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Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, talk show host, and producer. Throughout her career, she has received various accolades for her works in recorded music, film, television, and theater. Hudson became the youngest woman and second African-American woman to receive all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT).[1] She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013.[2] Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.[3]

Jennifer Hudson
Hudson in 2018
Born
Jennifer Kate Hudson

(1981-09-12) September 12, 1981 (age 41)
EducationLangston University
Kennedy-King College
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • talk show host
Years active2004–present
Works
Partners
Children1
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2006–present
Labels
Websitejenniferhudson.com

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.[4] In 2022, she began hosting a talk show titled, The Jennifer Hudson Show.

Early life

Hudson was born on September 12, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois.[5][6] She is the third and youngest child of Darnell Donerson[7] and Samuel Simpson.[8][9] She was raised as a Baptist[10] in Englewood[11] and attended Dunbar Vocational High School, from which she graduated in 1999.[12] She cites Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle as her overall biggest influences and inspiration.[13] She has also credited Mariah Carey as being one of her musical "heroes".[14] At age 7 she got her start in performing by singing with the church choir and doing community theater with the help of her late maternal grandmother, Julia.[15] She enrolled at Langston University but she left after a semester due to homesickness and unhappiness with the weather, and registered at Kennedy–King College.[16]

In January 2002, Hudson signed her first recording contract with Righteous Records, a Chicago-based independent record label.[17] She was released from her five-year contract with Righteous Records so that she could appear on American Idol in 2004.

Career

2004–05: American Idol

Hudson auditioned for the third season of American Idol in Atlanta. After commenting that she had been singing on Disney Cruise Lines (aboard the Disney Wonder) for the past few months as one of the Muses from Hercules, judge Randy Jackson told her, "We're expecting more than a cruise ship performance from you."[18] Hudson received the highest number of votes in the "Top 9" after her performance of Elton John's "Circle of Life" on April 6, 2004, but two weeks later, she was eliminated during the "Top 7" show after performing Barry Manilow's, "Weekend in New England".[19][20] In May 2009, MTV listed Hudson as the sixth greatest contestant in American Idol history and noted her exit was the most shocking of all time.[21] In May 2010, the Los Angeles Times claimed Hudson to be the third greatest Idol contestant in the history of the show, placing behind season one winner Kelly Clarkson and season four winner Carrie Underwood respectively.[22]

Performances

2006–07: Dreamgirls and breakthrough

In one of her first appearances on a record, Hudson is featured in a duet, "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be", on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. In September 2006, Hudson performed the song, "Over It", live on Fox Chicago Morning News. In the interview she stated the song would be included on her debut album, to be released in early 2007; however, this was before she was signed to a record label.[23] In November 2006, Hudson signed a record deal with Arista Records.[24] Hudson also recorded a song she co-wrote with Bill Grainer and Earl Powell called "Stand Up", which was available for preview on her fan website. The track was produced by Chicago natives Powell and Herman Little III, who also arranged the song.[25] The power-ballad would later become available on the deluxe edition of Hudson's self-titled album as a bonus track.

In November 2005, Hudson was cast in the role of Effie White for the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls, which also starred Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles and Eddie Murphy. The role marked Hudson's debut screen performance. She won the role over hundreds of professional singers and actresses, including Fantasia Barrino.[26] Filming of Dreamgirls began on January 9, 2006, and the film went into limited release on December 25, 2006, and national release on January 12, 2007. Hudson has won particular praise for her show-stopping onscreen rendition of the hit song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", the signature song of the role, which had earlier been recorded, and had already reached the status of musical standard, because of the definitive performance of Jennifer Holliday. The New York Observer described Hudson's performance of the song as "five mellifluous, molto vibrato minutes that have suddenly catapulted Ms. Hudson... into the position of front-runner for the best supporting actress Oscar".[27] Newsweek said that when moviegoers hear Hudson sing the song, she, "is going to raise goose bumps across the land."[28] Variety magazine wrote that Hudson's performance "calls to mind debuts like Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl or Bette Midler in The Rose, with a voice like the young Aretha".[29] "Love You I Do" was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original Song and won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

As Effie White, Hudson has garnered 29 awards from film critics as Best Supporting Actress and Breakthrough Performer of 2006. She won the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In addition, she has been named Best Supporting Actress by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and also by the Screen Actors Guild. After seeing Hudson's performance in Dreamgirls, Simon Cowell taped a congratulatory message to her, which aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[30] With the March 2007 issue, Jennifer Hudson became the third African-American celebrity and the first African-American singer to grace the cover of Vogue magazine.[31] On February 11, 2007, the 60th British Academy Film Awards were held in London, but Hudson was not there to accept her BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The BAFTA Award went missing and Hudson did not receive her award until April 22, 2011, when it was presented to her on the Graham Norton Show. On February 25, 2007, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.[citation needed] Later in 2007, the mayor of her home town, Chicago, Richard M. Daley, declared March 6 as "Jennifer Hudson Day".[32][33] She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on June 18, along with 115 other individuals for 2007.[34][35] Entertainment Weekly put her performance on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Sure, Beyoncé's performance was great. And Eddie Murphy's was impressive. But there was really only one reason we all rushed to see 2006's Dreamgirls: Jennifer Hudson's soul-to-the-rafters rendition of the classic 'And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going'. When she sang 'You're gonna love me,' it wasn't just a lyric — it was a fact."[36]

2008–09: Jennifer Hudson album and films

 
Hudson performing in 2007

In May 2008, Hudson appeared in the feature film Sex and the City as Louise, Carrie Bradshaw's assistant. Filming finished in December 2007 and the movie was released on May 30, 2008.[37] In October 2008, Hudson made her third film appearance in The Secret Life of Bees as Rosaleen, the mother figure of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning). Also starring in the film are fellow Oscar nominees Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo, as well as Alicia Keys. The film opened on October 17, 2008, and grossed over $37 million at the box office. The film won two People's Choice Awards in January 2009 in the categories, Favorite Drama Movie and Favorite Independent Movie. The film also received nine Black Reel Awards nominations including three wins. Hudson was nominated for her performance in the film, but lost to Queen Latifah. The film also received eight nominations at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards, including a nomination for Hudson for her performance.

In 2009, Hudson starred as Kathy Archenault in Fragments, a film based on the novel by Roy Freirich, with Dakota Fanning and Forest Whitaker. It was released on DVD on August 4, 2009. In 2010, Hudson started filming the biopic film Winnie Mandela[38] based on the South African politician Winnie Mandela[38] starring alongside Terrence Howard and directed by Darrell J. Roodt.[39] Andre Pieterse and Roodt and Paul L. Johnson based the film's script on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob's biography, Winnie Mandela: A Life.[40] The Creative Workers Union of South Africa have opposed this choice, stating they will push for a moratorium on the film if the casting is not reversed.[41] Winnie Mandela has threatened legal action over this film, claiming she was not "consulted" about the film.[42] Winnie Mandela was originally scheduled to be released in December 2011; the trailer was released in 2010.[39] Image Entertainment released the film on September 6, 2013.[43][44]

