This block contains the information about Whoopi Goldberg and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

African-American star Whoopi Goldberg, lacking good looks that classic Hollywood stars have, becomes devilishly charming newborn star of TV shows and movies. Goldberg was born on 1955 in the Negro quarter of New York. Her real name is Karen Johnson. Whoopi is a nickname she received because of her dubious gift of thunderous farts. The Goldberg name she took from the Jewish half of the family. Being eight years old, mischievous little girl excitedly played in children's theater performances of Helen Rubinstein. In 1985, Whoopi plays in the movie by the novel of Alice Walker "Color Purple fields". Adventure comedy "Jack skipjack" gave her the opportunity to play a computer network operator, accidentally get involved in the case of international conspiracy organization. For "Road Movie" by Andrei Konchalovsky's "Homer and Eddie", she receives the Grand Prix International Film Festival in San Sebastian. Whoopi Goldberg has always been tumultuous. For few years, she was in relationships with her partner in the movie "Made in America"Ted Danson. Another surprise was in 2000, her divorce with actor Frank Lengelloy, that played Ostap Bender and Dracula.

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Here you can learn about the movies Whoopi Goldberg acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Toy Story 3 - Stretch (voice)	$200M	2010	$109M	$415M
The Lion King - Shenzi (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "Be Prepared" (1994))	$79.3M	1994	$1.83M	$328M
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle - Judge Cameo	$76M	2000	$6.81M	$26M
Monkeybone - Death	$75M	2001	$2.69M	$5.41M
Star Trek: Nemesis - Guinan (uncredited)	$60M	2002	$18.5M	$43.1M
Rat Race - Vera Baker	$48M	2001	$11.7M	$56.6M
Girl, Interrupted - Valerie Owens, RN	$40M	1999	$95.4K	$28.9M
The Deep End of the Ocean - Candy Bliss	$40M	1999	$5.56M	$13.4M
Ghosts of Mississippi - Myrlie Evers	$36M	1996	$168K	$13.1M
In & Out - Herself (uncredited), Special Thanks	$35M	1997	$15M	$63.8M
Star Trek: Generations - Guinan (uncredited)	$35M	1994		$75.7M
Theodore Rex (video) - Katie Coltrane	$33M	1995
Bogus - Harriet Franklin	$30M	1996	$1.9M	$4.36M
Eddie - Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin	$30M	1996	$178K	$31.4M
The Rugrats Movie - Ranger Margaret (voice)	$28M	1998	$27.3M	$100M
The Pagemaster - Fantasy (voice)	$27M	1994		$12M
Made in America - Sarah Mathews	$22M	1993		$44.9M
Ghost - Oda Mae Brown	$22M	1990		$218M
Boys on the Side - Jane, Soundtrack (performer: "Piece Of My Heart", "Superstar", "You Got It")	$21M	1995		$23.4M
How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Delilah Abraham	$20M	1998	$11.3M	$37.7M