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===2020–present=== [[File:Around the Library of Congress Spring 2024, Whoopi Goldberg looks over a special collections display in the Whittall Pavilion, May 10, 2024 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Goldberg at the [[Library of Congress]] in 2024]] In an appearance on ''The View'' on January 22, 2020, [[Patrick Stewart]] invited Goldberg to reprise her role as [[Guinan (Star Trek)|Guinan]] during the second season of ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/patrick-stewart-whoopi-goldberg-star-trek-picard-season-2-1203475775/|title=Patrick Stewart Invites Whoopi Goldberg to Join 'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Adam|last=Vary|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123005938/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/patrick-stewart-whoopi-goldberg-star-trek-picard-season-2-1203475775/|archive-date=January 23, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> She immediately accepted his offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/whoopi-goldberg-accepts-patrick-stewarts-offer-to-reprise-her-star-trek-role-in-picard/|title=Whoopi Goldberg Will Reprise Her Star Trek Role in Picard|date=January 22, 2020|last=Quinn|first=Dave|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=March 9, 2020|archive-date=January 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123133551/https://people.com/tv/whoopi-goldberg-accepts-patrick-stewarts-offer-to-reprise-her-star-trek-role-in-picard/|url-status=live}}</ref> Goldberg also starred in ''[[The Stand (2020 miniseries)|The Stand]]'', a [[CBS All Access]] miniseries based on the [[The Stand|1978 novel of the same name]] by [[Stephen King]], portraying Mother Abagail, a 108-year-old woman.<ref>{{cite web|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/stephen-kings-the-stand-exclusive-first-look|title=Exclusive: Stephen King's ''The Stand'' Comes to Life Again|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=May 20, 2020|access-date=May 22, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522103424/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/stephen-kings-the-stand-exclusive-first-look|archive-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref> In 2020, it was announced Goldberg was set to return in ''Sister Act 3'' with [[Tyler Perry]] producing. The film is slated to debut on [[Disney Plus|Disney+]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2020/film/news/whoopi-goldberg-sister-act-3-disney-plus-1234851212/|title= Whoopi Goldberg to Return for Disney Plus' 'Sister Act 3,' Produced With Tyler Perry|website= Variety|date= December 11, 2020|accessdate= May 26, 2021|archive-date= February 25, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210225211953/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/whoopi-goldberg-sister-act-3-disney-plus-1234851212/|url-status= live}}</ref> Goldberg also stars in the biographical film ''[[Till (film)|Till]]'' (2021), written and directed by [[Chinonye Chukwu]], which she also produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/chinonye-chukwu-emmett-till-movie-finds-young-lead-in-jalyn-hall-orion-pictures-1234811719/|title=Chinonye Chukwu's Emmett Till Movie Finds Its Young Lead In Jalyn Hall|date=August 9, 2021|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809214442/https://deadline.com/2021/08/chinonye-chukwu-emmett-till-movie-finds-young-lead-in-jalyn-hall-orion-pictures-1234811719/|archive-date=August 9, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref> The film focuses on abduction and [[lynching]] of [[Emmett Till]] with Goldberg playing Till's grandmother, Alma Carthan.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/08/till-review-chinonye-chukwu-danielle-deadwyler-wrenching-civil-rights-drama|title= Till review – emotionally wrenching US civil rights drama|website= [[The Guardian]]|date= January 8, 2023|accessdate= January 14, 2025|last1= Kermode|first1= Mark}}</ref> The film debuted at the [[New York Film Festival|60th New York Film Festival]]. Goldberg guest starred on the [[Disney Channel]] show ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'' as the character [[Mother of Olms|Mother Olms]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/pressrelease/april-2022-programming-highlights/|title=April 2022 Programming Highlights}}</ref> In 2023, she appeared in a cameo role in the musical film ''[[The Color Purple (2023 film)|The Color Purple]]'' playing a midwife.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/the-color-purple-2023-musical-whoopi-goldberg-cameo-explained/#:~:text=In%20The%20Color%20Purple%20movie%20musical%2C%20Goldberg%20played%20the%20midwife,movie%2C%20and%20her%20brilliant%20performance.|title= Whoopi Goldberg's Cameo In The Color Purple Musical Explained|website= ScreenRant|date= December 27, 2023|accessdate= January 14, 2025}}</ref> She also took supporting roles in the drama ''[[Ezra (2023 film)|Ezra]]'' (2023) and the western ''[[Outlaw Posse (film)|Outlaw Posse]]'' (2024).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/whoopi_goldberg|title= Whoopi Goldberg|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= January 14, 2025}}</ref> Goldberg returned to the stage playing [[Miss Hannigan]] in the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' as part of a limited engagement at [[The Theater at Madison Square Garden]] from December 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised Goldberg's performance describing her as a "holiday gift" adding, "In a just sweet enough production with a strong cast, the "View" host delivers a performance that reaffirms her savvy as a comic actor."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/theater/annie-review-whoopi-goldberg.html#:~:text=Critic's%20Pick-,'Annie'%20Review%3A%20Whoopi%20Goldberg%20Is%20a%20Holiday%20Gift%20as,savvy%20as%20a%20comic%20actor.|title= 'Annie' Review: Whoopi Goldberg Is a Holiday Gift as Miss Hannigan|website= [[The New York Times]]|date= December 17, 2024|accessdate= January 14, 2025|last1= Collins-Hughes|first1= Laura}}</ref> Patrick Ryan of ''[[USA Today]]'' agreed writing, "[She] is perfectly prickly and altogether hilarious in her first stage acting role in more than 15 years".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/12/14/whoopi-goldberg-annie-review/76968682007/|title= Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in 'Annie' stage return|website= [[USA Today]]|accessdate= January 14, 2025}}</ref>
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