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Hudson won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2007 for her role in the film \"Dreamgirls,\" going on to win Grammys for best R&B album in 2009 for her self-titled debut album as well as a best musical theater album for \"The Color Purple\" in 2017.

In 2021, she won a Daytime Emmy for outstanding interactive media for a daytime program for \"Baba Yaga\" and clinched her Tony in 2022 as a producer on \"A Strange Loop\" when it won best musical, making her an EGOT winner.

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