 Goldberg's breakthrough came in 1985 for her role as Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in Steven Spielberg's period drama film "The Color Purple", for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award.For her performance in the romantic fantasy film "Ghost" (1990) as an eccentric psychic, Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting, and a second Golden Globe, her first for Best Supporting Actress.In 1992, Goldberg starred in the comedy "Sister Act", earning a third Golden Globe nomination, her first for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.