Growing up, Whoopi Goldberg was known as Caryn E. Johnson. She was born in New York City on November 13, 1955 (“Whoopi Goldberg,” UXL Biographies). She had wanted to be an entertainer since she was a child. "My first coherent thought was probably, I want to be an actor," she told Chutkow. "I believe that. That's just what I was born to do" (“Whoopi Goldberg,” (UXL Biographies). When she was eight, she performed in plays and always tried to watch movies or plays, sometimes up to three to four a day, (“Whoopi Goldberg,”Bio). "I liked the idea that you could pretend to be somebody else and nobody would cart you off to the hospital," Goldberg told Cosmopolitan's Stephen Farber (“Whoopi Goldberg,” UXL Biographies). When Whoopi Goldberg entered…show more content… In 2001, Tina Fey won Writer's Guild awards for her writing on Saturday Night Live. In 2002, Tina Fey's writing also helped Saturday Night Live win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for the sketch program (“Tina Fey,” Newsmakers). She also won the Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series for 30 Rock in 2008 and 2009. Tina Fey also won a Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Lead in 2007 and 2008, and a Producers Guild of America Award for Television Producer of the Year in 2008 and 2009. Tina Fey also won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Female Star in 2009, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, one for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2009, and another for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2008, Fey won a Television Critics Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. In 2001, Entertainment Weekly named her as Entertainer of the Year for her work on Weekend Update (“Tina Fey,” Bio). In 2007, she was named one of the magazine's Entertainers of the Year, and placed number two in 2008. In 2009, Fey was named Entertainment Weekly's fifth individual in their “15 Entertainers of the 2000’s” list. In 2013, Entertainment Weekly crowned Fey as "The Once and Future Queen". In September 2011, Tina Fey landed at the top of the Forbes magazine's list of the highest-paid TV actresses, and in June 2010, it was announced she would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011 (“Tina Fey,”