In January 2008, Hudson returned to the studio to record new songs for her debut studio album. Her label was reportedly unhappy with the direction they were sending Hudson musically and decided it would be best to scrap the older songs and instead focus on new ones. Hudson worked with Ryan Tedder and Timbaland on a number of songs. Her debut single, "Spotlight" was released on June 10, 2008, and became Hudson's first top 40 hit peaking at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom and Turkey. Her debut studio album, Jennifer Hudson, was released on September 30, 2008, on Arista and was written by Ne-Yo, who co-produced along with Stargate. Additional contributors on the album include Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Robin Thicke, Harvey Mason, Jr., Diane Warren, Earl Powell, and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, among others.[45] The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 217,000 copies in the US and opened to positive reviews. As of August 2009, the album has sold 739,000 copies in the US, receiving a Gold certification for surpassing sales of 500,000. She has performed the song, "All Dressed in Love" for the Sex and the City soundtrack, which was released on May 27, 2008.[46] Hudson performed the national anthem at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The album's second single was to be released in October 2008, and was originally set to be "My Heart" before "If This Isn't Love" was chosen as the official second single. After three of her family members were brutally murdered, the single was rescheduled for a January 2009 release. However, in January 2009, her label decided to postpone the release of the second single once more, choosing a February 2009 release date. After the release of "If This Isn't Love", the single eventually peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. The third single was "Pocketbook" featuring Ludacris in April 2009, for a June 2009 release, despite speculation that the third single would be "My Heart" after it was canceled as the second single. In May 2009, "Pocketbook" was canceled as the third single due to negative reception from fans and critics alike. The third single was then rescheduled as "Giving Myself" and was released on June 2, 2009, to the US. Her debut album garnered Hudson three nominations at the 2009 Grammy Awards: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Spotlight", Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "I'm His Only Woman" with Fantasia Barrino, and Best R&B Album for Jennifer Hudson. She won the last of these and performed at the awards ceremony.[47]

 
Jennifer Hudson's first public appearance after the murder of three family members, including her mother, sings the "National Anthem" at Super Bowl XLIII

In February 2009, Hudson made her first public appearance since the murders when she sang the Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XLIII.[48][49][50] She toured the United States with Robin Thicke in 2009.[51] In early May 2009, Hudson suffered "throat fatigue" and had to reschedule her May 16–19, 2009, tour dates.[52] She sang "Will You Be There" at the Michael Jackson memorial service in July 2009.[53] Hudson recorded "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)," originally by Gladys Knight & the Pips, for American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics — the official American Idol album for the third season. She is featured on Ne-Yo's second album, Because of You, on the track, "Leaving Tonight". Hudson performed a Christmas special in December 2009 called Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas. During the special, she relived her childhood Christmases with musical performances filmed at her favorite locations in her native Chicago. Hudson also visited family members, friends and other childhood influences during the broadcast.[54] On January 22, 2010, Hudson appeared on the telethon "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief", performing the Beatles' "Let it Be". The telecast generated $61 million in donations as of January 26, 2010.[55] Also, that year, Hudson recorded the song "One Shining Moment" for the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2010–12: Weight Watchers and I Remember Me

 
Hudson at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011

In 2010, Hudson became the spokesperson for Weight Watchers.[56][57] That year, she had lost 56 pounds (25 kg) and "[did] not want to lose any more weight."[58] However, on February 10, 2011, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and revealed she had lost a total of 80 pounds.[59] Her 2012 autobiography, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, detailed her weight loss.[60][61][62]

Early in the album I Remember Me's development, Ne-Yo told E! Online that Hudson was ready to get personal on her second studio album and that he might be producing the album. He said "She's gone through a lot over the last year, so she has a lot to talk about," he continues. "She's definitely gotten stronger. The things that she's gone through and for her to still be upbeat and happy, it's amazing."[63] Hudson released her second studio album I Remember Me on March 22, 2011. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release.[64]

On January 24, 2011, Hudson premiered the album's lead single "Where You At".[65] It was written by R. Kelly and produced by Harvey Mason, Jr.[66] The song went for radio adds that same week.[67] On February 3, 2011, due to radio adds the single made its debut on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 53,[68][clarification needed] having so far reached a peak of number 10.[69] The music video premiered on BET's 106 & Park and through Vevo in February 2011.[70][71] "No One Gonna Love You" impacted on Urban adult contemporary radio in the United States in May 2011. A remix bundle, "No One Gonna Love You-The Remixes", was released as a digital download in the US and the UK in July 2011.[72][73][74] The song has reached number 23 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[75] The third US single will be "I Got This".[76] The non-single track "Don't Look Down" reached number 70 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[77]

2013–2014: JHUD

 
Hudson at the Commander in Chief's Ball at the Washington Convention Center in 2013

Hudson played a nun in the Farrelly brothers film The Three Stooges (2012).[78] The day after the death of Whitney Houston, Hudson paid tribute to her by singing Houston's "I Will Always Love You" during the 54th Grammy Awards held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.[79] Hudson guest-starred for a multi-episode arc on the second season of Smash.[80] She sang "America the Beautiful" with the Sandy Hook Elementary School chorus at Super Bowl XLVII.[81] Hudson sang at the 85th Academy Awards in a tribute to musical films.[82] She performed "Same Love" with Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, and Mary Lambert at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.[83]

On September 21, 2013, a new single from Hudson's forthcoming third studio album was released via her website. The 70s stylized uptempo ballad, "I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)", features T.I. with production by Pharrell, she performed this song alongside Chaka Khan, Evelyn Champagne King, and T.I. at the 2013 Soul Train Awards.[84] In October 2013, Hudson starred in the coming of age drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete alongside Jordin Sparks as well as the drama/musical Black Nativity. Furthermore, she appears alongside Amy Adams in the drama Lullaby. On November 13, 2013, Hudson was awarded with the 2,512th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2]

Hudson's third studio album, JHUD, was released on September 23, 2014. Hudson described the album as more "upbeat" than her previous material. She worked with Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, RedOne, and R. Kelly among others. RedOne said about the material: "It's not dance dance, but it's soulful dance. It's very '70s kinda style".[85] Hudson stated: "What we're doing feels so right that I never want to go home (from the studio). My sister and my manager will be sleeping on the couch while we work until 4 or 5am".[86]

Hudson confirmed that a song on the album will be "It's Your World" and features R. Kelly, in an interview with Jonathan Ross on The Jonathan Ross Show. The track went on to be nominated for Best R&B Vocal Performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards. On June 20, she released the music video for "Walk it Out" featuring Timbaland, which is the first single off her upcoming album. Her third album, JHUD, would include "different expressions of [Hudson] as an artist, a girl, [and] a music lover".[87]

2015–2016: The Color Purple, Hairspray Live, and Sing

At the 87th Academy Awards, Hudson performed her song (originally from NBC's Smash) "I Can't Let Go" by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman as a tribute to the individuals Hollywood lost in the previous year.[88]

Later in 2015, Hudson guest-starred as Michelle White, a minor semi-recurring character in the first season of Empire. She sang three songs on the show, "Remember the Music", "Whatever Makes You Happy", and "For My God".

Hudson helped welcome Pope Francis on his first visit to the United States by singing her rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".[89]

In fall 2015, Hudson made her Broadway debut as Shug Avery in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, alongside Cynthia Erivo and Danielle Brooks. New York Times critic Ben Brantley hailed her performance saying, "Ms. Hudson radiates a lush, supple stage presence that is echoed by her velvet voice."[90] Hudson later picked up her second career Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album (2017) for her work on The Color Purple."[91]

In June 2016, Hudson performed Prince's "Purple Rain", on the BET Awards, which she had previously sung onstage with the cast of The Color Purple,[92] the day Prince died. She wore an outfit similar to one Prince had worn, and audiences were mesmerized by her explosive performance.[93]

On June 28, 2016, Hudson signed with Epic Records. L.A. Reid and Clive Davis are joining forces for the first time since Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack 25 years ago. "Jennifer Hudson is the defining voice of this generation," said Reid. "Her award-winning presence on records, in film and on stage establishes her as one of the premiere artists to emerge in this century." Davis says: "I signed Jennifer in 2007 believing her to be the strongest candidate as the next generation's Aretha Franklin and Whitney. She has become that, as LA and I excitingly reunite to capture Jennifer at her all-time best."[94]

Meanwhile, Hudson picked up a few minor film roles, including in Spike Lee's musical Chi-Raq, and HBO's Confirmation, alongside Kerry Washington.

