Jennifer Hudson

2022 - 6 - 13

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Jennifer Hudson joins EGOT winners after Tony victory (The Guardian)

The musician, actor and producer is the newest member of US entertainment's grand slam after winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and now a Tony award.

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Jennifer Hudson is an EGOT winner (CNN)

Jennifer Hudson walking on the red carpet at the 75th Annual Tony Awards held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Anthony Behar/ ...

"So I think I should get some dogs and name them Emmy and Tony -- and it'll give me good luck, and I'll win [They're] like my good luck charms." An EGOT is an artist who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony Award in their career. "I got a dog and named it Oscar, and then I won my Oscar. And then I got a dog and named it Grammy, and then I won my Grammy," she said.

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Jennifer Hudson attains EGOT status (The A.V. Club)

Singer and Cats apologist Jennifer Hudson is officially the 17th person in history to win a Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. Last night, Hudson won her ...

Soundcore offers a selection of Sound Frames—glasses with built-in speakers that deliver clear, immersive sound to the space around your ears. For her Emmy, she snagged a daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Media for the animated short Baba Yaga. who is caught in a self-referential loop of his own self hatred.” How meta.

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Jennifer Hudson Achieves EGOT Status With A Strange Loop Tony ... (Vanity Fair)

The Respect star became the 17th person in history to win a competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

In 2021 she won a Daytime Emmy for outstanding interactive media for a daytime program for executive producing the animated short “ Baba Yaga.” She followed that up with two Grammys, winning best R&B album for Jennifer Hudson in 2009 and best musical theater album for The Color Purple in 2017. Jennifer Hudson has gone from American Idol also-ran to Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and, now, Tony winner.

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Jennifer Hudson reaches EGOT status after winning Tony Award (The Washington Post)

Jennifer Hudson became the 17th entertainer ever to reach EGOT status after her Tony win for co-producing "A Strange Loop."

Hudson, 40, is also the third-youngest EGOT winner, and the first who was a former “American Idol” contestant. She’s been no stranger to sweeping awards for her powerhouse performances. An EGOT is someone who has won each of the four major American entertainment awards: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

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Jennifer Hudson Is The Youngest Woman To Ever EGOT (NYLON)

Jennifer Hudson is officially an EGOT winner. Last night, the American Idol star won her first Tony Award for producing the critically acclaimed musical, ...

“And then I got a dog and named it Grammy, and then I won my Grammy. So I think I should get dogs and name them Emmy and Tony and it’ll give me good luck and, I’ll win.” “I got a dog and named it Oscar, and then I won my Oscar,” she said. A Strange Loop was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, and won Best Musical. The play, which Michael R. Jackson wrote, is a meta exploration of Blackness and the performing arts.

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Jennifer Hudson Is Now the Youngest Woman Ever to Achieve ... (HarpersBAZAAR.com)

Jennifer Hudson just made history as the youngest female EGOT winner. At last night's 75th annual Tony Awards ceremony, the Broadway musical Hudson co-produces, ...

She won the first in 2009 for her eponymous debut studio album and the second in 2017 for The Color Purple's musical theater album. So if it permits itself for me to have the opportunity to add the T to my EGO, I will." When asked if she aspires to one day achieve the coveted status, she said, "You know, I would love to achieve that one day.

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Jennifer Hudson Locks in EGOT Status With 'A Strange Loop' Win at ... (Rolling Stone)

Hudson won her Oscar for her role in 2006's Dreamgirls, taking home the trophy for Best Supporting Actress. Her Grammy Award came in 2009 when she won Best R&B ...

“So I think I should get some dogs and name them Emmy and Tony — and it’ll give me good luck, and I’ll win [They’re] like my good luck charms.” Hudson won her Oscar for her role in 2006’s Dreamgirls, taking home the trophy for Best Supporting Actress. Her Grammy Award came in 2009 when she won Best R&B Album for Jennifer Hudson, before snagging another in 2017 for her work on the musical theater album The Color Purple. In 2021, the actress gained a Daytime Emmy Award for Baba Yaga, which won Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program. Other winners include Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno, and more.

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Jennifer Hudson is now an EGOT winner at the Tony Awards (CW33 NewsFix)

The singer/ actress won her first Tony award when “A Strange Loop” won for Best Musical. Hudson is a producer on the show. The achievement was the final trophy ...

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