Whoopi Goldberg

Goldberg essentially began her career by playing the character of Selie in the Steven Spielberg directed movie adapation of the award-winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple. This performance garnered her an Oscar nomination for best actress in 1986. She followed up this performance with a sell-out, highly acclaimed one-woman show on Broadway. The majority of the films she made in the 1980s featured here in tough-woman comedic roles (Burglar[?], Fatal Beauty[?], Jumpin' Jack Flash), though she regularly balanced them out by performing in family-oriented films (Clara's Heart[?]).

In danger of fading from public acclaim she revitalized her career in the role of a fake "spiritualist" who manages to actually make contact with the dead in the tear-jearker Ghost, for which she won her first Oscar award for best supporting actress. She cemented her status as a legendary comedic actress in 1991 as a lounge singer who is hidden in a nunnery (and consequently revitalises their choir) in Sister Act[?]. She had a recurring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Guinan.

Goldberg has appeared in 149 films as of October 2002. She has received two Oscar nominations and won one. She has received five Daytime Emmy[?] nominations, winning one. She has received five Emmy nominations. She has received three Golden Globe nominations, winning two. She has won three People's Choice Awards[?]. In 1999 she received the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation[?] Vanguard Award for her continued work in supporting the gay and lesbian community. She has been nominated for five American Comedy Awards[?] with two wins. She also hosted the Oscars in 1999.

External Links

• IMDb: Whoopi Goldberg (http://us.imdb.com/Name?Goldberg,+Whoopi)