Jennifer Hudson

Born: September 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jennifer Hudson is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actress and best-selling author. Bright and booming talent Hudson is a perfect example of how NOT winning the title of American Idol (2002) can actually be a boon to your career and not necessarily the end of a childhood dream.

I never gave up hope of playing “Effie”. They’d talk to me and then look at other people and then come back to me… but I always had the faith. I had to separate myself from the process and not think about it too much or I’d go crazy. – regarding her role in Dreamgirls (2006).

THE THREE STOOGES dir. Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Stars: Sean Hayes Chris Diamantopoulos

Sex and the City Directed by Michael Patrick King Starring Parker Kim Cattrall

The Secret Life of Bees dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood Starring Fanning Latifah Jennifer Hudson

BLACK NATIVITY 2013 dir. Kasi Lemmons Stars: Forest Whitaker Angela Bassett DREAMGIRLS 2006 dir. Bill Condon Stars: Beyonce Jamie Foxx