BEVERLY HILLS, November 12, (THEWILL) – Jennifer Hudson stars on Broadway and in the upcoming movie “Chi-Raq,” and now the Chicago native is on the December cover of O, The Oprah Magazine.
Hudson, 34, epitomizes old Hollywood glam as she dons a purple see-through gown for the magazine. The colour is fitting since Hudson stars as blues singer Shug Avery in the Broadway adaptation of “The Color Purple” which opened for previews this week.
Hudson, who grew up on the South Side and moved to the Chicago suburbs, is slated to play a woman whose daughter is killed in “Chi-Raq,” the Spike Lee satire of Chicago violence that’s due in theaters December 4.
That is a familiar role for Hudson, whose mother, brother and nephew were shot to death in Chicago in 2008.
The issue hits the newsstands on November 17.
Photo Credits: O Magazine | chicagotribune.com
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