In December 2016, Hudson played scene-stealer Motormouth Maybelle in NBC's Hairspray Live!. Her version of the Civil Rights-themed ballad "I Know Where I've Been", blew audiences away, garnering Emmy buzz from fans and critics alike.[95] During the credit sequence, Hudson duets with costar Ariana Grande on Shaiman and Wittman's "Come So Far".

Hudson lent her voice to the younger version of the character Nana Noodleman in the Illumination Entertainment film, Sing, which was released December 21, 2016. In the film, she sang The Beatles' classic, "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", which was the recurring musical theme of the film. On the deluxe soundtrack, Hudson sings with Tori Kelly on a duet version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".[96]

2017–present: Sandy Wexler, The Voice, Cats, Respect and new music

Hudson starred as singer Courtney Clarke alongside Adam Sandler in the Netflix film Sandy Wexler, which premiered in April 2017.[97] In early 2017, Hudson debuted in The Voice franchise as a coach on the sixth season of The Voice UK.[98] She won the season with her act Mo Adeniran and became the first female coach to win the show. On May 10, 2017, it was announced that following her success on the British version, Hudson had joined the American version of The Voice as a coach for its thirteenth season.[99]

Hudson released "Remember Me" on March 3, 2017. On December 12, 2017, she released another new song, "Burden Down". The same day, Hudson performed "Remember Me" live for the first time on the semi-final result night of The Voice. Later, a music video for the single was also released.[100]

Hudson returned for her second series as a coach to The Voice UK; her second series premiered on January 6, 2018, and concluded on April 7, where Hudson's finalist Belle Voci finished third. On January 27, 2018, Clive Davis disclosed that Hudson had been handpicked by Aretha Franklin to portray her in an eventual biopic with a prospective release date in 2021.[101]

Jennifer Hudson performed with the D.C. Choir at the March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018.[102][103] Hudson returned as a coach for the fifteenth season of the American version of The Voice after taking a one-season hiatus.[104] Her final act, Kennedy Holmes, finished in fourth place overall. On September 21, 2018, the Daily Express announced that Hudson would return for The Voice UK's eighth series.[105] In September 2019, it was announced that Hudson would not return for the ninth series, citing work commitments in the United States; she was replaced by Meghan Trainor.[106] In 2018, Hudson was cast as the Cats character Grizabella in the film adaptation, which was released in 2019.[107]

In March 2020, Hudson collaborated with Bono, Will.i.am, and Yoshiki to create "#SING4LIFE", a song written and compiled remotely by the four musicians to lift spirits during the COVID-19 crisis.[108]

On July 20, 2021, Hudson did an interview with Oprah Winfrey about her role as Aretha Franklin in the film, Respect.[109] The Aretha Franklin bio-pic, Respect, was directed by Liesl Tommy and was released in August 2021.[110] Hudson's performance earned her the Chairman's Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival as well as a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.[111][112] The film was accompanied by a soundtrack sung entirely by Hudson featuring covers of several of Franklin's songs with one original song for Hudson, "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)", being released as the soundtracks lead single in June 2021.[113] The song earned Hudson nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.[114][115] The film's soundtrack received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.[116]

On August 19, 2021, Hudson performed a show at the Apollo Theater called Jennifer Hudson - Live at the Apollo: A Night of Soul.[117]

On August 21, Hudson performed "Nessun Dorma" at We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert backed by New York Philharmonic in Central Park.[118]

In September 2021, Hudson won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program for being an executive producer for Baba Yaga, a 27-minute interactive fairytale story made for Oculus Quest.[119]

In February 2022, Jennifer Hudson was one of the night's major winners at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards. She won the Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the film Respect.[120] The following month, it was announced that Hudson would launch a daytime talk show titled The Jennifer Hudson Show for Fox Television Stations in the fall of that year.[121] In May 2022, Hudson received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Musical for serving as a producer for the Broadway musical, A Strange Loop.[122] On June 12, 2022, Hudson became one of seventeen people to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony ("an EGOT") at the 75th Tony Awards.[123] She is also set to star in both the upcoming action-thriller Breathe and the female-powered feature Tell It Like a Woman.[124][125]

On June 16, 2022, it was announced that Hudson's syndicated talk show The Jennifer Hudson Show would launch on September 12, 2022.[126]

Personal life

Hudson began dating James Payton in 1999, when she was 18.[127] They separated in late 2007. Hudson met David Otunga, a professional wrestler in the WWE and a Harvard Law graduate,[128] and the couple became engaged in September 2008.[129] In August 2009, Hudson gave birth to her first child, her son David Daniel Otunga, Jr.[130] In November 2017, Hudson and Otunga had split.[131][132]

On October 24, 2008, Hudson's 57-year-old mother Darnell Donerson and 29-year-old brother Jason were found shot to death inside the Chicago home Donerson shared with Hudson's older sister, Julia.[133] An AMBER Alert was issued for her 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, when Julia reported him missing.[134][135] Three days later the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed a body found on Chicago's West Side was the nephew; an autopsy indicated he had died from "multiple gunshot wounds".[136] Police charged William Balfour, Julia's estranged 27-year-old husband, with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion.[137] Convicted on all seven counts against him,[138] in July 2012, he was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole (to be served consecutively), followed by an additional 120 years for his other convictions.[139][140] Hudson's family created The Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims, in honor of the three victims.[141] Hudson and her sister created the Julian D. King Gift Foundation in honor of her nephew. It provides Christmas presents and school supplies to families in need in the Chicago area.[142]

Hudson has been described as a friend of former President Barack Obama, who invited her to appear with him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills during his first term in May 2009.[143] She also performed at the White House at the "Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" event.[144]

As of 2011, Hudson resides in Burr Ridge, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.[145]

Discography

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Dreamgirls Effie White Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008 Sex and the City Louise
The Secret Life of Bees Rosaleen Daise
2009 Fragments – Winged Creatures Kathy Archenault
2011 Winnie Mandela Winnie Mandela
2012 The Three Stooges Sister Rosemary
2013 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete Gloria
Black Nativity Naima Cobbs
2014 Lullaby Nurse Carrie
2015 Chi-Raq Irene
2016 Sing Young Nana Noodleman (voice)
2017 Sandy Wexler Courtney Clarke
2018 Monster Mrs. Harmon
2019 Cats Grizabella
2021 Respect Aretha Franklin Also executive producer
2022 Tell It Like a Woman Kim Carter / Pepcy
TBA Breathe Maya Post-production[146]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004 American Idol Contestant Season 3; 7th place
2011 The X Factor Herself UK series 8; Guest Judge (Judges Houses Assistant)
2012 Smash Veronica Moore 3 episodes
2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Maggie Television film, segment: "Maggie"
2015 Empire Michelle White 3 episodes
2016 Beat Bugs Blackbird sings the eponymous song of episode 21b
Confirmation Angela Wright Television film
Inside Amy Schumer Herself Episode: "Brave"
Hairspray Live! Motormouth Maybelle Television special
2017–2019 The Voice UK Herself/Coach Seasons: 6-8
The Voice U.S. Herself/Coach Seasons: 13, 15
2017 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Herself Series 14 Show 1 "End of the Show Show" – guest performer
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience Herself Episode: "Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons" – guest performer
2020 Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special Herself Performer
2022–present The Jennifer Hudson Show Herself/Executive Producer Talk show
2023 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Mane (voice) Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"

