Whoopi Goldberg

In August 2004, Goldberg announced that she would be reviving her one-woman show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. Henstridge was earlier married to actor Damian Chapa for short while in 1995. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney by pointing to her genital region. On October 14, 1998 she had a son, Tristan River Waite, with fiancé and actor Liam Waite. In July 2004, Slim-Fast, a popular diet shake, dropped Goldberg from its advertisements in response to popular opposition to statements Goldberg made at a "John Kerry for President" rally in which Goldberg repeatedly referred to President George W. In 1998 she starred in Species II, which did not fare nearly as well as its prequel, and in 2000 in The Whole Nine Yards. She has also done a few roles on television, such as South Park and The Outer Limits. The sitcom was cancelled due to low ratings in May 2004. She had roles in Maximum Risk, Adrenalin: Fear the Rush, and Standoff.

An ex-singer in a girl group, Mavis was as much of a diva running the hotel as she was in the group’s glory days. Her fame did not last, however, as her roles in subsequent films were less popular. Whoopi starred as Mavis Rae, the owner of a small New York Hotel (called the Le Mont Hotel). Henstridge was cast at age 21 in the 1995 science fiction movie Species which did well and put her in the spotlight. She also starred in the sitcom, Whoopi, which began broadcasting in fall 2003 on NBC. At age 15 she was on the cover of the French edition of Cosmopolitan. She hosted a syndicated talk show (The Whoopi Goldberg Show) in 1992-1993. At the age of 14 Henstridge went to Paris to start a career in modeling after being first runner up in the worldwide Look of the Year contest, sponsored by the Casablanca Modeling Agency, who also has represented Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell.

Goldberg was paired with Jean Stapleton in the CBS sitcom Bagdad Café (with a plot differing from the 1987 movie in several respects), which lasted two seasons (1990-1991). Born in Springdale, Newfoundland, Canada to parents Brian and Helen, she was raised in a trailer park in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. She also hosted the Oscars in 1999. Natasha Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian actress who has starred in movies such as Species and Species II. In 2001 she won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Species (1995). She has been nominated for five American Comedy Awards with two wins. Species II (1998).

In 1999 she received the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vanguard Award for her continued work in supporting the gay and lesbian community. The Whole Nine Yards (2000). She has received three Golden Globe nominations, winning two. She has won three People's Choice Awards. Ghosts of Mars (2001). She has received five Emmy nominations. She Spies (2002). She has received five Daytime Emmy nominations, winning one. The Whole Ten Yards (2004).

She has received two Oscar nominations and won one. Species III (2004). Goldberg has appeared in 149 films as of October 2002. She cemented her status as a legendary comedic actress in 1992 as a lounge singer who is hidden in a convent (and consequently revitalises their choir) in Sister Act. She had a recurring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Guinan. In danger of fading from public acclaim, she revitalized her career in the role of a fake "spiritualist" who manages to actually make contact with the dead in the tear-jerker Ghost, for which she won her first Oscar award for best supporting actress.

The majority of the films she made in the 1980s featured her in tough-woman comedic roles (Burglar, Fatal Beauty, Jumpin' Jack Flash), though she regularly balanced them out by performing in family-oriented films (Clara's Heart). She followed up this performance with a sell-out, highly acclaimed one-woman show on Broadway. This performance garnered her an Oscar nomination for best actress in 1986. Goldberg began her film career by playing the character of Celie in the Steven Spielberg directed movie adaption of the award-winning novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

This show caught the attention of Mike Nichols who produced a one-woman show for Goldberg on Broadway, called simply Whoopi Goldberg, which ran from October 24, 1984 to March 10, 1985 for a total of 156 performances. After success as a stand up comedian in the San Francisco Bay Area, Goldberg created a one woman show in 1983 called The Spook Show. She was born in New York, New York. Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known by her stage name of Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955), is a well-known movie actress, comedian and singer.