A theatre performer and producer, Goldberg has performed in Broadway productions, one of which was a one-woman show that produced a comedy album that earned her a Grammy Award. She has starred in the revivals of Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1996) as Pseudolus and in August Wilson's historical drama "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (2003) as Ma Rainey. She has won a Tony Award as a producer of the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie". In television, Goldberg portrayed Guinan on "". Since 2007, she has co-hosted and moderated the daytime talk show "The View", for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award. She has also hosted multiple Academy Award ceremonies.