Awards and nominations

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This article is about the singer For her self titled album see Jennifer Hudson album Jennifer Kate Hudson born September 12 1981 also known by her nickname J Hud is an American singer songwriter actress talk show host and producer Throughout her career she has received various accolades for her works in recorded music film television and theater Hudson became the youngest woman and second African American woman to receive all four of the major American entertainment awards Emmy Grammy Oscar and Tony EGOT 1 She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013 2 Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020 3 Jennifer HudsonHudson in 2018BornJennifer Kate Hudson 1981 09 12 September 12 1981 age 41 Chicago Illinois U S EducationLangston UniversityKennedy King CollegeOccupationsSingeractresstalk show hostYears active2004 presentWorksDiscographyfilmographyPartnersJames Payton 1999 2007 David Otunga 2007 2017 Children1AwardsFull listMusical careerGenresR amp BsoulInstrument s VocalsYears active2006 presentLabelsAristaJRCAEpicWebsitejenniferhudson wbr comHudson 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 amp 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 4 In 2022 she began hosting a talk show titled The Jennifer Hudson Show Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 2004 05 American Idol 2 1 1 Performances 2 2 2006 07 Dreamgirls and breakthrough 2 3 2008 09 Jennifer Hudson album and films 2 4 2010 12 Weight Watchers and I Remember Me 2 5 2013 2014 JHUD 2 6 2015 2016 The Color Purple Hairspray Live and Sing 2 7 2017 present Sandy Wexler The Voice Cats Respect and new music 3 Personal life 4 Discography 5 Filmography 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External linksEarly lifeHudson was born on September 12 1981 in Chicago Illinois 5 6 She is the third and youngest child of Darnell Donerson 7 and Samuel Simpson 8 9 She was raised as a Baptist 10 in Englewood 11 and attended Dunbar Vocational High School from which she graduated in 1999 12 She cites Whitney Houston Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle as her overall biggest influences and inspiration 13 She has also credited Mariah Carey as being one of her musical heroes 14 At age 7 she got her start in performing by singing with the church choir and doing community theater with the help of her late maternal grandmother Julia 15 She enrolled at Langston University but she left after a semester due to homesickness and unhappiness with the weather and registered at Kennedy King College 16 In January 2002 Hudson signed her first recording contract with Righteous Records a Chicago based independent record label 17 She was released from her five year contract with Righteous Records so that she could appear on American Idol in 2004 Career2004 05 American Idol Hudson auditioned for the third season of American Idol in Atlanta After commenting that she had been singing on Disney Cruise Lines aboard the Disney Wonder for the past few months as one of the Muses from Hercules judge Randy Jackson told her We re expecting more than a cruise ship performance from you 18 Hudson received the highest number of votes in the Top 9 after her performance of Elton John s Circle of Life on April 6 2004 but two weeks later she was eliminated during the Top 7 show after performing Barry Manilow s Weekend in New England 19 20 In May 2009 MTV listed Hudson as the sixth greatest contestant in American Idol history and noted her exit was the most shocking of all time 21 In May 2010 the Los Angeles Times claimed Hudson to be the third greatest Idol contestant in the history of the show placing behind season one winner Kelly Clarkson and season four winner Carrie Underwood respectively 22 Performances Theme week Song sung ArtistAudition Share Your Love With Me Aretha FranklinSemifinals Imagine John LennonWild Card I Believe in You and Me Four TopsWhitney HoustonTop 12Soul Music Week Baby I Love You Aretha FranklinTop 11Country Week No One Else on Earth Wynonna JuddTop 10Motown Week Love Is Like A Heat Wave Martha and the VandellasTop 9Songs of Elton John Circle of Life Elton JohnTop 8Songs of the Cinema I Have Nothing from The Bodyguard Whitney HoustonTop 7Songs of Barry Manilow Weekend in New England Barry Manilow2006 07 Dreamgirls and breakthrough In one of her first appearances on a record Hudson is featured in a duet The Future Ain t What It Used to Be on Meat Loaf s Bat Out of Hell III The Monster Is Loose In September 2006 Hudson performed the song Over It live on Fox Chicago Morning News In the interview she stated the song would be included on her debut album to be released in early 2007 however this was before she was signed to a record label 23 In November 2006 Hudson signed a record deal with Arista Records 24 Hudson also recorded a song she co wrote with Bill Grainer and Earl Powell called Stand Up which was available for preview on her fan website The track was produced by Chicago natives Powell and Herman Little III who also arranged the song 25 The power ballad would later become available on the deluxe edition of Hudson s self titled album as a bonus track In November 2005 Hudson was cast in the role of Effie White for the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls which also starred Jamie Foxx Beyonce Knowles and Eddie Murphy The role marked Hudson s debut screen performance She won the role over hundreds of professional singers and actresses including Fantasia Barrino 26 Filming of Dreamgirls began on January 9 2006 and the film went into limited release on December 25 2006 and national release on January 12 2007 Hudson has won particular praise for her show stopping onscreen rendition of the hit song And I Am Telling You I m Not Going the signature song of the role which had earlier been recorded and had already reached the status of musical standard because of the definitive performance of Jennifer Holliday The New York Observer described Hudson s performance of the song as five mellifluous molto vibrato minutes that have suddenly catapulted Ms Hudson into the position of front runner for the best supporting actress Oscar 27 Newsweek said that when moviegoers hear Hudson sing the song she is going to raise goose bumps across the land 28 Variety magazine wrote that Hudson s performance calls to mind debuts like Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl or Bette Midler in The Rose with a voice like the young Aretha 29 Love You I Do was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original Song and won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media As Effie White Hudson has garnered 29 awards from film critics as Best Supporting Actress and Breakthrough Performer of 2006 She won the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role In addition she has been named Best Supporting Actress by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and also by the Screen Actors Guild After seeing Hudson s performance in Dreamgirls Simon Cowell taped a congratulatory message to her which aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show 30 With the March 2007 issue Jennifer Hudson became the third African American celebrity and the first African American singer to grace the cover of Vogue magazine 31 On February 11 2007 the 60th British Academy Film Awards were held in London but Hudson was not there to accept her BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role The BAFTA Award went missing and Hudson did not receive her award until April 22 2011 when it was presented to her on the Graham Norton Show On February 25 2007 she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film citation needed Later in 2007 the mayor of her home town Chicago Richard M Daley declared March 6 as Jennifer Hudson Day 32 33 She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on June 18 along with 115 other individuals for 2007 34 35 Entertainment Weekly put her performance on its end of the decade best of list saying Sure Beyonce s performance was great And Eddie Murphy s was impressive But there was really only one reason we all rushed to see 2006 s Dreamgirls Jennifer Hudson s soul to the rafters rendition of the classic And I m Telling You I m Not Going When she sang You re gonna love me it wasn t just a lyric it was a fact 36 2008 09 Jennifer Hudson album and films Hudson performing in 2007 In May 2008 Hudson appeared in the feature film Sex and the City as Louise Carrie Bradshaw s assistant Filming finished in December 2007 and the movie was released on May 30 2008 37 In October 2008 Hudson made her third film appearance in The Secret Life of Bees as Rosaleen the mother figure of Lily Owens Dakota Fanning Also