Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1981-09-12

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2006	Dreamgirls	Effie White	67
2	2007	Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown	Self	61
3	2008	Sex and the City	Louise, Carrie's assistant	66
4	2008	The Secret Life of Bees	Rosaleen Daise	75
5	2009	DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70	Self (archive footage)	60
6	2009	Michael Jackson Memorial	Self	80
7	2009	Winged Creatures	Kathy Archenault	59
8	2009	VH1 Divas 2009	Self	0
9	2009	Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas	Self	0
10	2010	We Are the World 25 For Haiti	Self	70
11	2011	Winnie Mandela	Winnie Mandela	58
12	2011	VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul	Self	0
13	2011	Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade	Self	55
14	2012	Always Whitney Houston	Self	90
15	2012	The Three Stooges	Sister Rosemary	58
16	2012	Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You	Self	75
17	2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Maggie	70
18	2013	The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete	Gloria	71
19	2013	Black Nativity	Naima	50
20	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self - Interviewee	70
21	2014	Lullaby	Nurse Carrie	61
22	2014	The Concert for Valor	Self - Performer	86
23	2015	Chi-Raq	Irene	57
24	2016	Confirmation	Angela Wright	69
25	2016	Sing	Young Nana (voice)	71
26	2016	Hairspray Live!	Motormouth Maybelle	74
27	2017	Sandy Wexler	Courtney Clarke	55
28	2017	Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives	Self	65
29	2017	A Very Pentatonix Christmas	Self	48
30	2018	Always at The Carlyle	Self (archive footage)	68
31	2018	Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones	Self	70
32	2018	Happy Hour with Olly Murs	Self	0
33	2019	Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul	Self	40
34	2019	HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé	Self	81
35	2019	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"	Herself	66
36	2019	Cats	Grizabella	41
37	2020	One World: Together at Home	Self	70
38	2020	The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II	Self	69
39	2020	Global Goal: Unite for Our Future \| The Concert	Self	0
40	2020	In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover	Jennifer Hudson	71
41	2020	Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special	Self	61
42	2021	Baba Yaga	Forest (voice)	0
43	2021	Roll Up Your Sleeves	Self	75
44	2021	Monster	Mrs. Harmon	64
45	2021	Respect	Aretha Franklin	68
46	2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self	70
47	2022	Tell It Like a Woman	Pepcy / Kim	42
48	2023	Christmas at Graceland	Self	55
49	2024	Breathe	Maya	57
50	2024	American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special	Self	0
51	2024	Josh Groban & Friends: Home for the Holidays	Self	0
52	2024	92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center	Self	0
53	2024	Christmas with Andrea Bocelli & Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special		0
54	2025	Diane Warren: Relentless	Self	0
55	2025	The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl	Self	71
56	2025	PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie	(voice)	0
57	2026	Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk	Ophelia the owl (voice)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1952	Today	Self	58
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
4	1959	The Grammys	Self	87
5	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self - Musical Guest	63
6	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
7	1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self	76
8	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
9	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
10	1997	The View	Self	45
11	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
12	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
13	2002	E! Live from the Red Carpet	Self	32
14	2002	American Idol	Self	51
15	2002	American Idol	Self - Musical Guest	51
16	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
17	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
18	2004	Project Runway	Self - Guest Judge	62
19	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
20	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
21	2011	The Voice	Self - Coach	59
22	2011	The Jonathan Ross Show	Self	51
23	2012	Smash	Veronica Moore	65
24	2012	The Voice UK	Self - Coach	61
25	2012	The Voice	Jennifer Hudson	60
26	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
27	2015	Empire	Michelle White	72
28	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
29	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
30	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert		64
31	2016	Forensic Justice	Self (archive footage)	0
32	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self - Host	62
33	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
34	2023	Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Mane (voice)	78

Jennifer Hudson

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