
Acting
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.
Also known as | 제니퍼 허드슨 |
Popular as | Acting |
Gender | FEMALE |
Birthday | September 12, 1981 (44 years old) |
| Year | Movie & Role |
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| 2026 | PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie as (voice) |
| 2026 | GOAT as Louise Harris (voice) |
| 2025 | Diane Warren: Relentless as Self |
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| 2025 | Grace for the World as Self |
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| 2024 | Breathe as Maya |
| 2024 | Christmas with Andrea Bocelli & Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special as Actress |
| 2023 | Christmas at Graceland as Self |
| 2022 | Tell It Like a Woman as Pepcy / Kim |
| 2021 | Respect as Aretha Franklin, Production |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Monster as Mrs. Harmon |
| 2021 | Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self |
| 2021 | Baba Yaga as Forest (voice), Production |
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| 2020 |