While she has certainly kept busy, her big screen work in the years since 2007 hasn’t earned her the same kind of attention as her breakout role, but Respect looks like it could be a performance that is given a lot of consideration by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
It seems like a lifetime ago that Jennifer Hudson was competing as a contestant on American Idol, but that was just a couple of years before Dreamgirls and her win at the Oscars for Best Supporting Actress.
Admittedly it’s partially because of everything that is presently going on in the world, but just this snapshot of her performance in this trailer is powerful, so one can only wonder and anticipate what she will be bringing to the table when the full thing arrives later this year.