Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American Singer and actress. Jennifer was born on , to Darnell Donnerson and father Samuel Simpson. She was raised along with two older siblings in Chicago, Illinois, US. Jennifer is 36 years of age and has a height of 5 feet and 9 inches. She is of Black ethnicity and American nationality.
Jennifer attended and graduated from Dunbar Vocational High School in . She enrolled at Langston University Oklahoma but transferred after a semester to Kennedy-King College in Chicago because she was too homesick and hated the weather.
Jennifer, who is a gifted singer, started performing in the church choir from the age of 7. Julia started doing community theatre because of an inspiration from her maternal grandmother. By the time, Jennifer had already had a five-year binding record contract with Righteous Records, Chicago, in . Fortunately, she was released from the contract in so she could compete in the .
Though she never reached the Top 7 in the third season of American Idol, she has been claimed by the as the third greatest Idol contestant behind season one winner Kelly Clarkson and season four winner Carrie Underwood. She was signed for the role of Effie in the movie (an adaptation of theatre production ) on after her appearance on
Her first appearance on a record was a duet 'The Future Ain't What It Used to Be' with Meat Loaf's 10th studio album Her breakthrough came after she appeared in the role of Effie in the movie that also starred Beyonce, Eddie Murphy, and Jamie Foxx in
Her self-titled album was released in S by Arista Records, two years after she had signed the record deal in . After that, she released two more albums: (2011) and (2014). Before that, she also has an extended playlist released .
She has appeared in many movies and television series. She appeared in as Louise in 2008, Winnie Mandela (2011 as the title character), as Gloria in the movie She has also voiced the character Young Nana Noodleman in the animated movie She was last seen in the movie as Mrs. Harmon in
Apart from she has been part of She has also been the part of television series (TV film) and others.
Jennifer has been nominated 78 times, among which she has won 38 awards in both music and acting category. Her first win was Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for (2006). She also won the Golden Globe Award, British Academy Film Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics' Choice Movie Awards for the same movie later the same year. Her music album won her Best R&B Album of the Year at the Grammy awards .
Jennifer Hudson has had a long time affair with her boyfriend James Payton since she was . They dated from to . After their breakup, she dated boyfriend David Otunga and got engaged in. In , they became parents to a baby boy David Daniel Otunga, Jr. She split with her boyfriend Otunga in late along with a restraining order to the Ex.
Jennifer does timely tours across the US and around the world. Though her salary is not mentioned, her current estimated net worth is around $20 million.
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