WHOOPI GOLDBERG is one of an elite group of artists who have won the Academy, Grammy, Emmy and Tony awards. She got her start on stage and was last seen on Broadway in 2005, earning a Tony nomination for her return to the Lyceum Theatre commemorating the 20th anniversary of her original one-woman show. Previously, she starred in the 2003 revival of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 1997. She won the Tony for producing Thoroughly Modern Millie, one of many other producing credits for stage and screen. Whoopi earned an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for her film debut in The Color Purple and won the Oscar and a Golden Globe for Ghost. Her films also include Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Sister Act, Made in America, Boys on the Side, Ghosts of Mississippi, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Girl, Interrupted, The Lion King and Rat Race. Whoopi is currently the moderator on ABC’s “The View.” She has appeared on numerous television series, specials, miniseries and television movies; hosted her own late-night talk show; and co-hosted eight “Comic Relief” programs, four “Academy Award” telecasts and the 2008 Tony Awards.

Previously seen in Show Theatre Role Thoroughly Modern Millie Marquis Theatre Producer Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Ma Rainey

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