EGOT: Jennifer Hudson Becomes The Second Black Woman In History To Win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award

American singer and actress, Jennifer Hudson has made historic previous after profitable a Tony Award on Sunday.

The star has flip into the second black woman after Whoopi Goldberg to realize EGOT standing.

This means she has gained an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award in her career.

Hudson grew to turn into the seventeenth particular person to win all 4 important awards.

A Strange Loop had 11 nominations – basically probably the most for any current – heading to Sunday night’s Tony Awards in New York City. It took home awards for among the finest musical and best e-book for a musical lessons – the earlier giving Hudson, one in all many producers of the current, her milestone win. 

She beforehand gained an Oscar for best supporting actress for “Dreamgirls,” two Grammys for best R&B and best musical theater albums and a daytime Emmy for glorious interactive media for “Baba Yaga.” 

Hudson can be the second Black woman to win all 4 important awards after Whoopi Goldberg reached the milestone in 2002, in accordance with Entertainment Tonight. 

Other well-known EGOT winners embrace Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, John Legend and Alan Menken. 

The seventy fifth annual Tony Awards honored the very best performances of the theater enterprise, following two years of Broadway disruptions introduced on by the pandemic. Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose hosted the ceremony, which aired on CBS.