Whoopi Goldberg has won numerous awards and considerable acclaim for her work in film, television and theater, and is equally well-known for her humanitarian efforts. She earned an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for her film debut in "The Color Purple " and won the Oscar and a Golden Globe for "Ghost". Her films also include "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Sister Act ", "Made in America ", "Boys on the Side", "Ghosts of Mississippi ", "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Deep End of the Ocean". She performed a triumphant run on Broadway in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum " . For television, Goldberg appeared on the series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Baghdad Cafe " , hosted her own late-night talk show and has co-hosted eight "Comic Relief" as well as two "Academy Awards" telecasts. She appeared in ABC ' s "Cinderella" and "A Knight in Camelot" in addition to the new Hollywood Squares. Goldberg has been honored with multiple NAACP Image, People's Choice and Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. She wrote the children's book "Alice " which made the New York Times Bestseller List, and has been published around the World. Goldberg began performing at the early age of eight in New York with the Children ' s Program at the Hudson Guild and the Helena Rubinstein Children ' s Theater.