We're sure this will be the first of many awards to come her way.

But Jennifer Hudson took home the best supporting actress award at the Film Critics Circle Awards in New York over the weekend. She even had joking, parting words for a certain judge as she left the festivities:

"Who cares what Simon Cowell has to say?"

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