List of awards and nominations received by Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg awards and nominations
Goldberg at the World for Peace event in 2011
Totals[a]
Wins70
Nominations119
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Whoopi Goldberg.

Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress who has received many awards and nominations for her film, television, and stage work. Having acted in over 150 films, Goldberg is one of the few people to achieve the EGOT, having won the four major American awards for professional entertainers: an Emmy (Television), a Grammy (Music), an Oscar (Film), and a Tony (Theater).[1]

Goldberg has received two Academy Award nominations, for The Color Purple and Ghost, winning for Ghost.[2][3] She is the first African American to have received Academy Award nominations for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. She has received three Golden Globe nominations, winning two (Best Actress in 1986 for The Color Purple, and Best Supporting Actress in 1991 for Ghost). For Ghost, she also won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1991.[4] In February 2002, Goldberg sent her Oscar statuette from Ghost to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be cleaned and replated. During this time, the statuette was taken from its shipping container and later retrieved by the shipping company, UPS.[5]

She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording in 1985 for "Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway," becoming only the second solo female performer—not part of a duo or team—at the time to receive the award, and the first African-American woman. Goldberg is one of only three single women performers to receive that award.[6][7] She won a Tony Award in 2002 as a producer of the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. She has received eight Daytime Emmy nominations, winning two. She has received nine Primetime Emmy nominations. In 2009, Goldberg won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for her role on The View. She shared the award with her then co-hosts Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Barbara Walters.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1986 Best Actress The Color Purple Nominated [8]
1991 Best Supporting Actress Ghost Won [9]

BAFTA Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1991 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ghost Won [10]

Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1986 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Moonlighting Nominated [11]
1991 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series A Different World Nominated [12]
1994 Outstanding Performance in a Variety Program 66th Academy Awards Nominated [13]
1996 68th Academy Awards Nominated [14]
Comic Relief VII Nominated
2005 Whoopi: Back to Broadway Nominated [15]
2009 Outstanding Special Class Program 62nd Tony Awards Nominated [16]
2014 Outstanding Documentary Special Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You Nominated [17]
Outstanding Narrator Nominated
Daytime Emmy Awards
1989 Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special CBS Schoolbreak Special Nominated
1991 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Nominated
Outstanding Children's Special Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown Nominated
1999 Outstanding Audience Game Show Hollywood Squares Nominated
2000 Nominated
2001 Nominated
2002 Nominated
Outstanding Special Class Special Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel Won
2008 Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host The View Nominated
2009 Won
2010 Nominated
2011 Nominated
2014 Nominated
2016 Nominated
2017 Nominated
2018 Nominated
2019 Nominated
2020 Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host Nominated [18]
News and Documentary Emmy Awards
2025 Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary Butterfly in the Sky Pending [19]

Golden Globe Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1986 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The Color Purple Won [20]
1991 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Ghost Won [20]
1993 Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Sister Act Nominated [20]

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1986 Best Comedy Album Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording Won [21]
1989 Fontaine: Why Am I Straight? Nominated [22]

Tony Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Musical Thoroughly Modern Millie Won [23]
2005 Best Special Theatrical Event Whoopi the 20th Anniversary Show Nominated [24]
2011 Best Musical Sister Act Nominated [25]

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations Year Category Project Result Ref.
Audie Awards 2010 Audiobook of the Year Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales Won [26][27]
Multi-Voiced Performance Won
Saturn Awards 1991 Best Supporting Actress Ghost Won [28]
1995 Star Trek Generations Nominated

Other theatre awards

Organizations Year Category Project Result Ref.
Drama Desk Awards 1985 Outstanding Solo Performance Whoopi Goldberg Won [29]
Outer Critics Circle Awards 1985 Outstanding Debut Performance Whoopi Goldberg Won [29]
Theatre World Award 1985 Theatre World Award Whoopi Goldberg Won [29]

Honorary awards

Organizations Year Notes Result Ref.
Harvard University 1993 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Honored
GLAAD Media Awards 1999 GLAAD Vanguard Award Honored [30]
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2001 Statue Honored [31]
Hollywood Walk of Fame 2001 Motion Picture Star Honored [32]
US Comedy Arts Festival 2002 AFI Star Award Honored [33]
Temple University 2013 Lew Klein Award Honored [34]
Variety Power of Women Awards 2015 Power of Women Award Honored [35]
Disney Legend Award 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee Honored [36]
Essence Black Women in Hollywood 2021 Honoree Honored [37]
Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2024 Medal Honored [38]

Honorary degrees

Organizations Year Notes Ref.
Wilson College 1987 Honorary Humanities degree [39]
Goodwin University 2018 Honorary degree (doctorate of letters) [40]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "1986 Oscar Nominations". Oscars.org. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "THE 63RD ACADEMY AWARDS - 1991". Oscars.org. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "BAFTA Awards". Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  5. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (February 6, 2002). "Whoopi Goldberg's Oscar: Lost & Found". People. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  6. ^ "Whoopi Goldberg - Artist". Grammys.com. November 19, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "A Brief History of Female Best Comedy Album Nominees at the Grammys". Paste. January 26, 2013.
  8. ^ "58th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "63rd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "44th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1986 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1991 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1994 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  14. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Nominees / Winners 2005 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  16. ^ "Nominees / Winners 2009 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  17. ^ "Nominees / Winners 2014 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  18. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly; Howard, Annie (May 21, 2020). "Daytime Emmy Awards: 'General Hospital' Tops Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  19. ^ "46th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Nominees with Names" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. p. 92. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  20. ^ a b c "Whoopi Goldberg - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  21. ^ "28th Annual GRAMMY Awards". Recording Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  22. ^ "31st Annual GRAMMY Awards". Recording Academy. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  23. ^ "2002 TONY AWARD: Best Musical, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE". Playbill.com. June 2, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  24. ^ "List of 2005 Tony Award Winners and Nominees". Playbill.com. June 6, 2005. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  25. ^ "Broadway's Sister Act, Starring Raven-Symoné, Closes Aug. 26". Playbill.com. August 26, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  26. ^ "2010 audie-awards".
  27. ^ "Mandelas Favorite Folktales – Performers". August 3, 2020.
  28. ^ "21st Saturn Awards". memim.com. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  29. ^ a b c "Whoopi Goldberg". Playbill.com. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  30. ^ "Whoopi Goldberg to Receive GLAAD Award". Feminist Majority Award. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  31. ^ "The Mark Twain Prize: Whoopi!". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  32. ^ "Whoopi Goldberg". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  33. ^ "U.S. Comedy Arts Festival 2002". AV Club. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  34. ^ "2013 Excellence Honoree". LewKleinAwards. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  35. ^ "Variety's 2015 Power of Women Issue". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  36. ^ "Whoopi Goldberg - D23". D23. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  37. ^ "Whoopi Goldberg, Andra Day, Zendaya, more to be honored at Essence Black Women in Hollywood". USA Today. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  38. ^ "ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY AWARDS THE 2024 ELLIS ISLAND MEDALS OF HONOR". PR Newswire. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  39. ^ "Whoopi By Degrees". UPI.com. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  40. ^ "Whoopi Goldberg and Student Speakers Celebrate "Extraordinary" Goodwin Graduates". Goodwin. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
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