Jennifer Hudson Research Paper

After she first divorced, Jenni discovered her passion for singing and decided to turn it into a career, with her father helping her accomplish her

Essay Jennifer Lawrence is a Hollywood actress who aims for her goals and achieves its. She is best known for her show stunning role of Katniss in the Hunger Games. Lawrence always has a positive outlook and will try her best in anything no matter how hard the challenge is. "I like when things are hard; I'm very competitive.

In January 2016, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Empire becoming only the third African American actress to take home the award after Gail Fisher (1972) and Regina Taylor (1992). In all these roles Taraji brings an authentic interpretation of character that is relatable to the audience. She wins everyone over with her sincerity and enthusiasm. While her portrayal look effortless, Taraji does a lot of preparation and considers carefully the roles she decides to take.

On December 14th, 2000, Miss Congeniality (directed by Donald Petrie) was released, making 212.8 million dollars during its run in theaters. Sandra Bullock, the leading actress of the movie, played a character by the name of Gracie Hart. Bullock’s character is an FBI agent that must go undercover to protect the contestants of the Miss United States Pageant. The contestants were being threatened by a notorious criminal who happened to be the pageant host, Kathy Morningside, played by Candice Bergen. The stereotypical topic Miss Congeniality addresses is women not being good enough to do a man’s job; though the feminist defense in the movie proves the stereotype wrong. It would seem as though Miss Congeniality struggles with an ideological conflict by suggesting that being a feminist is acceptable, yet a woman must stay out of the work traditionally done by men. The conflicted opinions in Miss Congeniality are easily recognized by men and women being represented in film differently, misogyny in the workplace, the juxtaposition of feminism and misogyny, and the future with a continuation of struggles from both sides.

Robyn Fenty the Barbadian superstar also known as Rihanna started out known as a cookie cutter teen pop star after she moved to the United States at sixteen years old. Born on February 20, 1988 in St. Michael, Barbados she grew up in a 3 bedroom house with her mom, dad, three brothers and two sisters. She worked with her father at a vendor booth selling clothes, although most of their money went to support her father’s drug and alcohol addictions. She began signing when she was seven with two of her classmates but it wasn’t until she was sixteen that she met Evan Rogers and began to work with him and moved out of Barbados. A year after moving to the states she was asked to meet with Jay-z at DefJam Records where she

Not only was she doing all of this at the young age of 17, but Alicia also managed to graduate out of her high school a year early, and as the schools prized valedictorian. In late 1999, Alicia followed the renowned Clive Davis to his new company J Records, where she continued to show signs of success. Now, at the age of 20 in the year 2001, releasing her Debut CD “Songs in A Minor,” Alicia Keys is still rising. Her CD has already gone triple platinum, (the first number 1 album for her new label). She has also won the 2001 Best New Artist MTV video music award. Her music is incredible, with well-written and very wise lyrics. Her sound is very unique and different from many of the artists out there right now.

Being a strong believer in equal rights she demanded a contract. Right then Lena earned her place in African American history as “the first African-American actress in history to sign a long-term contract with a major film studio.” (AMC)

When she was 22 years old, she took part in a TV audition program “Canadian Idol" and was placed third in the competition. This was the turning point of her music career. In one interview after the program, Carly said she was thinking to be a teacher if she could not be an idol. Thanks to the winning, she was part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour. After coming back from the concert, Carly released her very first two singles. Later the same year in 2008, she released her debut album, Tug of War. The album has sold 10,000 copies in Canada. Although her song has gained popularity in Canada, she is still not a world famous singer yet.

Betty White has had an outstanding career of acting and entertainment throughout her lifetime. Betty White is a seven time Emmy awards winner and the recipient of the Grammy Awards. In order to become successful, she had to start out somewhere.

Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. Halle’s parents are Jerome and Judith Berry. Halle has an older sister named Heidi. Halle attended a nearly all white public school. Halle was discriminated at an early age. In the early 1970’s her dad abandoned her and the whole family. Through high school Halle was a newspaper editor, class president and head cheerleader. She went to Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Community College. Halle changed her idea of a career in news reporting before receiving her degree.

While Madonna was being compared to Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston, Spears was competing with her contemporaries like Christina Aguilera or even Jennifer Lopez. However, in 1987 Madonna’s Who’s That Girl tour earned her $25 Million in US ticket sales in comparison to Houston’s $20.1 Million earned for her Moment of Truth tour that same year. (Thakur 168) Madonna has also sold over 300 Million records worldwide and is has generated over $1.2 Billion in sales during the first half of her career. (Kramarae & Spender 459) Spears also came out on top throughout her early career as becoming the biggest female artist of the decade of the 21st century with over 150 million albums sold worldwide- heavily outselling Aguilera, Lopez, and other contemporaries. (Billboard) In fact, Guinness World Records has Spears’ debut album as the best-selling album by a teenager selling 25 Million records In 2001, Spears had

Ella sang the Hoagy Carmichael tune "Judy" and wowed the audience. She also sang another song called "An Object of My Affection" and went on to win the contest's twenty-five dollar first place prize! Ella had musical talent, but Ella said herself "I really wanted to be a dancer not a singer." (source 7).

Betty as well has earned many awards for her achievements in life. During the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards she was honored with the Life Achievement Award. In the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards she received the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy

Do you think you could be a black woman and stand up in front of a group of white preachers to tell them that they’re completely wrong? Sojourner Truth did. If you were a well-respected actress, would you risk your entire career to tell the world what you believe in? Jennifer Lawrence did. In the speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”

This year's Academy Awards have shone the light on Jennifer Lawrence when she earned her fourth Oscar Nomination. This year was a critical point in Lawrence's career as she has been recognized not only as a contender in the Best Actress category, against notable actresses such as Cate Blanchett, but also as one of the Highest Paid Actresses listed by Forbes.