Photos: Jennifer Hudson honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

November 13, 2013

Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in Los Angeles. Hudson stars in the Fox Searchlight Pictures' musical film "Black Nativity," releasing in the US on Nov. 27, 2013. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) ( "Bandfuse: Rock Legends" Video Game Launch )

Oscar and Grammy winning singer Jennifer Hudson pose with her husband avid Daniel Otunga, Sr.; and her son David Daniel Otunga, Jr. at a ceremony honoring her with a Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075277 )

Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson (C) poses with her family along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075279 )

Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson poses on her Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075286 )

Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson poses, with music producer poses with Clive Davis (L) and singer Raphael Saadiq, on her Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075248 )

Oscar and Grammy winning singer Jennifer Hudson pose with her husband David Daniel Otunga, Sr.; and her son David Daniel Otunga, Jr., at a ceremony honoring her with a Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075281 )

Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson poses beside her Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075240 )

Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson (C) unveils Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075242 )

Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson touches her Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075239 )

Jennifer Hudson arrives at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013 ( Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News) ( 85th Academy Awards )

Jennifer Hudson performs onstage at the 2013 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Soul Train Awards - Show )

Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Hudson present the award for Best Male Performance a the 2008 MTV Movie Awards. Photographed in Universal City, Californa 6/01/2008. Photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News ( DN02-MTV-22-JM.JPG )

T.I., left, and Jennifer Hudson perform onstage at the 2013 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Soul Train Awards - Show )

Jennifer Hudson, right, sings while President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance at Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball at the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ( Inaugural Balls Obama )

Jennifer Hudson during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ( 85th Academy Awards - Show )

Jennifer Hudson top, performs a tribute to Whitney Houston, left bottom, at the Warner Theatre during the 2010 BET Hip Hop Honors, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ( BET Hip Hop Honors )

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR UNITE4: GOOD - Actress/singer Jennifer Hudson arrives at unite4: good featured at Variety's Power of Women luncheon, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for unite4: good/AP Images) ( unite4: good Featured at Variety's Power of Women Luncheon )

Jennifer Hudson arrives at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Viewing and After Party on Sunday, Feb. 24 2013 at the Sunset Plaza Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Viewing and After Party )

Recording artists Jennifer Hudson, left, and Gladys Knight perform at the Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Show )

From left, Macklemore, Jennifer Hudson and Mary Lambert perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photo by Scott Gries/Invision/AP) ( 2013 MTV Video Music Awards - Show )

From left, Mary Lambert, Macklemore, Jennifer Hudson perform at the MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision for MTV/AP Images) ( MTV Video Music Awards 2013 - Inside )

Jennifer Hudson arrives at the Do Something Awards at the Avalon on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Do Something Awards - Arrivals )

In this May 29, 2013 photo released by DisneyParks.com on Aug. 22, 2013, actress-singer Jennifer Hudson, dressed as the character Tiana from the animated film "The Princess and the Frog," in Patterson, N.Y., as part of the Disney Dream Portrait series. The portrait series by Annie Leibovitz for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, features celebrities set in Disney fantasy settings. (AP Photo/DisneyParks.com, Scott Brinegar) ( Disney Dream Portraits Jennifer Hudson )

In this May 29, 2013 photo released by DisneyParks.com on Aug. 22, 2013, actress-singer Jennifer Hudson, dressed as the character Tiana from the animated film "The Princess and the Frog," holds her son David during a break from a photo shoot in Patterson, N.Y., for the Disney Dream Portrait series. The portrait series by Annie Leibovitz for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, features celebrities set in Disney fantasy settings. (AP Photo/DisneyParks.com, Scott Brinegar) ( Disney Dream Portraits Jennifer Hudson )

From left, director George Tillman Jr., recording artists Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson, and actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje attend a screening of "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" hosted by the Cinema Society & Tommy Hilfiger on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) ( NY Special Screening of The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete )

In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, Jennifer Hudson performs with students from Sandy Hook Elementary School singing "America the Beautiful" before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans. Since the school shooting, the music world helped the town come together and heal. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ( School Shooting Music )

Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson attends a book signing for her memoir "I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down", in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) ( Jennifer Hudson Book Signing )

Jennifer Hudson arrives at the QVC Red Carpet Style at the Four Seasons Hotel on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) ( QVC Red Carpet Style )

Singer Jennifer Hudson and fashion designer Roberto Cavalli attend amfAR's New York gala benefit at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) ( amfAR NY Gala )

In this courtroom sketch, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, left, sits with her sister, Julia Hudson, at court in Chicago, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, where William Balfour, the man convicted in the October 2008 shooting deaths of Hudson's 57-year-old mother Darnell Donerson, her 29-year-old brother Jason Hudson and her 7-year-old nephew Julian King, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni) ( Jennifer Hudson Slayings )

Singer Jennifer Hudson performs for Honoree Whitney Houston at the 2010 BET Honors at the Warner Theater on January 16, 2010 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invsion/AP) ( 2010 BET Honors - Show )

In this photo released by Pampers on Thursday, June 28, 2012, Jennifer Hudson teams with Pampers to create her rendition of the classic "Lullaby and Goodnight" during a recording session in New York. Hudson recorded the revered lullaby for exclusive free download at Pampers Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/Pampers, to honor the joyful way that parents bond with their little ones through music. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for Pampers/AP Images) ( Jennifer Hudson Pampers Lullabies )

Jennifer Hudson, left, and Ne-Yo perform at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ( NAACP Image Awards Show )

Jennifer Hudson arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ( 2013 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals )

From left, J. Cole and Jennifer Hudson perform onstage at the 2013 Do Something Awards, on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP Images) ( 2013 Do Something Awards - Show )

