Whoopi Goldberg is known for her roles as Oda Mae Brown in the movie "Ghost (1990)", as Deloris Van Cartier(a.ka. Sister Mary Clarence) in "Sister Act (1992)" and "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)".

She played Celie Harris Johnson in the movie "The Color Purple (1985)", Terri Doolittle in "Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)", Clara Mayfield in "Clara's Heart (1988)", Mary Masembuko _ in **"Sarafina! (1992)"**, _Sarah Mathews in "Made in America (1993)", Corrina Washington in "Corrina, Corrina (1994)", Katie Coltrane in "Theodore Rex (1995)", Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin in "Eddie (1996)", Laurel Ayres/Robert S. Cutty in "The Associate (1996)", Raynelle Slocumb in "Kingdom Come (2001)", Lucy Cullin in "Call Me Claus (2001)" and Bernadette Thompson in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "Burglar (1987)", "Fatal Beauty (1987)", "The Telephone (1988)", "Kiss Shot (1989)", "Homer and Eddie (1989)", "The Long Walk Home (1990)", "Soapdish (1991)", "The Player (1992)", "Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)", "Naked in New York (1993)", "The Little Rascals (1994)", "Boys on the Side (1995)", "Moonlight and Valentino (1995)", "Bogus (1996)", "Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)", "In the Gloaming (1997)", "Destination Anywhere (1997)", "In & Out (1997)", "How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)", "Alegría (1999)", "The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)", "Jackie's Back! (1999)", "Girl, Interrupted (1999)", "More Dogs Than Bones (2000)", "What Makes a Family (2001)", "Monkeybone (2001)", "Rat Race (2001)", "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)", "Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)", "Good Fences (2003)", "Blizzard (2003)", "Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)", "Homie Spumoni (2006)", "If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007)", "A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)", "For Colored Girls (2010)", "A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)", "The Muppets (2011)", "A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014)", "Big Stone Gap (2014)", "Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)", "Delores & Jermaine (2015)", "King of the Dancehall (2016)", "A Very Sordid Wedding (2017)", "9/11 (2017)" and "Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)".

She played Brenda on the CBS TV sitcom "Bagdad Cafe (1990-1991)", Guinan (1988-1993) on the First-run syndication TV science fiction show "Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)" and in the movies "Star Trek: Generations (1994)" and "Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)", and Mavis Rae on the NBC TV sitcom "Whoopi (2003-2004)".

Some other TV shows sheappeared on are "Moonlighting", "A Different World","Tales from the Crypt", "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child", "The Nanny", "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns", "Strong Medicine", "The Weber Show", "Absolutely Fabulous", "Bear in the Big Blue House", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Everybody Hates Chris", "Entourage", "Life on Mars", "The Cleaner", "30 Rock", "The Middle", "666 Park Avenue", "Glee", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ", "Nashville", "Nightcap", "When We Rise", "The Tick" and "Blue Bloods".

She won the _ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress_ for her role as Oda Mae Brown in the movie "Ghost (1990)".

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