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Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson’s screen credits include Young Nana (voice) in Sing and Lilian Ledes (voice) in PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie.
Born September 12, 1981 Chicago, Illinois, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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 …
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(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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- 2026AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie MurphySelf
- 2026GOATLouise Harris (voice)
- 20252025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
- 2025Grace for the WorldSelf
- 2025The Lion King at the Hollywood BowlSelf
- 2025Diane Warren: RelentlessSelf
- 202492nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller CenterSelf
- 2024Josh Groban & Friends: Home for the HolidaysSelf
- 2024American Music Awards 50th Anniversary SpecialSelf
- 2024BreatheMaya
- 2023Christmas at GracelandSelf
- 2022Tell It Like a WomanPepcy / Kim
- 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
- 2021RespectProducer · Aretha Franklin
- 2021MonsterMrs. Harmon
- 2021Roll Up Your SleevesSelf
- 2021Baba YagaProducer · Forest (voice)
- 2020Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas SpecialSelf
- 2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverJennifer Hudson
- 2020Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The ConcertSelf
- 2020The Disney Family Singalong - Volume IISelf
- 2020One World: Together at HomeSelf
- 2019CatsGrizabella
- 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"Self
- 2019HOMECOMING: A film by BeyoncéSelf
- 2019Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of SoulSelf
- 2018Happy Hour with Olly MursSelf
- 2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy JonesSelf
- 2017A Very Pentatonix ChristmasSelf
- 2017Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our LivesSelf
- 2017Sandy WexlerCourtney Clarke
- 2016Hairspray Live!Motormouth Maybelle
- 2016ConfirmationAngela Wright
- 2015Chi-RaqIrene
- 2014The Concert for ValorSelf - Performer
- 2014LullabyNurse Carrie
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To...Self - Interviewee
- 2013Black NativityNaima
- 2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteGloria
- 2013Call Me Crazy: A Five FilmMaggie
- 2012Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love YouSelf
- 2012The Three StoogesSister Rosemary
- 2012Always Whitney HoustonSelf
- 2011Disney Parks Christmas Day ParadeSelf
- 2011VH1 Divas Celebrates SoulSelf
- 2011Winnie MandelaWinnie Mandela
- 2009Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for ChristmasSelf
- 2009VH1 Divas 2009Self
- 2009Winged CreaturesKathy Archenault
- 2009Michael Jackson MemorialSelf
- 2009DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70Self (archive footage)
- 2008The Secret Life of BeesRosaleen Daise
- 2008Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the CitySelf
- 2008Sex and the CityLouise
- 2007Elmo's Christmas CountdownSelf
- 2006DreamgirlsEffie White
- 2006The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasJewel
- The Making of 'Sex and the City'Self
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