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Jennifer Holliday originated the role on Broadway in 1981 and won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role as well as the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for its re-release in 1982 for which it became a number-one R&B hit for Holliday. Jennifer Hudson portrayed Effie in the 2006 film adaptation of the musical ...
Lillias White, who was Holliday's original understudy, has performed the song in concert. Jennifer Hudson performs the song as Effie White in the 2006 DreamWorks/Paramount Dreamgirls motion picture adaptation. The song was performed by Bianca Ryan on the first season of NBC's America's Got Talent, a reality show which Ryan became the winner of ...
Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. [1] She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and later became a successful recording artist. [ 1 ]
Hudson performed the classic holiday song during the Dec. 22 episode of “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” accompanied by her “Dreamgirls” pianist, Charles Jones.
During NBC's annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center," EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson, rising star Raye and country duo Dan + Shay sang holiday hits.
Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, [1] is an American singer and actress. Having received numerous accolades for her work in music, film, television, and theater, Hudson became the youngest woman and third African-American recipient of all four major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in 2022. [2]
Jennifer Hudson will always remember Whitney Houston. On Oct. 6, the Dreamgirls star, 43, took the stage to perform a powerful medley, including “I WIll Always Love You,” at the American Music ...
Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen.Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, but closely follows the story of The Supremes as the musical follows the story of a young Black female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called "The Dreams", who become ...