Brewchies At The Movies: Jennifer Hudson To Play Winnie Mandela

Who says winning an Oscar doesn't mean anything? (*looking at YOU, Mo'Nique*)

Jennifer Hudson landed the title role in Winnie, a new film based on the life of Winnie Mandela, the controversial former wife of freedom fighting legend, peacekeeper and South Africa’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela.  The film begins shooting next May in various cities throughout South Africa.

Jennifer says she was "compelled and moved when [she] read the script."  Hudson won the Academy Award in 2007 for her role in Dreamgirls.  Since then, she's appeared in The Secret Life of Bees and the Sex and the City movie (ok, we forgive you for that one JHud).

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