Whoopi Goldberg is an accomplished actor, talk show personality, comedian, and author. While she was the first woman to ever host the Oscars on her own, this is only one of the accolades in her impressive career. Goldberg is also one of the few to be an EGOT member. And not even her age could limit her strife to be a certified star. In fact, the actor admitted to lying about her age at some point in her career.

Why Goldberg lied about her age

Goldberg aspired to perform mature roles, which led her to lie about her actual age. She notes how she “giggles about the secrets on her California driver’s license” since it contained her real age of 30 and not her fictitious age of 35 years, which she had widely publicized. “I had to lie about my age to get some jobs,” Goldberg told The Washington Post.