starring in the film are fellow Oscar nominees Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo as well as Alicia Keys The film opened on October 17 2008 and grossed over 37 million at the box office The film won two People s Choice Awards in January 2009 in the categories Favorite Drama Movie and Favorite Independent Movie The film also received nine Black Reel Awards nominations including three wins Hudson was nominated for her performance in the film but lost to Queen Latifah The film also received eight nominations at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards including a nomination for Hudson for her performance In 2009 Hudson starred as Kathy Archenault in Fragments a film based on the novel by Roy Freirich with Dakota Fanning and Forest Whitaker It was released on DVD on August 4 2009 In 2010 Hudson started filming the biopic film Winnie Mandela 38 based on the South African politician Winnie Mandela 38 starring alongside Terrence Howard and directed by Darrell J Roodt 39 Andre Pieterse and Roodt and Paul L Johnson based the film s script on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob s biography Winnie Mandela A Life 40 The Creative Workers Union of South Africa have opposed this choice stating they will push for a moratorium on the film if the casting is not reversed 41 Winnie Mandela has threatened legal action over this film claiming she was not consulted about the film 42 Winnie Mandela was originally scheduled to be released in December 2011 the trailer was released in 2010 39 Image Entertainment released the film on September 6 2013 43 44 In January 2008 Hudson returned to the studio to record new songs for her debut studio album Her label was reportedly unhappy with the direction they were sending Hudson musically and decided it would be best to scrap the older songs and instead focus on new ones Hudson worked with Ryan Tedder and Timbaland on a number of songs Her debut single Spotlight was released on June 10 2008 and became Hudson s first top 40 hit peaking at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom and Turkey Her debut studio album Jennifer Hudson was released on September 30 2008 on Arista and was written by Ne Yo who co produced along with Stargate Additional contributors on the album include Timbaland Missy Elliott Robin Thicke Harvey Mason Jr Diane Warren Earl Powell and Christopher Tricky Stewart among others 45 The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 217 000 copies in the US and opened to positive reviews As of August 2009 the album has sold 739 000 copies in the US receiving a Gold certification for surpassing sales of 500 000 She has performed the song All Dressed in Love for the Sex and the City soundtrack which was released on May 27 2008 46 Hudson performed the national anthem at the 2008 Democratic National Convention The album s second single was to be released in October 2008 and was originally set to be My Heart before If This Isn t Love was chosen as the official second single After three of her family members were brutally murdered the single was rescheduled for a January 2009 release However in January 2009 her label decided to postpone the release of the second single once more choosing a February 2009 release date After the release of If This Isn t Love the single eventually peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on the UK Singles Chart The third single was Pocketbook featuring Ludacris in April 2009 for a June 2009 release despite speculation that the third single would be My Heart after it was canceled as the second single In May 2009 Pocketbook was canceled as the third single due to negative reception from fans and critics alike The third single was then rescheduled as Giving Myself and was released on June 2 2009 to the US Her debut album garnered Hudson three nominations at the 2009 Grammy Awards Best Female R amp B Vocal Performance for Spotlight Best R amp B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for I m His Only Woman with Fantasia Barrino and Best R amp B Album for Jennifer Hudson She won the last of these and performed at the awards ceremony 47 Jennifer Hudson s first public appearance after the murder of three family members including her mother sings the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLIII In February 2009 Hudson made her first public appearance since the murders when she sang the Star Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XLIII 48 49 50 She toured the United States with Robin Thicke in 2009 51 In early May 2009 Hudson suffered throat fatigue and had to reschedule her May 16 19 2009 tour dates 52 She sang Will You Be There at the Michael Jackson memorial service in July 2009 53 Hudson recorded Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye originally by Gladys Knight amp the Pips for American Idol Season 3 Greatest Soul Classics the official American Idol album for the third season She is featured on Ne Yo s second album Because of You on the track Leaving Tonight Hudson performed a Christmas special in December 2009 called Jennifer Hudson I ll Be Home for Christmas During the special she relived her childhood Christmases with musical performances filmed at her favorite locations in her native Chicago Hudson also visited family members friends and other childhood influences during the broadcast 54 On January 22 2010 Hudson appeared on the telethon Hope for Haiti Now A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief performing the Beatles Let it Be The telecast generated 61 million in donations as of January 26 2010 update 55 Also that year Hudson recorded the song One Shining Moment for the 2010 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament 2010 12 Weight Watchers and I Remember Me Hudson at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 In 2010 Hudson became the spokesperson for Weight Watchers 56 57 That year she had lost 56 pounds 25 kg and did not want to lose any more weight 58 However on February 10 2011 she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and revealed she had lost a total of 80 pounds 59 Her 2012 autobiography I Got This How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down detailed her weight loss 60 61 62 Early in the album I Remember Me s development Ne Yo told E Online that Hudson was ready to get personal on her second studio album and that he might be producing the album He said She s gone through a lot over the last year so she has a lot to talk about he continues She s definitely gotten stronger The things that she s gone through and for her to still be upbeat and happy it s amazing 63 Hudson released her second studio album I Remember Me on March 22 2011 It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 165 000 copies in its first week of release 64 On January 24 2011 Hudson premiered the album s lead single Where You At 65 It was written by R Kelly and produced by Harvey Mason Jr 66 The song went for radio adds that same week 67 On February 3 2011 due to radio adds the single made its debut on the US Billboard Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart at number 53 68 clarification needed having so far reached a peak of number 10 69 The music video premiered on BET s 106 amp Park and through Vevo in February 2011 70 71 No One Gonna Love You impacted on Urban adult contemporary radio in the United States in May 2011 A remix bundle No One Gonna Love You The Remixes was released as a digital download in the US and the UK in July 2011 72 73 74 The song has reached number 23 on the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs 75 The third US single will be I Got This 76 The non single track Don t Look Down reached number 70 on the US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart 77 2013 2014 JHUD Hudson at the Commander in Chief s Ball at the Washington Convention Center in 2013 Hudson played a nun in the Farrelly brothers film The Three Stooges 2012 78 The day after the death of Whitney Houston Hudson paid tribute to her by singing Houston s I Will Always Love You during the 54th Grammy Awards held on February 12 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles California 79 Hudson guest starred for a multi episode arc on the second season of Smash 80 She sang America the Beautiful with the Sandy Hook Elementary School chorus at Super Bowl XLVII 81 Hudson sang at the 85th Academy Awards in a tribute to musical films 82 She performed Same Love with Macklemore Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards 83 On September 21 2013 a new single from Hudson s forthcoming third studio album was released via her website The 70s stylized uptempo ballad I Can t Describe The Way I Feel features T I with production by Pharrell she performed