History Creator / WhoopiGoldberg

She's appeared in over 150 different movies, and has won two Golden Globe Awards, an Oscar, [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward a Grammy]], a Tony, three People's Choice Awards, two American Comedy Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. This makes her one of just twelve people to have won TheEGOTs, and one of just two out of those twelve whose Emmy is a ''Daytime'' Emmy, not a ''Primetime'' Emmy.[[note]]The other is Robert Lopez.[[/note]] (But it still counts. [[Series/ThirtyRock Girl's gotta eat!]]) With such a large list of films she's been in, they tend to vary from great inspirational roles like in ''The Color Purple'', to… [[StarDerailingRole well]], ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

* ''Main/Gasshole'': She is so well known for this that she took part of her stage name from it.

* Gasshole: She is so well known for this that she took part of her stage name from it.

* MoneyDearBoy: She agreed to do ''Film/TheodoreRex'' for a $2 million increase to her original salary.

** The Hyenas in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' were originally written in the hopes of reuniting Cheech and Chong. Cheech Martin agreed to play Banzai, but Tommy Chong was unavailable. Thus the hyena became female, played by Whoopi.

She's appeared in over 150 different movies, and has won two Golden Globe Awards, an Oscar, [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward a Grammy]], a Tony, three People's Choice Awards, two American Comedy Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. This makes her one of just twelve people to have won TheEGOTs, and one of just two out of of those twelve whose Emmy is a ''Daytime'' Emmy, not a ''Primetime'' Emmy.[[note]]The other is Robert Lopez.[[/note]] (But it still counts. [[Series/ThirtyRock Girl's gotta eat!]]) With such a large list of films she's been in, they tend to vary from great inspirational roles like in ''The Color Purple'', to… [[StarDerailingRole well]], ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

She's appeared in over 150 different movies, and has won two Golden Globe Awards, an Oscar, [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward a Grammy]], a Tony, three People's Choice Awards, two American Comedy Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. This makes her one of just twelve people to have won TheEGOTs, and the only one of those twelve whose Emmy is a ''Daytime'' Emmy, not a ''Primetime'' Emmy. (But it still counts. [[Series/ThirtyRock Girl's gotta eat!]]) With such a large list of films she's been in, they tend to vary from great inspirational roles like in ''The Color Purple'', to… [[StarDerailingRole well]], ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

She's appeared in over 150 different movies, and has won two Golden Globe Awards, an Oscar, [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward a Grammy]], a Tony, three People's Choice Awards, two American Comedy Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. With such a large list of films she's been in, they tend to vary from great inspirational roles like in ''The Color Purple'', to… [[StarDerailingRole well]], ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

* PromotedFanboy: She was a huge ''Star Trek'' fan and lobbied hard to be in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

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She's appeared in over 150 different movies, and has won two Golden Globe Awards, an Oscar, [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward a Grammy]], a Tony, three People's Choice Awards, two American Comedy Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. With such a large list of films she's been in, they tend to vary from great inspirational roles like in ''The Color Purple'', to... well, ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson in 1955) is a highly successful American actress/singer/comedian. Known for tackling serious issues with a sense of humor, she became the highest-paid actress of all time during her peak in the 1990s. Whoopi's first film appearance was in the movie ''Literature/TheColorPurple'', where she garnered an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and a Golden Globe for her performance as a mistreated African American woman in the DeepSouth. Five years later, she won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for her performance in the blockbuster title ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

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Her casting as Guinan came as a surprise to the public and was seen as something of a step down: Goldberg had already enjoyed success in big budget films(including a critically acclaimed turn in Steven Spielberg's ''Literature/TheColorPurple''), and was suddenly committing to a semi-regular role on television. As she explained to an equally confused Gene Roddenberry, Whoopi is an AscendedFangirl of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], with Creator/NichelleNichols' role as Uhura was one of her biggest driving inspirations for becoming an actress. In the late 1990s, she served as the center square on a revival of ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' but later left.

