animated feature “Racing Stripes”
  • 2005: Starred in “Whoopi: Back to Broadway — The 20th Anniversary,” an HBO film of the one-woman show she performed in New York
  • 2003: Cast in the short-lived NBC sitcom, “Whoopi” as Mavis Rae, a member of a former one-hit wonder singing group
  • 2002: Returned for a fourth time to host the 74th Academy Awards
  • 2002: Reprised role of Guinan for “Star Trek: Nemesis”
  • 2001: Appeared as Death in the combined live-action animated fantasy film “Monkeybone”
  • 2001: With Barbra Streisand, served as executive producer of the Lifetime movie “What Makes a Family”
  • 1999: Returned for a third time to host the 71st Academy Awards
  • 1998: Joined the new syndicated version of “Hollywood Squares” as the center square; also executive produced through One Ho Productions; earned 4 Emmy nominations
  • 1997: Replaced Nathan Lane as Pseudolus in the Broadway revival of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”
  • 1996: Returned to host the 68th Academy Awards telecast
  • 1996: Co-starred with Frank Langella in the basketball comedy “Eddie”
  • 1995: 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)
  • 1994: Became the first female and first solo black host of an Academy Awards show
  • 1994: Voiced one of the hyenas in Disney's blockbuster animated hit “The Lion King”
  • 1993: Took to the habit again for the inevitable sequel, “Sister Act II”
  • 1992: Starred in the comedy hit “Sister Act”
  • 1992: Hosted the short-lived talk show “The Whoopi Goldberg Show”
  • 1992: Made publishing debut with a re-vamped version of Alice in Wonderland as an urban fairy tale called Alice
  • 1990: 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
  • 1990: Provided voice of Gaia for the animated series “Captain Planet and the Planeteers”; received Daytime Emmy nomination
  • 1990: Produced and performed in the comedy special, “HBO Comedy Hour Live"
  • 1988: Penned the HBO live comedy special “Whoopi Goldberg's Fontaine: Why Am I Straight”
  • 1988: Played recurring role of Guinan, an enigmatic alien bartender, on the syndicated sci-fi series “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
  • 1986: Began co-hosting “Comic Relief” (HBO) with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams
  • 1985: Feature film acting debut in Steven Spielberg’ “The Color Purple”; received Best Actress Oscar nomination
  • 1985: First TV appearance, “Mothers by Daughters” (PBS)
  • 1984: Performed five different characters in the Broadway show, “Whoopi Goldberg”; directed by Mike Nichols
  • 1983: Co-authored the play “Moms Mabley” about the life of the pioneering black stand-up comic
  • 1982: Began solo career touring in San Francisco with “The Spook Show”; later traveled through America and Europe
  • 1980: Joined Blake Street Hawkeyes Theater
  • Formed One Ho Productions
  • Dropped out of high school and became in her words “a junkie”
  • Moved to San Diego with her one-year-old daughter; co-founded the San Diego Repertory Theater
  • Began performing with the Hudson Guild children's program and the Helena Rubenstein Children's Theater at age eight
  • Became a member of the improv group, Spontaneous Combustion

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