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.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOAT (2026) | Louise Harris (voice) | 8 | |
| 2 | Breathe (2024) | Maya | 6 | |
| 3 | Tell It Like a Woman (2022) | Pepcy / Kim | - | - |
| 4 | Monster (2021) | Mrs. Harmon | 7 | |
| 5 | Respect (2021) | Aretha Franklin | 6 | |
| 6 | Baba Yaga (2021) | Forest (voice) | - | - |
| 7 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020) | Jennifer Hudson | - | - |
| 8 | One World: Together at Home (2020) | Self | 8 | |
| 9 | Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020) | Self | 5 | |
| 10 | Cats (2019) | Grizabella | 5.1 | |
| 11 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019) | Self | 7 | |
| 12 | HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019) | Self | 7.1 | |
| 13 | A Very Pentatonix Christmas (2017) | Self | 8 | |
| 14 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017) | Self | - | - |
| 15 | Sandy Wexler (2017) | Courtney Clarke | 5.6 | |
| 16 | Hairspray Live! (2016) | Motormouth Maybelle | 8 | |
| 17 | Confirmation (2016) | Angela Wright | - | - |
| 18 | Sing (2016) Oscars winners 2017 | Young Nana (voice) | 7.2 | |
| 19 | Chi-Raq (2015) | Irene | 6.3 | |
| 20 | And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) | Self - Interviewee | 7 | |
| 21 | Lullaby (2014) | Nurse Carrie | 6 | |
| 22 | The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013) | Gloria | 8 | |
| 23 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013) | Maggie | 5.5 | |
| 24 | Black Nativity (2013) | Naima | 6.5 | |
| 25 | The Three Stooges (2012) | Sister Rosemary | 5.1 | |
| 26 | Winnie Mandela (2011) | Winnie Mandela | - | - |
| 27 | Winged Creatures (2009) | Kathy Archenault | 7 | |
| 28 | Sex and the City (2008) | Louise | 5.9 | |
| 29 | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | Rosaleen Daise | 7.6 | |
| 30 | Dreamgirls (2006) Oscars 2007 | Effie White | 7 |