this song alongside Chaka Khan Evelyn Champagne King and T I at the 2013 Soul Train Awards 84 In October 2013 Hudson starred in the coming of age drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister amp Pete alongside Jordin Sparks as well as the drama musical Black Nativity Furthermore she appears alongside Amy Adams in the drama Lullaby On November 13 2013 Hudson was awarded with the 2 512th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2 Hudson s third studio album JHUD was released on September 23 2014 Hudson described the album as more upbeat than her previous material She worked with Timbaland Pharrell Williams RedOne and R Kelly among others RedOne said about the material It s not dance dance but it s soulful dance It s very 70s kinda style 85 Hudson stated What we re doing feels so right that I never want to go home from the studio My sister and my manager will be sleeping on the couch while we work until 4 or 5am 86 Hudson confirmed that a song on the album will be It s Your World and features R Kelly in an interview with Jonathan Ross on The Jonathan Ross Show The track went on to be nominated for Best R amp B Vocal Performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards On June 20 she released the music video for Walk it Out featuring Timbaland which is the first single off her upcoming album Her third album JHUD would include different expressions of Hudson as an artist a girl and a music lover 87 2015 2016 The Color Purple Hairspray Live and Sing At the 87th Academy Awards Hudson performed her song originally from NBC s Smash I Can t Let Go by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman as a tribute to the individuals Hollywood lost in the previous year 88 Later in 2015 Hudson guest starred as Michelle White a minor semi recurring character in the first season of Empire She sang three songs on the show Remember the Music Whatever Makes You Happy and For My God Hudson helped welcome Pope Francis on his first visit to the United States by singing her rendition of Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah 89 In fall 2015 Hudson made her Broadway debut as Shug Avery in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple alongside Cynthia Erivo and Danielle Brooks New York Times critic Ben Brantley hailed her performance saying Ms Hudson radiates a lush supple stage presence that is echoed by her velvet voice 90 Hudson later picked up her second career Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album 2017 for her work on The Color Purple 91 In June 2016 Hudson performed Prince s Purple Rain on the BET Awards which she had previously sung onstage with the cast of The Color Purple 92 the day Prince died She wore an outfit similar to one Prince had worn and audiences were mesmerized by her explosive performance 93 On June 28 2016 Hudson signed with Epic Records L A Reid and Clive Davis are joining forces for the first time since Whitney Houston s The Bodyguard soundtrack 25 years ago Jennifer Hudson is the defining voice of this generation said Reid Her award winning presence on records in film and on stage establishes her as one of the premiere artists to emerge in this century Davis says I signed Jennifer in 2007 believing her to be the strongest candidate as the next generation s Aretha Franklin and Whitney She has become that as LA and I excitingly reunite to capture Jennifer at her all time best 94 Meanwhile Hudson picked up a few minor film roles including in Spike Lee s musical Chi Raq and HBO s Confirmation alongside Kerry Washington In December 2016 Hudson played scene stealer Motormouth Maybelle in NBC s Hairspray Live Her version of the Civil Rights themed ballad I Know Where I ve Been blew audiences away garnering Emmy buzz from fans and critics alike 95 During the credit sequence Hudson duets with costar Ariana Grande on Shaiman and Wittman s Come So Far Hudson lent her voice to the younger version of the character Nana Noodleman in the Illumination Entertainment film Sing which was released December 21 2016 In the film she sang The Beatles classic Golden Slumbers Carry That Weight which was the recurring musical theme of the film On the deluxe soundtrack Hudson sings with Tori Kelly on a duet version of Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah 96 2017 present Sandy Wexler The Voice Cats Respect and new music Hudson starred as singer Courtney Clarke alongside Adam Sandler in the Netflix film Sandy Wexler which premiered in April 2017 97 In early 2017 Hudson debuted in The Voice franchise as a coach on the sixth season of The Voice UK 98 She won the season with her act Mo Adeniran and became the first female coach to win the show On May 10 2017 it was announced that following her success on the British version Hudson had joined the American version of The Voice as a coach for its thirteenth season 99 Hudson released Remember Me on March 3 2017 On December 12 2017 she released another new song Burden Down The same day Hudson performed Remember Me live for the first time on the semi final result night of The Voice Later a music video for the single was also released 100 Hudson returned for her second series as a coach to The Voice UK her second series premiered on January 6 2018 and concluded on April 7 where Hudson s finalist Belle Voci finished third On January 27 2018 Clive Davis disclosed that Hudson had been handpicked by Aretha Franklin to portray her in an eventual biopic with a prospective release date in 2021 101 Jennifer Hudson performed with the D C Choir at the March for Our Lives anti gun violence rally in Washington D C on March 24 2018 102 103 Hudson returned as a coach for the fifteenth season of the American version of The Voice after taking a one season hiatus 104 Her final act Kennedy Holmes finished in fourth place overall On September 21 2018 the Daily Express announced that Hudson would return for The Voice UK s eighth series 105 In September 2019 it was announced that Hudson would not return for the ninth series citing work commitments in the United States she was replaced by Meghan Trainor 106 In 2018 Hudson was cast as the Cats character Grizabella in the film adaptation which was released in 2019 107 In March 2020 Hudson collaborated with Bono Will i am and Yoshiki to create SING4LIFE a song written and compiled remotely by the four musicians to lift spirits during the COVID 19 crisis 108 On July 20 2021 Hudson did an interview with Oprah Winfrey about her role as Aretha Franklin in the film Respect 109 The Aretha Franklin bio pic Respect was directed by Liesl Tommy and was released in August 2021 110 Hudson s performance earned her the Chairman s Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival as well as a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role 111 112 The film was accompanied by a soundtrack sung entirely by Hudson featuring covers of several of Franklin s songs with one original song for Hudson Here I Am Singing My Way Home being released as the soundtracks lead single in June 2021 113 The song earned Hudson nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media 114 115 The film s soundtrack received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 116 On August 19 2021 Hudson performed a show at the Apollo Theater called Jennifer Hudson Live at the Apollo A Night of Soul 117 On August 21 Hudson performed Nessun Dorma at We Love NYC The Homecoming Concert backed by New York Philharmonic in Central Park 118 In September 2021 Hudson won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program for being an executive producer for Baba Yaga a 27 minute interactive fairytale story made for Oculus Quest 119 In February 2022 Jennifer Hudson was one of the night s major winners at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards She won the Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the film Respect 120 The following month it was announced that Hudson would launch a daytime talk show titled The Jennifer Hudson Show for Fox Television Stations in the fall of that year 121 In May 2022 Hudson received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Musical for serving as a producer for the Broadway musical A Strange Loop 122 On June 12 2022 Hudson became one of seventeen people to have won an Oscar an Emmy a Grammy and a Tony an EGOT at the 75th Tony Awards 123 She is also set to star in both the upcoming action thriller Breathe and the female powered feature Tell It Like a Woman 124 125 On June 16 2022 it was announced that Hudson s syndicated talk show The Jennifer Hudson Show would launch on September 12 2022 126 Personal lifeHudson began dating James Payton in 1999 when she was 18 127 They separated in late 2007 Hudson met David Otunga a professional wrestler in the WWE