Singer Jennifer Hudson performs onstage at the 'We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute to Whitney Houston' concert at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on October 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invsion/AP) ( We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute to Whitney Houston )

Recording artist Jennifer Hudson attends the 2013 Golden Heart Awards Gala on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Golden Heart Awards Gala )

Actors Forest Whitaker, left, Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Alan Arkin pose backstage with their Oscars during the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. Whitaker and Mirren won for best actor and Hudson and Arkin won for best supporting actor. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( Oscars Press Room )

Jennifer Hudson poses with the Oscar she won for best supporting actress for her work in "Dreamgirls" at the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( APTOPIX Oscars Press Room )

Julia Hudson, left, sister of Oscar award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson inspects her sister's Oscar statue during an appearance on NBC's "Today Show" in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. Julia was flown in from her home in Chicago as a surprise to her more famous sister. The pair had seen each other only intermittently since Hudson was nominated for an Oscar. It was Hudson's first live interview since winning the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "Dreamgirls." (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( PEOPLE HUDSON )

Jennifer Hudson holds the award for outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture for her work on "Dreamgirls", at the 38th NAACP Image Awards, Friday, March 2, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) ( NAACP Image Awards )

Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for best new artist during the 7th annual BET Awards Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( BET Awards Show )

Music legend Clive Davis, left, and Oscar winning actress Jennifer Hudson pose for photographers at the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of New York 2007 Music Visionary of the Year Award Luncheon, Thursday, July 26, 2007 in New York. The annual event honored Davis. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ( People Clive Davis Jennifer Hudson )

(L-R) Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith, and his son, Jaden, pose together backstage at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday June 1, 2008 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) ( MTV Movie Awards Insider )

From left, actress Sophie Okonedo, actress Alicia Keys, director Gina Prince-Bythewood, actress Jennifer Hudson, actress Dakota Fanning and actress Queen Latifah attend a gala screening of "The Secret Life Of Bees" during the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Toronto. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) ( Toronto Film Festival The Secret Life Of Bees )

Jennifer Hudson and Ludacris arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( MTV Awards Arrivals )

Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for best R&B album for "Jennifer Hudson" at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( Grammy Awards Show )

Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for outstanding new artist at the 40th NAACP Image Awards on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ( NAACP Image Awards Show )

Jennifer Hudson sings the national anthem before the the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) ( Super Bowl XLIII Football )

Jennifer Hudson, left, and Sean "Diddy" Combs are seen at the 40th NAACP Image Awards on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009,in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ( NAACP Image Awards Show )

Actress Jennifer Hudson poses for a photo as she arrives for the ShoWest's closing night ceremony at Paris Las Vegas Hotel on Thursday, March 16, 2006. ShoWest has named Hudson "Female Star of Tomorrow". (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( SHOWEST LAS VEGAS )

In this Jan. 23, 2007 file photo released by DreamWorks, Jennifer Hudson is shown in a scene from "Dreamgirls." (AP Photo/DreamWorks, David James, file) ( Oscars Debut Performances )

Jennifer Hudson performs during the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Pool) ( Michael Jackson )

Actor Jamie Foxx, second from right, speaks following a preview of the new film "Dreamgirls," as director Bill Condon, left, actress Beyonce Knowles, second from left, actress Anika Noni Rose, third from left, and actress Jennifer Hudson look on in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen) ( FILM CANNES DREAMGIRLS )

From left, director Bill Condon, actors Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Beyonce Knowles and producer David Geffen arrive to the premiere of "Dreamgirls" at the Ziegfeld Theatre, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne) ( CINEMA DREAMGIRLS PREMIERE )

In this undated publicity photo released by Paramount Pictures, Anika Noni Rose, left, Beyonce Knowles, center, and Jennifer Hudson appear a scene from the film "Dreamgirls." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, David James) ( FILM COSTUME DESIGNER )

Jennifer Hudson poses with the award she won for best supporting actress for her work in "Dreamgirls" at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( Golden Globes Press Room )

Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for best supporting actress for her work in "Dreamgirls," during the 12th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( Critics Choice Awards Show )

The cast of Dreamgirls, from left, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Director Bill Condon, Beyonce Knowles and Jamie Foxx poses backstage at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) ( Golden Globes Press Room )

Jennifer Hudson arrives at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ( SAG Awards Arrivals )

Jennifer Hudson holds the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for her work in "Dreamgirls," at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ( SAG Awards Press Room )

American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson arrives at the American Idol Finale: Results Show held at the Kodak Theatre on May 25, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

American Idol contestants Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia Barrino, La Toya London and Diana DeGarmo perform on stage at the American Idol Season Three Grand Finale at the Kodak Theatre May 26, 2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) ( 50895352FM500_idol )

Finalists (Front) Camile Velasco, (standing, L to R) Amy Adams, Leah LaBelle, Diana DeGarmo, Jon Peter Lewis, Jasmine Trias, LaToya London, Matt Rogers, (Rear, Standing L to R) John Stevens, Jennifer Hudson, George Huff and Fantasia Barrino pose at Fox's celebration of Americn Idols Top 12 finalists at Pearl on March 10, 2004 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Actress in a Supporting role winner Jennifer Hudson (L) and her mother Darnell Hudson (R) are pictured during the Governor's Ball following the 79th Annual Academy Awards presentations at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, 25 February 2007. Hudson won for her role in "Dream Girls." (GERARD BURKHART/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was779177 )

Singer Jennifer Hudson arrives at the 2013 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Soul Train Awards - Arrivals )

Jennifer Hudson, left, and Evelyn 'Champagne' King perform onstage at the 2013 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP) ( 2013 Soul Train Awards - Show )

Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson poses her Star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013. Hudson is the recipient of the 2,512th Star in the category of Recording. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8075247 )

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