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Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

Jennifer Hudson joins the cast of Sex and the City on the big screen as Carrie's assistant Louise from St. Louis - the first major Black female character in the show's 10 years. “I hope I represent us well,” she says. “It is such an honor to be the new character and African-American woman. Of all the people they could have chosen, I get to be The One."
By Essence · Updated October 30, 2020
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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

Jennifer Hudson joins the cast of Sex and the City on the big screen as Carrie’s assistant Louise from St. Louis – the first major Black female character in the show’s 10 years.

“I hope I represent us well,” she says. “It is such an honor to be the new character and African-American woman. Of all the people they could have chosen, I get to be The One."

Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City
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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

Jennifer Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker cuddle close during their scene as Hudson’s character Louise receives a message Parker’s character Carrie describes as a “booty call”.

Jennifer brings a maternal quality to the role," Parker says. "We dreamed big and wanted Jennifer Hudson [for this role].

Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City
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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

Kristin Davis (left to right), Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall take their TV success to the big screen as Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Samantha Jones in the film Sex and the City.

Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City
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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

Louise (Hudson) shows off a key-chain of her favorite topic in the movie and what makes her move to New York: love.

Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City
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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

All that gliters is box office gold for Jennifer Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker at the New York premiere of Sex and the City .

Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City
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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

Though Jennifer Hudson plays a great helper in the film and has many things in common with her character she is quick to add, ‘I’m nobody’s assistant.’ Here she shows us why in an OMO Norma Kamali gown and Jimmy Choo shoes.

Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City
Len Prince
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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City

Jennifer says it was a dream to film Sex and the City in New York. Here she’s regal in purple in Manhattan’s Beekman Tower Hotel.

Jennifer Hudson and Sex and the City
Len Prince