and a Harvard Law graduate 128 and the couple became engaged in September 2008 129 In August 2009 Hudson gave birth to her first child her son David Daniel Otunga Jr 130 In November 2017 Hudson and Otunga had split 131 132 On October 24 2008 Hudson s 57 year old mother Darnell Donerson and 29 year old brother Jason were found shot to death inside the Chicago home Donerson shared with Hudson s older sister Julia 133 An AMBER Alert was issued for her 7 year old nephew Julian King when Julia reported him missing 134 135 Three days later the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed a body found on Chicago s West Side was the nephew an autopsy indicated he had died from multiple gunshot wounds 136 Police charged William Balfour Julia s estranged 27 year old husband with three counts of first degree murder and one count of home invasion 137 Convicted on all seven counts against him 138 in July 2012 he was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole to be served consecutively followed by an additional 120 years for his other convictions 139 140 Hudson s family created The Hudson King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims in honor of the three victims 141 Hudson and her sister created the Julian D King Gift Foundation in honor of her nephew It provides Christmas presents and school supplies to families in need in the Chicago area 142 Hudson has been described as a friend of former President Barack Obama who invited her to appear with him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills during his first term in May 2009 143 She also performed at the White House at the Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement event 144 As of 2011 update Hudson resides in Burr Ridge Illinois a western suburb of Chicago 145 DiscographyMain article Jennifer Hudson discography Jennifer Hudson 2008 I Remember Me 2011 JHUD 2014 FilmographyFilm Year Title Role Notes2006 Dreamgirls Effie White Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2008 Sex and the City LouiseThe Secret Life of Bees Rosaleen Daise2009 Fragments Winged Creatures Kathy Archenault2011 Winnie Mandela Winnie Mandela2012 The Three Stooges Sister Rosemary2013 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister amp Pete GloriaBlack Nativity Naima Cobbs2014 Lullaby Nurse Carrie2015 Chi Raq Irene2016 Sing Young Nana Noodleman voice 2017 Sandy Wexler Courtney Clarke2018 Monster Mrs Harmon2019 Cats Grizabella2021 Respect Aretha Franklin Also executive producer2022 Tell It Like a Woman Kim Carter PepcyTBA Breathe Maya Post production 146 Television Year Title Role Notes2004 American Idol Contestant Season 3 7th place2011 The X Factor Herself UK series 8 Guest Judge Judges Houses Assistant 2012 Smash Veronica Moore 3 episodes2013 Call Me Crazy A Five Film Maggie Television film segment Maggie 2015 Empire Michelle White 3 episodes2016 Beat Bugs Blackbird sings the eponymous song of episode 21bConfirmation Angela Wright Television filmInside Amy Schumer Herself Episode Brave Hairspray Live Motormouth Maybelle Television special2017 2019 The Voice UK Herself Coach Seasons 6 8The Voice U S Herself Coach Seasons 13 152017 Ant and Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway Herself Series 14 Show 1 End of the Show Show guest performer2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience Herself Episode Norman Lear s All in the Family and The Jeffersons guest performer2020 Mariah Carey s Magical Christmas Special Herself Performer2022 present The Jennifer Hudson Show Herself Executive Producer Talk show2023 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Mane voice Episode Hair Today Gone Tomorrow Awards and nominationsMain article List of awards and nominations received by Jennifer HudsonReferences With the Tony winning A Strange Loop Jennifer Hudson becomes an EGOT recipient Los Angeles Times June 13 2022 Retrieved June 13 2022 a b Toomey Alyssa November 13 2013 Jennifer Hudson Honored With Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Take a Look E Online Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 Time Retrieved December 10 2020 Jennifer Hudson Joins U K Version of The Voice as Coach Variety September 29 2016 Retrieved September 24 2017 Monitor Entertainment Weekly No 1276 September 13 2013 p 28 Person Jennifer Hudson Biography Allmovie Retrieved September 24 2017 Social Security Death Index Ssdi rootsweb ancestry com July 15 2010 Archived from the original on September 24 2017 Retrieved September 24 2017 Hoekstra Dave December 16 2006 Living the dream Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on February 4 2009 Retrieved July 8 2009 Yahoo Biography Yahoo Archived from the original on June 28 2011 Retrieved March 10 2011 For Oscar nominee Jennifer Hudson all roads lead back to church I don t do clubs International Herald Tribute The Associated Press February 20 2007 Retrieved September 13 2008 Jennifer Hudson 1981 Biography Today 17 1 50 2007 ISSN 1058 2347 Colander Pat TRUE CRIME Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson was Cinderella until she wasn t nwitimes com Retrieved December 11 2021 World Entertainment News Network February 7 2008 Dreamgirls Star Hudson Dreams Of Houston Duet Female First Retrieved September 24 2017 Mariah Carey Is Here and the Coaches are Losing Their Minds The Voice 2018 Digital Exclusive YouTube Archived from the original on October 28 2021 Biography Today p 50 Biography Today p 51 Colander Pat True Crime Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson was Cinderella until she wasn t Nwitimes com Retrieved December 19 2017 Hudson Jennifer 2012 I Got This How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down Penguin ISBN 9781101565780 Idol Jennifer Hudson Says She Was Robbed MTV April 23 2004 Retrieved September 24 2017 Silverman Stephen M November 8 2008 Jennifer Hudson Moves to Better Place People Retrieved September 24 2017 May 21 2009 The 10 Greatest American Idol Contestants Of All Time Latest champ Kris Allen didn t make our list but you might be surprised by who did James Montgomery MTV 1 Shirley Halperin May 31 2010 The ultimate American Idol power ranking 120 contestants on Kelly Clarkson still reigns supreme Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on March 11 2011 Retrieved March 10 2011 Jennifer Hudson sings Over It YouTube September 7 2005 Archived from the original on December 7 2013 Retrieved July 9 2006 Jennifer Hudson signs with Clive Davis MSNBC November 21 2006 Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson CD Album at Discogs Discogs Retrieved September 24 2017 Susan Wloszczyna November 16 2005 Idol finalist Hudson lands lead in Dreamgirls film USA Today Retrieved September 24 2017 Sara Vilkomerson December 3 2006 Dreamgirls Wakes Up The New York Observer Retrieved September 24 2017 Hudson steals Dreamgirls flirts with Oscar Reuters December 11 2006 Retrieved September 24 2017 Michael Pollan December 22 2006 The Best of 2006 Jennifer Hudson s rendition of And I Am Telling You Culturekitchen com Retrieved November 9 2008 dead link Ruben V Nepales January 17 2007 Golden Globe winners have ties memories of RP Global Nation Archived from the original on October 12 2007 Retrieved September 11 2007 WENN February 13 2007 Hudson Makes History with Vogue Cover Hollywood Retrieved September 11 2007 In brief Chicago celebrates Jennifer Hudson Day The Guardian London March 7 2007 Retrieved September 24 2017 City honours actress with own day BBC News March 7 2007 Retrieved September 24 2017 Film Academy Invites 115 New Members ABC7 Associated Press June 19 2007 Archived from the original on February 21 2008 Retrieved September 13 2008 Leslie Unger June 18 2007 Academy Invites 115 to Become Members Oscars Archived from the original on December 24 2007 Retrieved September 13 2008 Geier Thom Jensen Jeff Jordan Tina Lyons Margaret Markovitz Adam Nashawaty Chris Pastorek Whitney Rice Lynette Rottenberg Josh Schwartz Missy Slezak Michael Snierson Dan Stack Tim Stroup Kate Tucker Ken Vary Adam B Vozick Levinson Simon Ward Kate December 11 2009 THE 100 Greatest MOVIES TV SHOWS ALBUMS BOOKS CHARACTERS SCENES EPISODES SONGS DRESSES MUSIC VIDEOS AND TRENDS THAT ENTERTAINED US OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS Entertainment Weekly 1079 1080 74 84 Leslie Simmons September 11 2007 Hudson moves to Sex and the City movie The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved September 24 2017 a b Winnie Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard Myweku com November 18 2010 Archived from the original on January 29 2013 Retrieved March 10 2011 a b Jennifer Hudson Interview on Winnie Weight Loss New Album More The Daily Beast archive is February 20 2011 Archived from the original