The “American Idol” alum is the 17th person — and the youngest woman of color — to attain EGOT status in the history of the entertainment industry.
“Look what arrived yal !!!” she captioned the photo, for which she posed with her Tony in a button-down violet dress.
The 40-year-old multihyphenate performer snagged the Tony vis a vis her role as one of the producers on the Broadway production of the critically acclaimed, Pulitzer-prize winning musical “A Strange Loop,” with industry legends including Billy Porter, RuPaul, Don Cheadle and Mindy Kaling also serving as producers on the show.
Hudson snagged the first of her EGOT awards at the 2007 Oscars, winning Best Supporting Actress for “Dreamgirls.”Named as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2020, Hudson began amassing the four high-profile wins required for a full EGOT — an acronym for the iconic entertainment-industry awards of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony — upon winning Best Supporting Actress at the 2007 Oscars for the 2006 musical-drama “Dreamgirls.
Not long after taking home her first Oscar, Hudson scored her first Grammy at the 2009 ceremony, winning Best R&B Album.Not long after, she acquired a Grammy for her eponymous 2008 album, which won Best R&B Album at the 2009 ceremony.
The first woman of color to EGOT was Whoopi Goldberg, who won both the Emmy and the Tony that completed her EGOT accolades in 2002.
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