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson in 1955) is a highly successful American actress/singer/comedian. Known for tackling serious issues with a sense of humor, she became the highest-paid actress of all time during her peak in the 1990s. Whoopi's first film appearance was in the movie ''Literature/TheColorPurple'', where she garnered an AcademyAward nomination and a Golden Globe for her performance as a mistreated African American woman in the DeepSouth. Five years later, she won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for her performance in the blockbuster title ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

She's appeared in over 150 different movies, and has won two Golden Globe Awards, an Oscar, [[GrammyAward a Grammy]], a Tony, three People's Choice Awards, two American Comedy Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. With such a large list of films she's been in, they tend to vary from great inspirational roles like in ''The Color Purple'', to... well, ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

Her famous roles are as foot-dragging ghost possesee Oda Mae Brown in ''{{Film/Ghost}}'', bartender/hat enthusiast Guinan on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and showgirl-turned-mob informant-turned-nun Sister Mary Clarence in the ''SisterAct'' films. She's also fondly remembered as the Hyena leader, Shenzi, in the animated movie ''Disney/TheLionKing'' and also did voice work in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' as Stretch.

Her casting as Guinan came as a surprise to the public and was seen as something of a step down: Goldberg had already enjoyed success in big budget films(including a critically acclaimed turn in Steven Spielberg's ''TheColorPurple''), and was suddenly committing to a semi-regular role on television. As she explained to an equally confused Gene Roddenberry, Whoopi is an AscendedFangirl of [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], with NichelleNichols' role as Uhura was one of her biggest driving inspirations for becoming an actress. In the late 1990s, she served as the center square on a revival of ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' but later left.

Her casting as Guinan same as a surprise to the public and was seen as something of a step down: the actress had already enjoyed success in big budget films, and was suddenly committing to a semi-regular role on television. As she explained to Gene Roddenberry, Whoopi is an AscendedFangirl of [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], with NichelleNichols' role as Uhura was one of her biggest driving inspirations for becoming an actress. In the late 1990s, she served as the center square on a revival of ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' but later left.

Her casting as Guinan same as a surprise to the public and was seen as something of a step down: the actress had already enjoyed success in big budget films, and was suddenly committing to a semi-regular role on television. As she explained to Gene Roddenberry, Whoopi is an AscendedFangirl of [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], with NichelleNichols' role as Uhura was one of her biggest driving inspirations for becoming an actress.

Her famous roles are as foot-dragging ghost possesee Oda Mae Brown in ''{{Film/Ghost}}'', bartender/hat enthusiast Guinan on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and showgirl-turned-mob informant-turned-nun Sister Mary Clarence in the ''SisterAct'' films. She's also fondly remembered as the Hyena leader, Shenzi, in the animated movie ''Disney/TheLionKing'' as well as recently doing voice work in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' as Stretch.

Her famous roles are as foot-dragging ghost possesee Oda Mae Brown in ''{{Film/Ghost}}'', bartender/hat enthusiast Guinan on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and showgirl-turned-mob informant-turned-nun Sister Mary Clarence in the ''SisterAct'' films (top billing in that one). She's also fondly remembered as the Hyena leader, Shenzi, in the animated movie ''Disney/TheLionKing'' as well as recently doing voice work in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' as Stretch.

Debatably, her most famous role is that of Las Vegas singer Deloris van Cartier, who hides from the mob as Sister Mary Clarence in the movie ''SisterAct'' and its sequel. She also voiced the lead female Hyena, Shenzi, in the animated movie ''Disney/TheLionKing'' as well as recently doing voice work in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' as Stretch. Another notable role would be that of Guinan in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Whoopi was a fan of the original show and asked to appear in the series. ([[NichelleNichols Nichelle Nichols']] role as Uhura in [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]] was one of her biggest driving inspirations for becoming an actress.)

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