Jennifer Hudson Before
Audiences fell in love with the talented young woman from Chicago when she first appeared in the third season of American Idol. Hudson didn’t win that year, but even finishing in seventh place, she made an impression. Her face hardly mattered as much as her voice. She could belt out songs like a seasoned diva. Hollywood took notice too. When producers cast the movie version of the Broadway hit Dreamgirls, Hudson was their pick for Effie White.
