Cast & creator
Jennifer Hudson
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Jennifer Kate Hudson, J.Hud
67
film credits
46
television credits
106
1944–2027 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (113)
Showing 113 of 113 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Host
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show
Executive Producer
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show
Creator
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
The Voice
Self - Coach
2011The Voice
Self - Mentor
2011
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
2004
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
Lilian Ledes (voice)
2026
American Idol
Self
2002American Idol
Self - Musical Guest
2002American Idol
Self - Contestant
2002American Idol
Self - Performer
2002
Empire
Michelle White
2015
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Celebrity Family Feud
Self - Contestant
2015
GOAT
Louise Harris (voice)
2026
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
American Idol
Self - Guest Judge
2018
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Mane (voice)
2023
The Oscars
Self
1953
Steve Harvey
Self - Musical Guest
2012
Today
Self
1952
The Voice
Jennifer Hudson
2012
The Voice UK
Self - Coach
2012
Sing
Young Nana (voice)
2016
Smash
Veronica Moore
2012
Live from E!
Self
2002
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Sex and the City
Louise
2008
The Early Show
Self
1999
The Color Purple
Songs
2023
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self - Musical Guest
1973
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Self
2020
Forensic Justice
Self (archive footage)
2016
Dreamgirls
Effie White
2006
The Three Stooges
Sister Rosemary
2012
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
2025
Cats
Grizabella
2019
The Secret Life of Bees
Rosaleen Daise
2008
Sandy Wexler
Courtney Clarke
2017
The Concert for Valor
Self - Performer
2014
Breathe
Maya
2024
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Maggie
2013
Respect
Aretha Franklin
2021Respect
Executive Producer
2021Respect
Songs
2021
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
Self
2026
Winged Creatures
Kathy Archenault
2009
Monster
Mrs. Harmon
2021
Confirmation
Angela Wright
2016
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
Self
2019
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Ophelia the Owl (voice)
2027
Tell It Like a Woman
Pepcy / Kim
2022
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
Self
2007
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2021
Winnie Mandela
Winnie Mandela
2011
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
2020
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Gloria
2013
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2025
Chi-Raq
Irene
2015
Hairspray Live!
Motormouth Maybelle
2016Hairspray Live!
Songs
2016
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Self
2017
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
2014
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Self
2019
Lullaby
Nurse Carrie
2014
Diane Warren: Relentless
Self
2025
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Self
2012
Baba Yaga
Forest (voice)
2021Baba Yaga
Executive Producer
2021
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
Self
2008
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert
Self
2020
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
Self
2011
Black Nativity
Naima
2013
Grace for the World
Self
2025
Michael Jackson Memorial
Self
2009
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Self
2024
The Grammys
Self
1959
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
Self
2019
The Making of 'Sex and the City'
Self
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self
2018American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Self
2024
A Very Pentatonix Christmas
Self
2017
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Jewel
2006
Christmas with Andrea Bocelli & Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special
2024Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Self
2009
Always Whitney Houston
Self
2012
Josh Groban & Friends: Home for the Holidays
Self
2024DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
Self (archive footage)
2009
Christmas at Graceland
Self
2023
VH1 Divas 2009
Self
2009
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Jennifer Hudson
2020
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
Self
2011
Happy Hour with Olly Murs
Self
2018