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.Hudsons 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.

All movies available from Jennifer Hudson

Poster movie Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

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Poster movie Sex and the City

Sex and the City

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Poster movie The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

Movie
Poster movie Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

Movie
Poster movie Winnie Mandela

Winnie Mandela

Movie
Poster movie The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges

Movie
Poster movie Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Fil

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Poster movie Black Nativity

Black Nativity

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Poster movie Lullaby

Lullaby

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Poster movie Breathe

Breathe

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Poster movie Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq

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Poster movie Confirmation

Confirmation

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Poster movie Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

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Poster movie Sandy Wexler

Sandy Wexler

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Poster movie Sing

Sing

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Poster movie Cats

Cats

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Poster movie Tell It Like a Woman

Tell It Like a Woman

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Poster movie We Are the World 25 For Haiti

We Are the World 25 For H

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Movies unavailable from Jennifer Hudson

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

Movie 2021

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

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2009

Always Whitney Houston

Self

Movie 2012

Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert

Movie 2020

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

Gloria

Movie 2013

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self - Interviewee

Movie 2014

Michael Jackson Memorial

Self

Movie 2009

Christmas at Graceland

Self

Movie 2023

Baba Yaga

Forest (voice)

Movie 2021

The Concert for Valor

Self - Performer

Movie 2014

Diane Warren: Relentless

Movie 2025

Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You

Self

Movie 2012

Always at The Carlyle

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2018

The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl

Self

Movie

VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul

Self

Movie 2011

VH1 Divas 2009

Self

Movie 2009

Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas

Self

Movie 2009

Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown

Self

Movie 2007

A Very Pentatonix Christmas

Self

Movie 2017

Monster

Mrs. Harmon

Movie 2021

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Self

Movie 2017

Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul

Self

Movie 2019

Respect

Aretha Franklin

Movie 2021

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

Self

Movie 2019

Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

Self

Movie 2011

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

Herself

Movie 2019

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

Self

Movie 2018

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

Self

Movie 2020

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

Jennifer Hudson

Movie 2020

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

Self

Movie 2020

Happy Hour with Olly Murs

Self

Movie 2018

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

Ophelia the owl (voice)

Movie

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Self

Movie 2021

One World: Together at Home

Self

Movie 2020

Paw Patrol 3

(voice)

Movie 2026

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

Herself

Movie

The 98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Herself

Movie 2024

92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

Movie 2024

Tv series unavailable from Jennifer Hudson

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Tv 2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tv 2003

Today

Self

Tv 1952

The View

Self

Tv 1997

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Tv 1992

American Idol

Self

Tv 2002

The Early Show

Self

Tv 1999

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

Tv 1988

The Grammy Awards

Self

Tv 1959

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self

Tv 2011

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Tv 2015

E! Live from the Red Carpet

Self

Tv 2002

Empire

Michelle White

Tv 2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Tv 2014

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Self

Tv 2015

American Idol

Self - Musical Guest

Tv 2002

The View

Self - Guest

Tv 1997

Smash

Veronica Moore

Tv 2012

The Voice UK

Self - Coach

Tv 2012

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

Tv 1984

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Tv 2007

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self - Host

Tv 2022

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Tv 2003

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Tv 2015

Entertainment Tonight

Self

Tv 1981

Project Runway

Self - Guest Judge

Tv 2004

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Tv 2009

The Voice

Self - Coach

Tv 2011

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Mane (voice)

Tv 2023

The Voice

Jennifer Hudson

Tv 2012

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self - Musical Guest

Tv 1973