Jennifer Hudson.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Jennifer Hudsonhas officially achieved EGOT status!
The actress and singer clinched her first-everTony Awardon Sunday evening, whenA Strange Loopwon best musical. (Hudson, 40, serves as a producer on the show.)
It was the final trophy she needed to complete the EGOT quartet of having won anEmmy,Grammy,Oscarand Tony.
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Hudson won her first of the big four awards, an Oscar, for her role in 2007’sDreamgirls. She is a two-time Grammy winner, having nabbed her first one for her 2009 self-titled album.
TheAmerican Idolalum went on to score a Daytime Emmy last year, for the animated shortBaba Yaga, which she co-produced and lent her voice to.
Hudson previously joked when asked about herplans to achieve EGOT status, “I should get two more dogs.”
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“I got a dog and named it Oscar, and then I won my Oscar. And then I got a dog and named it Grammy, and then I won my Grammy,” she said at the time. “So I think I should get some dogs and name them Emmy and Tony — and it’ll give me good luck, and I’ll win. [They’re] like my good luck charms.”
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In the highly coveted category of best new musical,Girl From the North Country,MJ The Musical,Mr. Saturday Night,Paradise Square,SIX: The MusicalandA Strange Loopall competed for the top prize this year.
Hosting the show wasAriana DeBose, whowon an Oscar earlier this yearfor the latest film adaptation of the beloved stage musicalWest Side Story.
The 2022 Tony Awards aired live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on CBS and Paramount+.
source: people.com
