Jennifer Hudson is a female singer.
Jennifer Hudson . In 2015 she made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple . As a singer , Hudson has released three studio albums . She also became the principal singer of The Color Purple musical album , which earned her the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program ( shared with the cast of The Color Purple ) . Smash is an American musical drama television series created by playwright Theresa Rebeck and developed by Robert Greenblatt for NBC .