Tanya Mosley

She was on TV promoting her debut album, Glorious, which she began writing during the pandemic.

And while Hudson is primarily known for her acting, as I was preparing for this interview, I was struck by just how often she's used her voice over the years, singing on screen in Nine, performing Cinema Italiano,

and on television in Glee, where she played the demanding dance instructor, Cassandra July.

This latest Oscar nomination for Best Actress comes 25 years after she first earned a nod for playing Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous.

From there, she became one of the most recognizable romantic comedy stars in the 2000s.

starring in films like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Bride Wars.

Most recently, she starred in the Knives Out sequel Glass Onion and the Netflix series Running Point about a woman who inherits ownership of a professional basketball team.

The show has been picked up for a second season.

And Kate Hudson, welcome to Fresh Air and congratulations on your Oscar nomination.

Yes.

Well, I just had a chance to look at this Oscar nomination luncheon.

Yes.

Where all of you all are awesome.

on bleachers and it's like a class photo, it's almost like a graduation.

You mentioned the first time.

It was in 2001 when you were nominated for your role as Penny Lane in Almost Famous.

I put both of those photographs side by side when I saw this most recent photograph.

I mean, you're ravishing in this red outfit and you're smiling ear to ear.

You're also, you have that same energy from 25 years ago, but there's sort of a pensiveness there in you.

You know, you're the young kid on the block at that time.