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.
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
Breathe
Diane Warren: Relentless
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
Christmas at Graceland
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Tell It Like a Woman
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Respect
Monster
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Baba Yaga
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
One World: Together at Home
Cats
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
Happy Hour with Olly Murs
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Always at The Carlyle
A Very Pentatonix Christmas
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Sandy Wexler
Hairspray Live!
Sing
Confirmation
Chi-Raq
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Empire
The Concert for Valor
Lullaby
Late Night with Seth Meyers
And the Oscar Goes To...
Black Nativity
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
The Voice
The Three Stooges
The Voice UK
Smash
Always Whitney Houston
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
Winnie Mandela
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Voice
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Winged Creatures
Michael Jackson Memorial
The Secret Life of Bees
Sex and the City
Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown
The Graham Norton Show
Dreamgirls
Project Runway
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
American Idol
E! Live from the Red Carpet
The Early Show
The View
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
MTV Video Music Awards
Entertainment Tonight
The Grammy Awards
The Oscars
Today