Jennifer Hudson Is The Youngest Female-Identifying Person To EGOT After Winning A Tony For "A Strange Loop"
Jennifer Hudson has always been a legend, and her latest accomplishment is further confirmation of that.
Last night, she won her first-ever Tony as a producer of A Strange Loop, which took home the Tony for Best Musical.
For those keeping score at home, that means that Jennifer now has a Tony, an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Grammy.
Jennifer won the Best Actress Oscar in 2007 for her performance in Dreamgirls. She took home a Grammy two years later for her self-titled debut album, and she received a Daytime Emmy last year as an executive producer of Baba Yaga.
That's right: Jennifer's achieved EGOT status, which is a huge deal.
According to Billboard, she's the youngest-ever female-identifying person to EGOT, and the third youngest overall.
Songwriter Robert Lopez (Avenue Q, Frozen) and John Legend are the only two people to EGOT at a younger age than the 40-year-old Hudson. They both EGOT'd at 39.
She's also the third-ever Black person to EGOT, after John and Whoopi Goldberg.
What an incredible achievement. And it's worth noting that Jennifer actually has two Grammys under her belt, since she also won as part of the cast of The Color Purple revival in 2017.
So she's basically 25% on her way to a double EGOT. Hey, anything can happen!
