• Name: Whoopi Goldberg
  
• Birth Name: Caryn Elaine Johnson
  
• Height: 5' 5"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: November 13, 1955
  
• Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actress, comedian, producer
  
• Education: St. Columba Church Parish School, New York, New York
  
•   : Washington Irving High School, New York, New York; left two weeks into freshman year
  
• Husband/Wife: Lyle Trachtenberg (union organizer; married on October 1, 1994; divorced in October 1995), David Claessen (director of photography; married on September 1, 1986; divorced in October 1988), Alvin Martin (drug counselor; married in 1973; divorced late 1979)
  
• Relationship: Frank Langella (actor; October 1995-early 2000), Ted Danson (actor; 1992-1994), Timothy Dalton (actor; 1990-1991), Eddie Gold (director of photography; 1987-1990), David Schein (playwright, actor; 1980-1985)
  
• Father: Robert James Johnson (preacher; separated; died May 25, 1993, of stomach cancer and complications from HIV)
  
• Mother: Emma Johnson
  
• Brother: Clyde K. Johnson (Goldberg's personal driver on film sets)
  
• Daughter: Alexandra Martin (born in 1973; father: Alvin Martin)
  
• Grand son: Jerzey Martin (born in 1995)
  
• Grand daughter: Amarah Skye (born on November 13, 1989)
  
• Claim to fame: as Celie in The Color Purple (1985)
  

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• "I just thought it was time to start talking about stuff. The last time I felt like this I wrote a book, but it feels like a good time to go and do what I used to do in the very beginning."
• "Nobody wants to see that view, so you can shoot me in any direction - as long as my butt isn't in it!"
• When talking about critics while on the Queen Latifah show - "You can say whatever you want about me but talk about my daughter and I'll beat your ass up."
• While she was hosting the 1999 Academy Awards: "BABE: PIG IN THE CITY. Wasn't that the Linda Tripp Story?"
• "My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions."
• "I'm a big old egoistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it."
• About Alice Walker, author of THE COLOR PURPLE, in which Goldberg eventually played a leading role: "I told her her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything."
• "I believe that racism is something that we're always going to live with. What we in America have to decide is whether we're going to be covert racists or overt racists. The O.J. trial and the church burnings in the South have uncovered a festering problem that no one wants to talk about."

• NAACP's Image award: best actress in a TV movie, miniseries or dramatic special, Good Fences (2004)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special, GOOD FENCES (2004)
• Gracie Allen Awards: Gracie - Producer for Strong Medicine (2003)
• Daytime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Special Class Special, Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2002)
• Tony Award as a producer for Best Musical, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (2002)
• U.S. Comedy Arts Festival: AFI Star Award (2002)
• Women in Film Crystal Awards: Crystal Award (2001)
• GLAAD Media Awards: Vanguard Award (1999)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK (1999)
• Fantafestival: Best Actress, THEODORE REX (1996)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Comedy Motion Picture Actress (1995)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture for Sister Act (1994)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Comedy Motion Picture Actress (1994)
• American Comedy Award: Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role), SISTER ACT (1993)
• Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Woman of the Year (1993)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, THE LONG WALK HOME (1993)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Comedy Motion Picture Actress (1993)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actress (1993)
• ShoWest Award: Female Star of the Year (1993)
• Aftonbladet TV Prize (Sweden): Best Foreign TV Personality - Female (1992)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, GHOST (1992)
• Image Awards: Special Award - Entertainer of the Year (1992)
• Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, GHOST (1991)
• American Comedy Award: Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Ghost (1991)
• BAFTA Film Award: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, GHOST (1991)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, GHOST (1991)
• Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actress, GHOST (1991)
• Women in Film Crystal Awards: Humanitarian Award (1991)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, FATAL BEAUTY (1990)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, THE COLOR PURPLE (1988)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Drama, THE COOR PURPLE (1986)
• Grammy Awards: Best Comedy Album, Whoopi Goldberg (1985)
• National Board of Review: Best Actress, THE COLOR PURPLE (1985)
• Drama Desk Award: Best Solo Performance, Whoopi Goldberg (1984)
• Theater World Award, Whoopi Goldberg (1984)
• Grammy Award for Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway.

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