Who is Whoopi Goldberg, Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedian, actress, author, talk show host, singer-songwriter, and political activist and is one of the few entertainers who have won a Grammy, Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award (EGOT). She is also the first African American woman to host the Academy Awards and the second African American woman to win one.
Caryn Elaine Johnson( her original name) was born in Manhattan, New York City to Robert James Johnson Jr, who was a Baptist clergyman, and Emma Johnson, who was a nurse and teacher. She was then raised in the public housing project at Chelsea-Elliot Houses. She went to Washington Irving High School but dropped it further.
Whoopi was her stage forename and was taken from a whoopee cushion. She was further trained under acting teacher Uta Hagen at the HB Studio in New York City. Her debut appearance onscreen was in Citizen: I’m Not Losing My Mind, I’m Giving It Away (1982), an avant-garde ensemble feature by San Francisco filmmaker William Farley.
Later she came to national prominence with her one-woman show in which she portrayed Moms Mabley and then further created The Spook Show, a one-woman show composed of different character monologues in 1983.
Goldberg’s Broadway performance caught the eye of director Steven Spielberg while she performed in The Belly Room at The Comedy Store and he gave her the lead role in his film The Colour Purple, based on the novel by Alice Walker. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including a nomination for Goldberg as Best Actress.
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She was born on November 13, 1955, and currently, she is 66.
How much is Whoopi Goldberg Worth
She has a net worth of $60 million. Her annual salary on The View is $8 million and mostly comes from her television career. She is also a great humanist and is known for her philanthropic activities.
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She has been married three times. At first she was married to Alvin Martin from 1973 to 1979 and then to cinematographer David Claessen from 1986 to 1988 and further to union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg from 1994 to 1995. She also has dated famous actors like Frank Langella and Ted Danson.
In 1973, she gave birth to a daughter, Alexandrea Martin, who also is an actress and producer. Through Alexandra, Goldberg has three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
In 1991, Goldberg spoke out about her abortion in the book The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion. In that book, she confesses about using a coat hanger to terminate a pregnancy at age 14. She revealed that she had had six or seven abortions by the age of 25 and many birth control pills failed to stop her pregnancies.
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She has accepted the offer of Patrick Stewart to reprise her role as Guinan during the second season of Star Trek: Picard. She also starred in The Stand, a CBS All Access miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King. In 2020, there was an announcement that Whoopi was set to return in Sister Act 3 with Tyler Perry. The film is planned to debut on Disney plus. Her other upcoming movie is the biographical film Till, written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu.
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