Jennifer Hudson Winnie Mandela Role
Jennifer Hudson Winnie Mandela Role – Jennifer Hudson has landed a new gig and will be playing Winnie Mandela in a new biopic about the former wife of South Africa’s first black president.According to Variety:
South African film-maker Darrell J Roodt, whose film Yesterday was the country’s nominee for best foreign film at the 2006 Oscars, will direct Winnie, which starts shooting in May 2010. Hudson, a former American Idol contestant who won her Oscar for a bravura supporting turn in the musical Dreamgirls, will take the lead role and is also expected to sing the theme song.
The Oscar-winning actress said about the role:
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“I was compelled and moved when I read the script.Winnie Mandela is a complex and extraordinary woman and I’m honored to be the actress asked to portray her. This is a powerful part of history that should be told.”
That’s all we have for now on Winnie Mandela Biopic.
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