Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known by her stage name Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, comedian, and talk show host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television, and is one of the few entertainers who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. She was the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar. In the 1990s, Goldberg was rumored to be the highest paid actress for her appearances in film.
Her breakthrough role was playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South in the period drama film The Color Purple, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Goldberg played Oda Mae Brown, an eccentric psychic helping a slain man save his lover, in the romantic fantasy film Ghost, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was co-producer of the television game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2002. She has been the moderator of the daytime television talk show The View since 2007.
