Dreamgirls
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- Beyoncé
- In Beyoncé: Acting career and soundtracks
…she played Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical about a 1960s singing group. Beyoncé’s performance was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and her song “Listen” for an Academy Award. She later starred in Cadillac Records (2008), in which she portrayed singer
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- Foxx
- In Jamie Foxx
…Gulf War, and the musical Dreamgirls (2006), in which he starred as a record executive opposite Eddie Murphy and Beyoncé. In 2009 Foxx had lead roles in The Soloist, as a homeless man who was once a musical prodigy, and in the thriller Law Abiding Citizen. He subsequently gave supporting…
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- Glover
- In Danny Glover
…that led to numerous sequels; Dreamgirls (2006), a musical inspired by the girl groups of the 1960s; Shooter (2007), a thriller about a plot to kill the U.S. president; and John Sayles’s Honeydripper (2007). In the sci-fi thriller 2012 (2009) Glover played a U.S. president confronting a global catastrophe. He…
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- In Jennifer Hudson
…of 2005, Hudson auditioned for Dreamgirls, a musical set in the Motown era that documented the rise and fall of a girl group. She beat out more than 780 competitors, including third-season American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino, to secure the role. Hudson’s powerful performance, highlighted by her rendition of the…
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- Murphy
- In Eddie Murphy
…supporting actor—for his performance in Dreamgirls (2006). His later films included Imagine That (2009), Tower Heist (2011), A Thousand Words (2012), and Mr. Church (2016). In the biopic Dolemite Is My Name (2019), he played comedian and actor Rudy Ray Moore, who was a
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