Jennifer Hudson's The Gift of Love: An Intimate Live Experience

Jennifer Hudson’s The Gift of Love: An Intimate Live Experience will come to The Chicago Theatre on Friday, December 13. 

About Jennifer Hudson  

A two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actress, and Tony and Emmy Award-winning producer, Jennifer Hudson is the youngest female EGOT winner in history. From humble beginnings, Hudson began singing in a small Chicago church where, week after week, she brought the congregation to its feet. From there, she’s gone on to worldwide acclaim. Hudson is currently starring in her highly acclaimed nationally syndicated talk show, “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” which will return for a Season 3 this September. The show features her powerful voice in a new way, bringing fun, uplifting, and empowering conversations to the forefront. “The Jennifer Hudson Show” has received two nominations for People’s Choice Awards, and also received six Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Hudson was awarded the AAFCA “We See You Award” in 2023 after an incredible first season, in which she also won the NAACP Image Award for Best Talk Show Host, was named one of People magazine’s “People of the Year” and one of Glamour magazine’s “Women of the Year.” She also was honored with GLAAD’s Excellence in Media Award for her influence through the show.  ”The Jennifer Hudson Show” has hosted an exciting slate of guests thus far, including Oprah Winfrey, Shaquille O’Neal, Matthew McConaughey, Mariah Carey, Viola Davis, Adam Sandler, Chance the Rapper, Ciara, DJ Khaled, and John Legend among others.  Hudson cemented her historic EGOT status by earning a Tony Award as co-producer on 2022’s Best Musical, “A Strange Loop”. This followed her electrifying turn as Aretha Franklin in the critically acclaimed biopic, “Respect,” a role for which she was handpicked by Franklin and garnered her a Screen Actors Guild nomination. She was named “Entertainer of the Year” at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards and earned Grammy and Golden Globe nominations for the film’s original song, “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),” which she co-wrote alongside the legendary Carole King. Hudson has been named one of Time magazine’s “Most Influential People in the World,” starred in countless film and television projects, released chart-topping albums, made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning production of “The Color Purple,” and has been a celebrated coach on both the US and UK versions of the Emmy Award winning juggernaut “The Voice.” She also penned a New York Times best-selling memoir that inspired millions, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, sang at the Super Bowl, and has been invited to perform for countless world leaders, including multiple presidents, royalty, and the Pope. Hudson even has her own day named after her in the city of Chicago. In 2007, Hudson won an Academy Award for her role as Effie in the smash hit Dreamgirls, an adaptation of the Broadway musical. Her breakout film performance also garnered a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA and an NAACP Image Award. 

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