One of the 13 people who have won all Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards: Who is Whoopi Goldberg?

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; born November 13, 1955, in New York) is an American comedian, actress, and host.

She is one of the people who won all the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, which only 13 people can achieve. In addition to these awards, she also won a Daytime Emmy award. In 1990, she became the second African American woman to receive an award in the acting category at the Academy Awards for her role as Hattie McDaniel. She has won 2 Golden Globes and 2 Saturn Awards for her performances in Star Trek Generations and Ghost. She has also hosted the Academy Awards many times.

Whoopi Goldberg Biography

Caryn Elaine Johnson, stage name Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress and comedian. She has hosted the Academy Awards many times.

She was born in Manhattan in 1955. Her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr (1930 – 1993), was a priest, and her mother, Emma Johnson (1931 – 2010), was a nurse. She had an older brother named Clyde (1949 – 2015).

Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, comedian, author, and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of 19 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Goldberg, who became professionally interested in theater in the 1970s, began acting in movies from 1982 onwards.

She made it to Broadway with the Whoopi Goldberg show, which she started in 1984, and proved her comedic talent.

In 1985, she starred in a more dramatic production, Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple, for which she received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.

During these years, films such as Fatal Beauty and The Telephone increased her fame. The character Oda Mae, which she created in the 1990 movie Ghost, received great acclaim. Goldberg was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, and became the second African American to win an acting Oscar after Hattie McDaniel.

Goldberg, one of Hollywood's most popular actors in the 1990s, maintained her popularity with films such as the Torn Nun series, Corrina Corrina, Eddie and Bogus.

She appeared mostly in supporting roles in the 2000s.

Goldberg, who was married three times in total, had a daughter named Alexandra "Alex" Martin from her marriage to Alvin Martin, which lasted between 1973 and 1979. She later had 2 more short marriages, with cinematographer David Claessen (1986 - 1988) and Lyle Trachtenberg (1994 - 1995).

February 2022

There was a great reaction from the Jewish community to Goldberg, who evaluated the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were murdered, as "It was not racist, it was the cruelty of man against another."

Goldberg apologized after Jewish organizations in the USA reacted to her comment that the Holocaust was "not about race, but about the cruelty of man to man."

American ABC Television announced that Goldberg's participation in the program "The View", which she has been hosting since 2007, was suspended for two weeks.

March 2024

Confusing alien statement from Star Trek star

People in the studio were stunned

Goldberg suggested that aliens were watching humans.

Goldberg, who moderates the talk show The View, argued on the air that aliens had come to Earth.

Kumail Nanjiani, known for her role as Dinesh in the HBO series Silicon Valley, jokingly said that she believes in aliens and said, "I guess they're waiting for us to recover a little so they can come here and say we really messed up."

Goldberg, who played the character Guinan in 1994's Star Trek 7: The Next Generation, then said, "They are already here. They have been with us for a while."

Surprised, Nanjiani turned to Goldberg and asked, "What are they doing?" When asked, the 68-year-old actor replied, "They are watching us."

Presenter Sara Haines intervened and said, "He talks to beings, not aliens. I'm behind you, don't worry," referring to Goldberg's role in the 1990 movie Ghost.

Goldberg has made remarkable statements about aliens before.

A public hearing was held in the US Congress in July about the mysterious events known as "unidentified flying objects" (UFO) and "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP).

Three intelligence officers who attended the meeting claimed that the Pentagon had "extraterrestrial materials". The Pentagon claimed that the allegations were unfounded.

Goldberg said about the allegations in her program on The View at that time, "I already knew about these before Congress."