By what name is 'Caryn Elaine Johnson' better known to film fans?
Whoopi Goldberg her contributions to the Walt Disney Company. Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She is the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting. Goldberg's breakthrough role was Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in the period drama film "The Color Purple" (1985), for which she was
Caryn James critic. A year later, she published her first novel, "Glorie", to good reviews. In 2006, she published her second novel, "What Caroline Knew: A Novel", and by 2010 had left the "Times", returning to film critiques. She then began working at "Marie Claire" magazine while also doing freelance work. The following year, James began working with "IndieWire" in a division created for her "James on Screens". She writes for "The Wall Street Journal", "The Hollywood Reporter" and is an adjunct professor in film studies at Columbia University. Caryn James Caryn A. James is an American film critic, journalist, university lecturer