on February 22 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 Fleming Michael November 17 2009 Jennifer Hudson to star in Winnie Variety Retrieved September 24 2017 South African actors want Hudson out of Mandela film ABC December 7 2009 Retrieved September 24 2017 Berger Sebastien January 26 2010 Winnie Mandela threatens legal action over film The Daily Telegraph UK Archived from the original on January 11 2022 Retrieved September 24 2017 Josh Grossberg Jennifer Hudson s Winnie Mandela Trailer Hits the Web Watch Retrieved September 24 2017 Winnie Mandela ComingSoon net Comingsoon net Retrieved September 24 2017 Jonathan Cohen May 19 2008 Debut Jennifer Hudson Album Due In September Billboard Retrieved September 24 2017 Wilson Morales May 7 2008 Sex and the City The Movie Black Film Retrieved September 24 2017 John Bracchitta January 19 2009 Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson to perform at Grammy Awards Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson Wasn t Singing inmusic ca Retrieved August 7 2009 dead link Hudson s Emotional Return Yahoo Music February 1 2009 Archived from the original on February 5 2009 Retrieved February 1 2009 Jennifer Hudson to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl People January 14 2009 Retrieved September 24 2017 Hudson performs for first time since Oct slayings Apnews myway com Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson Takes Throat Forced Break From Tour Postpones Final Dates Singersroom com May 5 2009 Retrieved September 24 2017 Powers Ann Martens Todd July 7 2009 Michael Jackson memorial Jennifer Hudson sings Will You Be There Los Angeles Times Retrieved September 24 2017 Joyce Eng October 7 2009 Jennifer Hudson Locks in Christmas Special TV Guide Retrieved September 24 2017 Hope For Haiti s Total Now At 61 Million And Counting Multichannel News January 26 2010 Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Michelle Tan April 1 2010 Jennifer Hudson Is the New Face and Body of Weight Watchers People Archived from the original on March 6 2016 Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson New face of Weight Watchers CNN April 1 2010 Archived from the original on April 8 2010 Jennifer Hudson Instyle Confession Size 16 to 6 and Lost 56 Pounds National Ledger August 4 2010 Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson s Incredible Weight Loss Oprah com February 10 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 Swerdlick David December 21 2011 I Got This Jennifer Hudson s Latest Book Theroot com Archived from the original on April 6 2012 Retrieved April 9 2012 Arceneaux Michael June 7 2011 Jennifer Hudson Lands Book Deal BET Retrieved September 24 2017 I Got This How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down Jennifer Hudson New York Dutton 2012 ISBN 978 0525952770 Who Wants a Whitney amp Jennifer Hudson Duet E Online September 18 2009 Retrieved September 24 2017 Brian Mansfield March 30 2011 Chris Brown Jennifer Hudson debut in The Billboard 200 s two top spots USA Today Content usatoday com Retrieved September 24 2017 Review Archived March 1 2011 at the Wayback Machine Snippet Rap Up com Retrieved September 24 2017 Top Hip Hop and R amp B Songs amp Singles Charts Billboard in French Retrieved September 24 2017 Top Hip Hop and R amp B Songs amp Singles Charts Billboard Retrieved September 24 2017 Hudson s chart history at Billboard com FIRST LOOK Jennifer Hudson s Where You At Video Ellen Rodonline typepad com February 18 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 First Look at Jennifer Hudson s Where You At Video Rap Up com February 17 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 iTunes Music No One Gonna Love You Remixes by Jennifer Hudson Itunes apple com July 13 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 No One Gonna Love You Jason Nevins Extended Remix Jennifer Hudson Amazon co uk MP3 Downloads Amazon co uk Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson confirms new single No One Gonna Love You Music News Digital Spy June 23 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Week of June 16 2011 Billboard Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson s Next Single Will Be That Grape Juice ThatGrapeJuice net Thirsty Thatgrapejuice net September 21 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson Music News amp Info Billboard July 5 2011 Retrieved September 24 2017 McClintock Pamela June 1 2011 Jennifer Hudson Cast as a Nun in Three Stooges The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved September 24 2017 Kia Makarechi February 14 2012 Jennifer Hudson s Whitney Houston Grammy Tribute I Will Always Love You HuffPost Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson joins NBC s Smash Entertainment Weekly June 22 2012 Retrieved September 24 2017 Update Jennifer Hudson to sing with Sandy Hook chorus Entertainment Weekly Associated Press January 31 2013 Retrieved September 24 2017 Samantha Highfill February 20 2013 Jennifer Hudson Catherine Zeta Jones and Les Mis cast to sing at Oscars Entertainment Weekly Retrieved September 24 2017 Macklemore VMA Performance Macklemore amp Ryan Lewis Play Same Love At Barclays HuffPost August 25 2013 Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson s I Can t Describe The Way I Feel HuffPost September 22 2013 Retrieved September 24 2017 Rap Up TV RedOne Talks Jennifer Lopez Lady Gaga and Jennifer Hudson Rap Up com May 27 2013 Retrieved September 24 2017 Jennifer Hudson Stuns In Angeleno Dishes On New Album That Grape Juice ThatGrapeJuice net Thirsty Thatgrapejuice net August 28 2013 Retrieved September 24 2017 Lopez Korina July 3 2014 Ready for the title of Jennifer Hudson s album JHUD USA Today Retrieved September 24 2017 Oscars 2015 Jennifer Hudson Performs I Can t Let Go for In Memoriam Billboard February 23 2015 Retrieved October 2 2018 Jennifer Hudson Gloria Estefan Harry Connick Jr amp More Welcome Pope in NYC Watch Billboard Retrieved October 2 2018 Brantley Ben December 11 2015 Review The Color Purple on Broadway Stripped to Its Essence The New York Times Retrieved October 2 2018 The Color Purple Cast Album Wins the Grammy Playbill Playbill com February 12 2017 Retrieved October 2 2018 The Color Purple April 21 2016 A Tribute to Prince from the cast of The Color Purple THE COLOR PURPLE on Broadway YouTube Archived from the original on October 28 2021 Retrieved October 2 2018 Jennifer Hudson Sheila E Stevie Wonder Janelle Monee and More Honor Prince with Stunning BET Awards Tributes People Retrieved October 2 2018 Jennifer Hudson Signs With Epic Records Billboard June 28 2016 Retrieved October 2 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24 2018 C SPAN March for Our Lives Rally March 24 2018 Pedersen Erik May 11 2018 The Voice Kelly Clarkson amp Jennifer Hudson Returning As Coaches For Season 15 Deadline Retrieved May 18 2018 Jennifer Hudson will i am Olly Murs and Sir Tom Jones return as coaches on The Voice UK Channel24 January 1 2019 Retrieved January 1 2019 White Peter September 27 2019 The Four s Meghan Trainor To Replace Jennifer Hudson As Coach On The Voice UK Deadline Hollywood Retrieved October 26 2019 Jennifer Hudson Joins CATS Film Adaptation as Grizabella Ian McKellen Taylor Swift and James Corden In Talks Broadway World July 19 2018 Retrieved July 19 2018 Bono Will I Am Jennifer Hudson amp Yoshiki Collab on Sing For Life Billboard March 24 2020 Retrieved May 12 2020 WATCH Oprah Winfrey sits down with Jennifer Hudson to talk about new film jacarandafm August 3 2021 Retrieved August 23 2021 McNary Dave January 10 2019 Liesl Tommy to Direct Aretha Franklin Biopic Respect Variety Retrieved January 21 2019 Welk Brian November 22 2021 Jennifer Hudson to Receive Chairman s Award at Palm Springs Film Festival The Wrap Retrieved February 3 2022 SAG Awards Nominations House Of Gucci Power Of The Dog Succession Ted Lasso Top Lists Deadline Hollywood January 12 2022 McCollum Brian Get a first look at never before seen photos of Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in Respect biopic USA Today Retrieved June 30 2020 Golden Globes 2022 The Complete Nominations List Variety December 13 2021 2022 GRAMMYs Awards Complete Nominations List GRAMMY com November 23 2021 Retrieved June 14 2022 2022 Nominations List Retrieved June 14 2022 Jennifer Hudson Performs at the Apollo Theater NY Presented by MASTERCARD la story August 20 2021 Retrieved August 23 2021 Watch Jennifer Hudson Perform Nessun Dorma at NYC Homecoming Concert rollingstone August 21 2021 Retrieved August 23 2021 Lash Jolie September 9 2021 Jennifer Hudson s a Tony away from an EGOT with new Emmy and she s already got the ring for it ENTERTAINMENT 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