Celie was her career-making role, and it also opened doors for Fantasia Barrino and Cynthia Erivo, who portrayed the character in the Broadway show and its revival.
She shocked audiences with her portrayal of the meek, downtrodden Celie, and it earned her a Best Actress Oscar nod. Whoopi Goldberg was predominantly known as a comedian when she was cast in only her second film role as Celie. That includes the leading role in Steven Spielberg ’s The Color Purple, which featured Whoopi Goldberg and saw the actress-comedian score an Academy Award nomination. Sexually abused by her father, Celie moves from one horrible situation to the next, when her father forces her to marry the violent "Mister." Through the women in his life - his mistress, Shug, and daughter-in-law, Sofia - she finds her voice and her desires, but she still yearns for her sister, Nettie, who disappears after Mister attempts to rape her.
The Color Purple is Celie's story, and a deeply moving tale of her journey to asserting her self-worth and the power of sisterhood. 2,463 Play trailer 1:22 12 Videos 99+ Photos Drama A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.
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