Jennifer Hudson
Year Title Role Notes
2004 American Idol Contestant Season 3 ; 7th place
2011 The X Factor Herself UK series 8 ; Guest Judge ( Judges Houses Assistant )
2012 Smash Veronica Moore 3 episodes
2013 Call Me Crazy : A Five Film Maggie Television film , segment : Maggie
2015 Empire Michelle White 3 episodes
2016 Beat Bugs Blackbird sings the eponymous song of episode 21b
2016 Confirmation Angela Wright Television film
2016 Inside Amy Schumer Herself Episode : Brave
2016 Hairspray Live ! Motormouth Maybelle Television special
2017-2019 The Voice UK Herself/Coach Seasons : 6 - 8
2017-2019 The Voice U.S Herself/Coach Seasons : 13 , 15
2017 Ant and Dec 's Saturday Night Takeaway Herself Series 14 Show 1 End of the Show Show - guest performer
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience Herself Episode : Norman Lear 's All in the Family and The Jeffersons - guest performer
Filmography
Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut as Effie White in Dreamgirls (2006), for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in Sex and the City (2008), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), and Black Nativity (2013). In 2015, she made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery in The Color Purple. Following her elimination from American Idol and performance in Dreamgirls, Hudson was later signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis and released her self-titled debut studio album in 2008, which was certified gold in the United States, sold over a million copies worldwide, and received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Her subsequent studio albums, I Remember Me (2011) and JHUD (2014), saw continued commercial success with the former also being certified gold in the United States. Hudson received her second Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2017 as a cast member on The Color Purple. Hudson was the subject of significant media attention in 2008 when her mother, brother, and nephew were killed in a shooting. She resumed public appearances the following year, with a high-profile performance at Super Bowl XLIII as well as other mainstream events. Hudson has been described as a friend of former President Barack Obama, who invited her to appear with him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills during his first term in May 2009. She also performed at the White House at the Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement event.