Jennifer Hudson

Singer

About

Also Known As

Jennifer Kate Hudson

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born

September 12, 1981

Filmography

Cats (2019)

All Rise (2018)

Hairspray Live! (2016)

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Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Movie Clip) Fake Your Way To The Top

Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Movie Clip) Cadillac Car

Biography

Filmography

Life Events

2002

Landed her first major role performing for one of the Disney Cruise ships

2003

Finalists on the third season of the Fox reality series "American Idol"; became the sixth of the 12 finalists to be voted off the show

2005

Debuted an original song entitled "Stand Up"

2006

Featured on the song "The Future Ain't What it Used to Be" on the Meat Loaf album <i>Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose</i>

2006

Won an Oscar for her feature film debut as Effie White in the big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls"

2008

Co-starred with Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah in the film adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's novel <i>The Secret Life of Bees</i>

2008

Cast as the personal assistant to Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw in the film version of "Sex and the City"

2008

Earned four Grammy nominations for her self-titled debut album, including Best R&B Album

2011

Portrayed Winnie Mandela in the biopic "Winnie"

2012

Appeared in the big screen remake of "The Three Stooges," directed by the Farrelly brothers

2013

Appeared on the series "Smash"

2015

Played the recurring role of Michelle on the series "Empire"

2016

Made her Broadway debut in "The Color Purple"

2016

Played Motormouth Maybelle in the NBC production of "Hairspray Live!"

2017

Appeared in Adam Sandler flop "Sandy Wexler"

2018

Co-starred with Jennifer Ehle and Jeffrey Wright in the crime drama "Monster"

2018

Was handpicked by Aretha Franklin to star in an upcoming Franklin biopic

Videos

Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Movie Clip) Fake Your Way To The Top We’ve just met Eddie Murphy as James “Thunder” Early, Danny Glover his manager, Jamie Foxx as Curtis who’s just made himself manager of the “Dreamettes” (Beyoncè Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson), who meet with the star’s approval, song by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen, in Dreamgirls , 2006.

Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Movie Clip) Cadillac Car R&B star Jimmy (Eddie Murphy) and manager Marty (Danny Glover) hear a pitch from Curtis (Jamie Foxx) who manages the backup-singing Dreamettes (Beyoncè Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson), for a song composed by C.C. (Keith Robinson), cueing big narrative progress and a cameo by Dick Clark, in Dreamgirls , 2006.

Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Movie Clip) Love You I Do Curtis (Jamie Foxx) has earned stature for releasing a recording of a Martin Luther King Jr. speech, prompting Effie (Jennifer Hudson) to an elaborate joke regarding her own career, followed by another Academy Award-nominated song, by Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett, with Sharon Leal in her first scene, as a job applicant, in Dreamgirls, 2006.

Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Movie Clip) Move From director Bill Condon’s lively opening scenes shot at the Orpheum Theater in LA, just-introduced “Dreamettes” Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncè (Knowles) and Anika Noni Rose (as Effie, Deena and Lorell) do their first song, by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen, ambitious Curtis (Jamie Foxx) in the wings, in Dreamgirls , 2006.

Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for director Bill Condon's 2006 hit, based on the Broadway musical by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen, starring Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Beyoncè, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls.

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