Jennifer Hudson is a recording artist,actress and author.Her career graph only went way up after she lost American Idol in 2002.She has won a Grammy Award as a recording artist.She holds an Academy Award for her acting skills and is one of the best selling authors. Her debut film was Dreamgirls (2006) and was followed by Sex and the City (2008). She also received an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2009. Her other releases include Winnie Mandela (2011), The Three Stooges (2012), The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013), Black Nativity (2013), Lullaby (2014), Chi-Raq (2015), Sing (2016), Sandy Wexler (2017), Monster (2018), Cats (2019) and Respect (2021).