Overview
- The Academy named Hudson a Best Actress nominee on Jan. 22 for her performance in Focus Features’ Song Sung Blue.
- She plays Claire “Thunder” Sardina opposite Hugh Jackman’s Mike “Lightning” Sardina in a dramatization of the real Milwaukee duo Lightning & Thunder.
- Hudson said she was thrilled, excited and grateful, as her family, including Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, publicly celebrated the news.
- Claire Sardina has expressed happiness with the film’s portrayal, while a son of the late Mike Sardina has recently criticized it.
- Released on Dec. 25, the film recorded a $12 million opening weekend, and the 98th Oscars are scheduled for March 15.