Jennifer Hudson is a performer.
Jennifer Hudson . As an actress , she made her film debut portraying Effie White in Dreamgirls , for which she gained worldwide acclaim and won an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress . She has also appeared in such films as Sex and the City , The Secret Life of Bees and Black Nativity . In 2015 she made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple .