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Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson

3 films · 158 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20152021

Born 12 September 1981 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jennifer Kate Hudson, also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Hudson rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. She made her film debut as Effie White in the musical Dreamgirls (2006), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the youngest African-American to win in a competitive acting category.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 158 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20152021

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2007
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture2006
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2007
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role2007
  • Tony Award for Best Musical
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video2012
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album2012
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album2009
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist2009
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group2009
  • Grammy Award for Best R&B Album2008
  • BET Award for Best Actor & Actress2007

How their films are shot

Measured across 158 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jennifer takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night — the look of the work Jennifer takes.

Time of day

Night44%
Day38%
Interior16%

Lighting

High key34%
Natural32%
Low key32%

Shot size

Medium46%
Wide26%
Fullbody15%
Closeup10%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle7%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral67%
Tense10%
Joyful8%
Ominous4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 158 frames from Jennifer Hudson's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.