Jennifer Hudson is an American singer, actress, and television host. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for her role in Dreamgirls in 2006 and later won an Oscar for the same role in 2007. She released her self-titled album Jennifer Hudson in 2008, for which she received the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Hudson went on to release the albums I Remember Me and JHUD. She has popular songs including If This Isn't Love, Giving Myself, and And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going. Hudson made her Broadway debut playing Shug Avery in The Color Purple and later portrayed Aretha Franklin in the biopic Respect. She has also appeared in Sex and the City and Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special. She hosts the daytime talk show The Jennifer Hudson Show.