Jennifer Hudson

Acting

Born 1981-09-12 Chicago, Illinois, USA 99 credits Academy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 BAFTA Awards 1 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 Daytime Emmy Awards 1 Grammy Awards 1 Tony Awards 1 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video 1 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album 2

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

2007 Best Supporting Actress Won Dreamgirls

Golden Globe Awards 1 won

2006 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won Dreamgirls

BAFTA Awards 1 won

2007 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won Dreamgirls

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

2007 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Won Dreamgirls
2007 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated Dreamgirls

Daytime Emmy Awards 1 won

— Daytime Emmy Award Won

Grammy Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

2008 Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Nominated
2008 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
2008 Best R&B Album Won Jennifer Hudson

Tony Awards 1 won

— Best Musical Won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1 won · 1 nominated

2014 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated Winnie Mandela
2002 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Won Respect

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video 1 won · 1 nominated

2012 Outstanding Music Video Won
2009 Outstanding Music Video Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album 2 won

2012 Outstanding Album Won I Remember Me
2009 Outstanding Album Won Jennifer Hudson

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist 2 nominated

2012 Outstanding Female Artist Nominated
2009 Outstanding Female Artist Nominated

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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.