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Jennifer Hudson

1981-09-12

The Biography

Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Hudson rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. She made her film debut as Effie White in the musical Dreamgirls (2006), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the youngest African-American to win in a competitive acting category. After signing to Arista Records, Hudson released her self-titled debut studio album in 2008, which was certified Gold in the US and the UK, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Hudson's subsequent studio albums, I Remember Me (2011) and JHUD (2014), both charted within the top ten of the Billboard 200, with the former also being certified Gold in the US. Meanwhile, her other acting roles include the films Sex and the City (2008), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Winnie Mandela (2011), Black Nativity (2013), Sing (2016), Cats (2019) and Respect (2021), the television shows Smash (2012), Empire (2015) and Confirmation (2016), and her Broadway debut with the musical The Color Purple. Hudson also contributed as a coach on the UK and the US version of The Voice from 2017 up to 2019, becoming the first female coach to win the former.

Jennifer Hudson in

Movies

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Breathe

5.443 average rating
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Sing

7.1 average rating
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Sex and the City

6.58 average rating
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The Three Stooges

5.8 average rating
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Respect

6.799 average rating
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Dreamgirls

6.7 average rating
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Cats

4.081 average rating
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Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

6.2 average rating
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Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

8.1 average rating
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The Secret Life of Bees

7.5 average rating
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Winged Creatures

5.9 average rating
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Sandy Wexler

5.5 average rating
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Monster

6.4 average rating
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

6.5 average rating
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Hairspray Live!

7.3 average rating
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Black Nativity

5.2 average rating
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Confirmation

6.8 average rating
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Chi-Raq

5.795 average rating
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And the Oscar Goes To...

7 average rating
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Always at The Carlyle

6.9 average rating