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Jennifer Hudson
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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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.
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2027
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Movie Ophelia the Owl (voice)
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2026
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
Movie Lilian Ledes (voice)
- 2026
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2026
GOAT
Movie Louise Harris (voice)
- 2025
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2025
Grace for the World
Movie Self
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2025
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie Self
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2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
Movie Self
- 2024
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2024
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Movie Self
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2024
Josh Groban & Friends: Home for the Holidays
Movie Self
- 2024
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2024
Breathe
Movie Maya
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2023
The Color Purple
Movie Songs
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2023
Christmas at Graceland
Movie Self
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2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV show Mane (voice)
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2022
Tell It Like a Woman
Movie Pepcy / Kim
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Host
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
- 2021
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2021
Respect
Movie Aretha Franklin
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2021
Monster
Movie Mrs. Harmon
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2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Movie Self
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2021
Baba Yaga
Movie Forest (voice)
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2020
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Movie Self
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2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie Jennifer Hudson
- 2020
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2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Movie Self
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2020
One World: Together at Home
Movie Self
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2019
Cats
Movie Grizabella
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
- 2019
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2019
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
Movie Self
- 2019
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2018
Happy Hour with Olly Murs
Movie Self
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2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Movie Self
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2018
American Idol
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2017
A Very Pentatonix Christmas
Movie Self
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2017
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Movie Self
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2017
Sandy Wexler
Movie Courtney Clarke
