Jennifer Hudson shot to fame with the third season of the singing reality show ‘American Idol.’ ‘Dreamgirls,’ a romantic musical drama film, marked her film debut where she was seen in supporting role portraying Effie White and for which she earned a ‘Golden Globe Award,’ an ‘Academy Award,’ a ‘Screen Actors Guild Award,’ and a ‘BAFTA Award.’
‘The Color Purple,’ marked her Broadway debut. She has also starred in movies like, ‘Black Nativity,’ ‘The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete,’ ‘Chi-Raq,’ ‘Sandy Wexler,’ ‘Hairspray Live!,’ ‘Sing,’ ‘Sex and The City,’ and ‘The Secret Life of Bees.’
Some of her other notable appearances on television shows and television films include shows like, ‘Empire,’ ‘The Voice UK,’ ‘Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway,’ ‘Beat Bugs,’ ‘Smash,’ ‘Call Me Crazy: A Five Film,’ ‘Confirmation,’ ‘The X Factor,’ and ‘Inside Amy Schumer.’