As Effie White, Hudson has garnered 29 awards from film critics as Best Supporting Actress and Breakthrough Performer of 2006. She won the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In addition, she has been named Best Supporting Actress by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and also by the Screen Actors Guild. After seeing Hudson's performance in "Dreamgirls", Simon Cowell taped a congratulatory message to her, which aired on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". With the March 2007 issue, Jennifer Hudson became the third African-American celebrity and the first African-American singer to grace the cover of "Vogue" magazine.