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Acting

Jennifer Hudson

Career

Active from 2006 to 2027, busiest in 2013 and 2021 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jennifer Hudson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    2.1, average 4.0
  • Crime
    2.2, average 3.6
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Feel-Good Movie 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • Urban Setting 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Hopeful 2
  • Female Empowerment 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 60
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk (2027)

as Ophelia the Owl (voice)

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (2026)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lilian Ledes (voice)

GOAT
GOAT (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

as Louise Harris (voice)

Breathe
Breathe (2024)
GoodWatch score 26

as Maya

The Color Purple
The Color Purple (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

Songs

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Mane (voice)

Tell It Like a Woman
Tell It Like a Woman (2022)
GoodWatch score 26

as Pepcy / Kim

Respect
Respect (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

as Aretha Franklin

Monster
Monster (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs. Harmon

Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga (2021)

as Forest (voice)

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)

as Jennifer Hudson

2010s

16 titles · average score 59
Cats
Cats (2019)
GoodWatch score 31

as Grizabella

Sandy Wexler
Sandy Wexler (2017)
GoodWatch score 40

as Courtney Clarke

Sing
Sing (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

as Young Nana (voice)

Chi-Raq
Chi-Raq (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

as Irene

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Self / Self - Guest

Empire
Empire (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Michelle White

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
GoodWatch score 75

as Gloria

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maggie

Black Nativity
Black Nativity (2013)
GoodWatch score 49

as Naima

The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

as Sister Rosemary

Smash
Smash (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Veronica Moore

Winnie Mandela
Winnie Mandela (2011)
GoodWatch score 37

as Winnie Mandela

2000s

5 titles · average score 60
Winged Creatures
Winged Creatures (2009)
GoodWatch score 46

as Kathy Archenault

The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

as Rosaleen Daise

Sex and the City
Sex and the City (2008)
GoodWatch score 57

as Louise

Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

as Effie White

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (2006)

as Jewel

1990s

1 title · average score 47
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show