What is the net worth of Whoopi Goldberg?
Apart from being celebrated as an actress and comedian, Whoopi Goldberg is also a savvy businesswoman. Her financial success reflects her multifaceted career. Goldberg has an estimated net worth of about $60 million. Over the years, she has amassed wealth by working in the film industry, television and theatre. Her other ventures include being a producer, author and co-host on The View.
More about Whoopi Goldberg
Goldberg began her journey from stand-up comedy before attaining stardom in Hollywood. She has clinched multiple wards and attained ground-breaking achievements and her financial success is just one part of her incredible legacy. With a career which has spanned decades, the American actor has risen to be an icon in the entertainment industry—with many looking up to her.
Her career on stage commenced in 1983 through her one-woman show, Spook Show. It was rebranded as Whoopi Goldberg and transferred to Broadway. Following this, the show aired from 1984 to 1985. The show’s recording helped her to earn a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg got her breakthrough in film after she played the role of Celie in Steven Spielberg’s period drama film The Color Purple. Her role was about a maltreated woman in the Deep South. Through this role, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama).
She bagged an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and also another Golden Globe Award following her role in the 1990 romantic fantasy film Ghost—in which she acted as an eccentric psychic.
Goldberg, in 1992, featured in Sister Act and the sequel Sister Act 2. Her role in 1993’s Back in the Habit made her the highest-paid actress during that period. She also had a role in Jumpin’ Jack Flash in 1986, acted in Clara’s Heart in 1988, Soapdish in 1991, Ghosts of Mississippi in 1996 and starred in 2022’s Till. Her voiced roles were in The Lion King in 1994 and Toy Story 3 in 2010.
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Her stage roles include starring in the Broadway revivals of Stephen Sondheim’s musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a play by August Wilson. After producing Thoroughly Modern Millie, she grabbed a Tony Award. Her third nomination for a Tony Award came in 2011 for the stage adaptation of Sister Act.
When it comes to television, Whoopi Goldberg acted as Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1988 to 1993 and Star Trek: Picard in 2022.
Whoopi Goldberg on The View
Goldberg’s stint on The View started on September 4, 2007, when she replaced Rosie O’Donnell as the new moderator and co-host.
On September 4, 2007, Goldberg became the new moderator and co-host of The View, replacing Rosie O’Donnell. Goldberg’s debut as moderator attracted 3.4 million viewers, one million fewer than O’Donnell’s debut.
However, within two weeks, The View was averaging 3.5 million total viewers under Goldberg—a 7% increase from the 3.3 million average during O’Donnell’s tenure the previous season.
She has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host and also hosted the Academy Awards ceremony four times.
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