Whoopi Goldberg was born on November 13, 1955 in the city of New York, USA. She is sixty three years old, the zodiac sign is Aquarius. Whoopi is a well-known American theater and film actress, and also works as a producer, director and screenwriter. Marital status - divorced, has a daughter Alex.
Awards
Actress Goldberg received a huge number of awards for her entire career. She keeps four awards on her shelf: a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony, and an Emmy. In addition, the woman received 2 Golden Globes, as well as her own star on the Walk of Fame. Goldberg has a large number of popular films.
Childhood
Actress Whoopi Goldberg, whose photo can be seen below, was born in a poor family. Mother worked as a nurse in the hospital, and then became a teacher. My father worked as a priest. The real name of the actress is Karin Elaine. The nickname Whoopi means "pillow-fart", she received it in childhood. When the black actress Whoopi Goldberg began to engage in creative activity, she remembered her childhood nickname and took it as a pseudonym. Her mother recommended replacing the name Johnson with Goldberg. She found this a suitable last name for the star.
As a child, Whoopi was not able to attend school and soon she had to leave. The thing is that the doctors discovered she had a congenital disease in which the reading and writing comprehension skill is impaired. The girl was not particularly sad about this. She decided to become a hippie and left home.
Interest in the creativity of the girl appeared when she was eight years old. During this period, she began to attend an experimental theater. After a while, Whoopi began to trust prominent roles. But after she left home, her material condition left much to be desired. Whoopi had to think about leaving the theater in order to earn a living.
The future actress worked part-time at a car wash, in a funeral home, and even at a construction site. During idle times, the girl was saved by unemployment benefits. She did not think that she would become an actress. Goldberg even started to use drugs. With this problem, Karin was helped by an activist of one organization - Alvin Martin. He literally pulled the girl from the clutches of death. After some time, the guys got married.
Acting
At first, the aspiring actress Goldberg played in amateur theater troupes. A breakthrough in her career happened when she was offered to play two looks at once in the production of “Mother Courage”. Whoopi decided to take a chance and trust her intuition. So, later she took part in the project "Ghost Show". In it, the actress easily transformed into a millionaire, then into a beggar.
Thanks to this show, the young actress toured a lot on countries and continents such as Canada, America and Europe. In 1984, a talented girl noticed Mike Nichols. He helps Whoopi organize her solo performance on Broadway. After that, she was invited to the musical "Jesus Christ is a superstar."
The loudest fame fell on the actress when she turned thirty years old (1985). Whoopi learned that Steven Spielberg wants to make a film based on the novel by Eli Walker, "Flowers of the Purple Fields." To get the role, the actress wrote to the writer herself and asked for a hint to the director about her possible participation in the project. Alice was well acquainted with the work of Whoopi Goldberg and suggested that Stephen take a closer look at her. The man looked at the actress at the preliminary hearing and agreed to give her a role. This movie brought Whoopi 2 awards: Golden Globe and Oscar.
All subsequent films by actress Whoopi Goldberg were of a comedic genre. The most popular of them are: "Fatal Beauty", "Jack Pop-Jumper", "Act, Sister", "Thief" and "Ghost". The latest work brought the popular star the Golden Globe Award and BAFTA.
In 1998, actress Goldberg took part in the filming of the family comedy The Knight of Camelot, where she got used to the image of computer genius Vivien Morgan. Over the following years, Whoopi did not stop filming. So, she can be seen in such films as “Songs of Love”, “Rat Race”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, “If I Know That I Am a Genius” and others.
Personal life
Such a famous actress had three official marriages. Her first husband was Alvin Martin, who saved his future wife from drug addiction. The second time, Whoopi tied the knot with photographer David Cassin. Their family life did not last long - after 2 years, the couple divorced. The third and last marriage with Michael Trachtenberg lasted even less: only one year.
When Whoopi Goldberg was 34 years old, her only daughter Alex gave her granddaughter Amaru. She later became a grandmother two more times. In addition, the elder granddaughter Amara has already managed to make Whoopi great-grandmother.
It is worth noting that the star of the cinema is trying to be modern and even got a page on Instagram. There, the actress has many subscribers, who are almost all her fans. Whoopi shares his photos and videos with them.
The actress likes to collect jewelry from plastic. In some of them, she even appeared at cinematic ceremonies. Because of this, many called it tasteless.
Whoopi Goldberg now
The popular actress continues to act in films to this day. So, in 2017, she took part in the filming of the film "9/11". The film is dedicated to the terrorist attack that occurred in New York on September 9, 2001. Whoopi played the role of security officer. She was supposed to help people stuck in an elevator in a tower before it collapsed.
Further, the actress starred in short films: "Happy Birthday to Me" and "Palace". In parallel, she worked on her role in the television series Instinct. Here she played not the main, but a vivid image. Whoopi later starred in the film "Vacation", where she received a prominent role.
Now the actress is working on a new cinematic project "I agree, I agree." This is a film about the love of two men. The news that they want to get married got into the morning show. Thus, a couple in love has become a role model for other similar non-traditional unions.
Filmography actress Whoopi Goldberg
The star of comedy masterpieces starred in a large number of films. The most popular are listed below:
- "Flowers of the Purple Fields" - 1985.
- "The Thief" - 1987.
- The Ghost - 1990.
- "Act, sister" - 1992.
- "Act, Sister-2" - 1993.
- "Knight of Camelot" - 1998.
- Fairy Country - 1999.
- "Rat Race" - 2001.
- "Everyone Hates Chris" - 2006.
- "Songs of Love" - 2010.
- "It happens and worse" - 2012.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 2014.
- "9/11" - 2017 year.
- Instinct - 2018.
- "Vacation" - 2018 year.