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.
Dreamgirls
(Effie White)
Sex and the City
(Louise, Carrie's assistant)
The Secret Life of Bees
(Rosaleen Daise)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self)
Winged Creatures
(Kathy Archenault)
Winnie Mandela
(Winnie Mandela)
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
(Self (archive footage))
The Three Stooges
(Sister Rosemary)
Always Whitney Houston
(Self)
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
(Gloria)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
(Maggie)
Black Nativity
(Naima)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self - Interviewee)
Lullaby
(Nurse Carrie)
Michael Jackson Memorial
(Self)
Christmas at Graceland
(Self)
Breathe
(Maya)
Baba Yaga
(Forest (voice))
The Concert for Valor
(Self - Performer)
Diane Warren: Relentless
Chi-Raq
(Irene)
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
(Self)
Always at The Carlyle
(Self (archive footage))
Confirmation
(Angela Wright)
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
(Self)
Hairspray Live!
(Motormouth Maybelle)
Sandy Wexler
(Courtney Clarke)
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
(Self)
VH1 Divas 2009
(Self)
Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas
(Self)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown
(Self)
Sing
(Young Nana (voice))
A Very Pentatonix Christmas
(Self)
Monster
(Mrs. Harmon)
Cats
(Grizabella)
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
(Self)
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
(Self)
Respect
(Aretha Franklin)
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
(Self)
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
(Self)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
(Herself)
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
(Self)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
(Self)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
(Jennifer Hudson)
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
(Self)
Happy Hour with Olly Murs
(Self)
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
(Ophelia the owl (voice))
Roll Up Your Sleeves
(Self)
One World: Together at Home
(Self)
Tell It Like a Woman
(Pepcy / Kim)
Paw Patrol 3
((voice))
We Are the World 25 For Haiti
(Jennifer Hudson)
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
(Herself)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Today
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
American Idol
(Self)
The Early Show
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
The Grammy Awards
(Self)
The Jonathan Ross Show
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
E! Live from the Red Carpet
(Self)
Empire
(Michelle White)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
American Idol
(Self - Musical Guest)
The View
(Self - Guest)
Smash
(Veronica Moore)
The Voice UK
(Self - Coach)
MTV Video Music Awards
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(Self - Host)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
Project Runway
(Self - Guest Judge)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
The Voice
(Self - Coach)
The Oscars
(Self)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
(Mane (voice))
The Voice
(Jennifer Hudson)