Jennifer Hudson achieves EGOT status with 2022 Tony Award win for work on 'A Strange Loop'

She has now officially won all of the top awards in entertainment, which also include an Emmy, a Grammy and an Oscar.

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Monday, June 13, 2022
Jennifer Hudson achieves EGOT status with 2022 Tony Award win
Jennifer Hudson achieves EGOT status with 2022 Tony Award winJennifer Hudson has achieved elite EGOT status after a win at the 2022 Tony Awards this weekend, earning her spot on the esteemed shortlist of entertainers.

NEW YORK -- Jennifer Hudson has achieved elite EGOT status after a win at the 2022 Tony Awards this weekend, earning her spot on the esteemed shortlist of entertainers.

Hudson, 40, was nominated for best musical for her work as a producer on the hit Broadway show "A Strange Loop," which took home the top award Sunday night. She has now officially won all of the top awards in entertainment, which also include an Emmy, a Grammy and an Oscar.

"A Strange Loop," a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical written by Michael R. Jackson, is described as following Usher, "a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer." The Broadway sensation led the pack of Tony nominations this year with 11 nods.

"A Strange Loop" received 11 Tony nominations in 2021 including one for L. Morgan Lee, who is the first openly transgender performer to be recognized by The Tonys. Sandy Kenyon has more on the musical, that he says you have to see!

Previous wins that contribute to Hudson's EGOT report card include a Daytime Emmy for executive producing the 2020 animated film "Baby Yaga," Grammy awards in 2017 for "The Color Purple" and in 2009 for best R&B album for her self-titled debut album, and an Oscar for best supporting actress for "Dreamgirls" at the 2007 Academy Awards.

The "American Idol" alum had been mentioned in Tony Awards conversations for her work as Shug Avery in "The Color Purple" on Broadway, but ultimately did not receive a nomination.

With "A Strange Loop" winning best musical Sunday, Hudson joins a small but elite list of EGOT winners, including John Legend and Whoopi Goldberg.

SEE ALSO: Composer Alan Menken achieves EGOT with Daytime Emmy win

The final piece of the puzzle came Sunday when Menken won the Daytime Emmy for "Best Original Song."

Other notable celebrities one award away from the high ranking are Viola Davis, Billy Porter and Cynthia Erivo.

The Tony Awards aired Sunday on CBS.

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