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Jennifer Hudson won the Best Supporting Actress for her 2006 film debut in 2006 Dreamgirls, But American idol Alum did not know too much about the Academy awards before his big night in 2007.
“It sounds so sharp, but I wasn’t too familiar with the Oscars, because my dream was a singer and defeat Grammys,” Davea Karger’s 2024 Dave 2024 revealed in 2024 50 Oscar nights book.
“So even by the night I am there, I remember [costar] Jamie Foxx said, “The craziest thing is that there is no idea what’s going on.” I experienced it as I went. ”
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Jennifer Hudson at Oscar 2007.
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In the 1982 Broadway musical adaptation, Hudson played Effie White, one of three young black women in the 1960s girls. Effie is initially the main singer, but he is pushed by manager Curtis (Foxx), who puts Deena Jones (Beyoncé) in front and middle, causing friction. Anika noni Rose played a third group member.
Admittedly, Hudson didn’t know much Dreamgirls Or, the story lightly based on the Suprames. After her stay at American idol 2004 “It was kind of as if we were starting,” Hudson told Karger. “I had a production contract and I just recorded music. As long as I sang, I was happy, you know?”
“People would say,” Jennifer Hudson for Effie White. “And I’m like,” Who is Effie White? “I knew ‘and I told you I didn’t go’ and ‘I’m changing’, but I didn’t know who the character was,” she continued.
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Jennifer Hudson in ‘Dreamgirls’.
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That character would end up changing her career’s course, helping her turn from a former competitor in a reality show in A-Lister.
At the 79th Award of the Academy, Dreamgirls He was ready for eight Oscars, including the best picture and best supporting actress. Hudson shared the category with Cate Blanchett (Scandal notes), Adriana Barraza (Babel), Rinko Kikuchi (Babel), and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine).
Hudson, of course, prevailed. And as for that Grammy, she hoped she would win one day when she was younger? Since then, she has won two: Best R&B album in 2009 and best album of music theater for The color of purple Eight years later.
Jennifer Hudson in her talk show, egot Win and confronted with fears, they move, “You will always see me trying”
2021 also won the daily Emmy for animated short short Baba Yagawhich she co -produced and expressed. Next year she won the Tony Award when Weird loopShe was a producer, winning the best musical – which made her winner Egot, the age of 40.
Conan O’Brien hosted an Academy Award in 2025, who will broadcast live from the Dolby Theater at Ovion Hollywood at 7:00 pm on Sunday, March 2nd, at 7:00 pm and Hulu.
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