Jennifer Hudson Biography

Biography

The story of Jennifer Kate Hudson is the living proof of how someone so invisible at the beginning can actually raise to stardom through hard work and determination. Starting her life in Chicago, Illinois, young Hudson who was born September 12, 1981 was lucky to be exposed to such a soulful city. She performed in the small church of her town as a choir solo singer due to the influence from her grand mother, Julia Hudson, who equally was a choir member. She graduated from Dunbar Vocational Career Academy in 1999, worked in Burger King for a while, and engaged in a Chicago's musical production "Big River" where she sang professionally. Soon her talent began to find its way to prominence by performing in Disney's Wonder cruise ship.

To take a bigger leap she decided to enter the one-way-ticket-to-stardom singing contest in 2004, which was none other than the highly rated American Idol. Impressed the judges, she was in for the semifinals before almost missing her chance if Randy Jackson had not put her in the wild card position. Making it through to the semifinals, Hudson had to struggle to maintain her position in the Top 12. Tired of getting ...

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low votes, she had a revelation to change her choice of music and soon gained viewers' notice by singing Elton John's "Circle of Life." Finally she absorbed the highest votes after delivering Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" in the Movie Night episode. As much as she wanted to be in the big three, yet ironically she had to left the show just one episode after that and respectively rooted her position in the seventh place of American Idol Season 3.

Instead of going home and feeling sober, Hudson had to be appraised for her effort of finding a new way to catapult herself back to popularity. That was proven by the willpower shown by her in defeating more than 700 actresses auditioning for the role Effie Melody White in the musical movie "Dreamgirls" (2006). She gained 20 pounds just to resemble the character and while the role Effie White was adapted from the story life of Florence Ballard, though not exactly the same yet the person was known as a very complex character. Successfully portraying Effie White is actually an achievement of its own for such a young actress like Hudson. Moreover, she had no trouble remaking the character that ...