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.
60 movies · 35 shows
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
2026·3.5
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026·6.0
GOAT
2026·8.1
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2025·4.8
Grace for the World
2025·0.0
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025·7.1
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025·5.4
Christmas with Andrea Bocelli & Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special
2024·0.0
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
2024·10.0
Josh Groban & Friends: Home for the Holidays
2024·0.0
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
2024·0.0
Breathe
2024·5.6
Christmas at Graceland
2023·5.5
Tell It Like a Woman
2022·4.2
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021·4.0
Respect
2021·6.8
Monster
2021·6.4
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021·7.5
Baba Yaga
2021·0.0
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020·6.2
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020·7.1
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
2020·0.0
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020·6.9
One World: Together at Home
2020·7.1
Cats
2019·4.1
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019·6.6
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
2019·8.0
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
2019·4.0
Happy Hour with Olly Murs
2018·0.0
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018·7.0
A Very Pentatonix Christmas
2017·4.8
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
2017·6.7
Sandy Wexler
2017·5.5
Hairspray Live!
2016·7.3
Sing
2016·7.1
Confirmation
2016·6.9
Chi-Raq
2015·5.7
The Concert for Valor
2014·8.6
Lullaby
2014·6.2
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014·6.8
Black Nativity
2013·5.2
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013·7.2
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013·7.0
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2012·7.5
The Three Stooges
2012·5.8
Always Whitney Houston
2012·9.0
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
2011·6.0
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
2011·0.0
Winnie Mandela
2011·5.8
Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas
2009·0.0
VH1 Divas 2009
2009·0.0
Winged Creatures
2009·5.9
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009·8.0
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
2009·6.0
The Secret Life of Bees
2008·7.5
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
2008·0.0
Sex and the City
2008·6.5
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2007·6.2
Dreamgirls
2006·6.7
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
2006·0.0