10 Oscar Winning Performances That Are Actually Terrible

3. Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

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The Best Supporting Actress field was pretty soft in 2007, which allowed Jennifer Hudson to sing her way to an Oscar without really giving much of an actual acting performance at all.

Hudson's turn has remained controversial over the years due to this perception, because while her musical renditions are undeniably a work of performance, it feels like a bit of a cheat for an actual singer to win an Oscar for singing. They have Grammys for that.

Her actual spoken dialogue is delivered with a general indifference that really doesn't suggest her turn was anything approaching Oscar-worthy. Cate Blanchett put in far better work in Notes on a Scandal, but the more bombastic performance ultimately won out as it so often does.

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