Jennifer Hudson

Known for ActingBorn 1981-09-12 (age 44)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

Always Whitney Houston

The Concert for Valor

GOAT

HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé

The Grammys

Michael Jackson Memorial

Celebrity Family Feud

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Roll Up Your Sleeves

MTV Video Music Awards

Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You

The Secret Life of Bees

Hairspray Live!

The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

One World: Together at Home

Empire

Sing

The Graham Norton Show

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

The Color Purple

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

Confirmation

Respect

And the Oscar Goes To...

American Idol

Dreamgirls

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Monster

Golden Globe Awards

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Sex and the City

The Oscars

Smash

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

Project Runway

The Early Show

Elmo's Christmas Countdown

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Lullaby

The Voice UK

Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70

The American Film Institute Salute to ...