Dreamgirls
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Drama
Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Laurence Mark Productions
Jamie Foxx as Curtis Taylor Jr., Beyoncé Knowles as Deena Jones, Eddie Murphy as James "Thunder" Early, Danny Glover as Marty Madison, Jennifer Hudson as Effie White, Anika Noni Rose as Lorrell Robinson, Keith Robinson as C.C. White, Sharon Leal as Michelle Morris, Hinton Battle as Wayne, Mariah I. Wilson as Magic, Yvette Cason as May, Ralph Louis Harris as M.C., Michael-Leon Wooley as Tiny Joe Dixon, Loretta Devine as Jazz Singer, Jocko Sims as Elvis Kelly, Ken Page as Max Washington, John Lithgow as Jerry Harris, John Krasinski as Sam Walsh, Alexander Folk as Ronald White, Esther Scott as Aunt Ethel, Laura Bell Bundy as Sweetheart, Yvette Nicole Brown as Curtis' Secretary, Damion Poitier as Man in D.C. Bar (uncredited)