She wins supporting actress for "Dreamgirls." She said: "I've always dreamed, but never, ever this big." She's crying now. "You don't know what this does for my confidence." Says she feels like an actress now and part of the community. She thanks director Bill Condon who without "I couild not have created Effie.'
"I cannot believe this moment right now!"

And a wonderfull touch: Hudson dedicates her award "to a lady who never really got a fair chance. this award is for Florence Ballard. You will never, ever be forgotten."
Ballard is the former member of the Supremes on whom Effie is based. Ballard died in 1976 in poverty.