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Julian King

Murder victim

Died when: 7 years 297 days (93 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Julian King

Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, was an American singer, actress, and talk show host.

Throughout her career, she has received various accolades for her works in recorded music, film, television, and theater.Hudson became the youngest woman and second African-American woman to receive all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT).

She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013.Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.

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.

In 2022, she began hosting a talk show titled, The Jennifer Hudson Show.


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