Whoopi Goldberg Biography

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and audience alike, including influential filmmaker Steven Spielberg who then eagerly billed her to play the lead character in his 1985 picture of “The Color Purple” opposite Danny Glover. Though it actually was her major film feature debut, she amazingly could deliver a very moving performance there as an abused woman named Celie, prompting HFPA to present her a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama category along with AMPAS bestowing an Oscar nod in Best Actress in a Leading Role a year later.

Also scoring an Emmy nomination in Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series category by the same year through her enactment in an episode of "Moonlighting", Whoopi unmistakably found herself shot right away to widespread recognition following the glorious attainment which really enabled her to move further in the industry. Afterwards seen in a number of movies like “Jumpin' Jack Flash” (1986), “Fatal Beauty” (1987), “Clara's Heart” (1988), plus “Homer and Eddie” (1989), the talented star wonderfully did not wait long to again strike the screen, this time hitting much harder as she fantastically nabbed triple honors of Oscar, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award in supporting role ...

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category by 1991 for her memorable performance in “Ghost” (1990). The success joyously still continued when her next feature, “Sister Act” (1992), strived to garner superb result both critically and commercially, even brought her another Golden Globe nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical category in 1993.

Shifted to hosting stint in her own late night chat program of “The Whoopi Goldberg Show” aired in syndication from 1992 to 1993, Whoopi satisfyingly maintained her film career well as she kept appearing in a steady stream of well-known motion pictures for the rest of 1990s, such as “Made in America” (1993), “Corrina, Corrina” (1994), “Ghosts of Mississippi” (1996), and “Girl, Interrupted” (1999). Already became a hugely respected actress by the turn of the third millennium, she, however, preferred to be more involved in providing voices to some animated features or in small screen productions during the first half of the era though people could still see her in movies like “Monkeybone” (2001) or “Star Trek: Nemesis” (2002). Nevertheless, she finally returned to film feature with full force by 2006 for there have already been 3 flicks of her namely “Homie Spumoni”, “If I Had Known I Was a Genius”, ...