Speak about a real dreamgirl.
Jennifer Hudson formally achieved EGOT standing when she secured her newest win on the 2022 Tony Awards. In the course of the celebratory ceremony on June 12, the Dreamgirls alum received a Tony for producing the Broadway musical, A Unusual Loop.
The noteworthy time period “EGOT” refers back to the spectacular achievement of nabbing all 4 main leisure awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Jennifer is the seventeenth particular person in historical past to affix an already notable checklist, which incorporates the hyperlinks of Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, and Rita Moreno.
The 40-year-old first started racking up the awards when she received an Oscar for Finest Supporting Actress for her position in 2006’s Dreamgirls. In 2009, Jennifer received a Grammy for Finest R&B album for her self-titled debut, and one other Grammy eight years later for Finest Musical Theater Album for The Shade Purple. Final 12 months, the American Idol alum received a Daytime Emmy as an government producer for the animated movie, Baba Yaga.