About the character:
Guinan is about 500 years old and is of the race elaurian, also
known as 'a race of listeners'. When her planet was attacked by
the borgs, the race is scattered throughout the universe. She loathes
the borgs, as clearly stated in the episode "I Borg" (123).
Guinan settles herself on Earth and there she meets Jean-Luc
Picard, who has travelled back in time in the double episode
"Time’s Arrow" (126/127). They have both in common
to have met the borgs and knows Q.
She arrives the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D as bartender in Ten Forward
and has the confidence of captain Jean-Luc Picard.
About the actor:
Whoopi Goldberg makes her breakthrough with a roaring success, when
she plays the leading part in Steven Spielberg's "The Color
Purple" in 1985. Before that she had been in a major drug abuse.
Ironically enough she goes from one extremes to the other: From
the mud to a much coveted name in Hollywood. She has played seriously
parts, but it is the comedy genre, she has done mostly. Whoopi Goldberg
phoned Gene Roddenberry herself and asked if she could get a small
part in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as the fan of
Star Trek she is. She only expected to get a small part, but her
appearance is popular and she makes frequent guest appearances in
the series.
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1985: "The
Color Purple" - movie