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Gabourey Sidibe

American actress (born )

Gabourey Sidibe (GAB-ə-ray SID-i-bay; born May 6, )[1] is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the film Precious, a role that earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, in addition to nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress.

Her other film roles include Tower Heist (), White Bird in a Blizzard (), Grimsby (), and Antebellum ().

From to , she was a main cast member of the Showtime series The Big C. Sidibe co-starred in the television series American Horror Story arcs Coven (–) as Queenie and Freak Show (–) as Regina Ross, and later reprised her role as Queenie in Hotel (–) and Apocalypse ().

From to , she starred in the Fox musical drama series Empire as Becky Williams. Sidibe also provides the voice of Francis on the Disney Channel animated series StuGo (–present).

Early life

Sidibe was born in New York City in the Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn neighborhood, and was raised in Harlem.[2] Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is an American R&B and gospel singer who appeared on the fifth season of America's Got Talent, on June 15, Her father, Ibnou Sidibe, is from Senegal and is a cab driver.[3] Growing up, Sidibe lived with her aunt, feminist activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes.[4] She holds an associate degree from Borough of Manhattan Community College and attended but did not graduate from City College of New York and Mercy College.[5] She worked at The Fresh Air Fund's office as a receptionist before pursuing an acting career.[6]

Career

In Precious, Sidibe played the main character, Claireece "Precious" Jones, a year-old mother of two (the result of Precious being raped by her father) who tries to escape abuse at the hands of her mother.

The film won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award.[7] On December 15, , she was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Precious.

Gabourey sidibe net worth 2016 Download as PDF Printable version. I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gabourey Sidibe. She was raised by her mother and aunt.

The next month she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Her next film, Yelling to the Sky, was a Sundance Lab project directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Zoë Kravitz, in which she played Latonya Williams, a bully.[8] In , Sidibe was in the film Tower Heist and voiced a character in "Hot Water", the first episode of season 7 of American Dad! She appeared in the season 8 American Dad! episode "Stanny Tendergrass" early in , and starred in the music video for "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)" by the indie pop band Foster the People.

Sidibe also appeared in the Showtime network series The Big C as Andrea Jackson.

Sidibe said in that before she was hired for the film Precious, she was advised by Joan Cusack not to pursue the entertainment industry, advising Sidibe to quit the business since "it's so image-conscious."[9]

By April , Sidibe had joined the cast of American Horror Storyseason 3, portraying Queenie, a young witch.[10] She returned to the series for its fourth season, American Horror Story: Freak Show as a secretarial school student, Regina Ross.[11] From , she stars in Lee Daniels' Fox musical series Empire as Becky Williams alongside Terrence Howard and Taraji P.

Henson. Sidibe portrays the head of A&R in the Empire company.[12] As of April , Sidibe was promoted to a series regular in season 2.[13] She also starred in the Hulu series Difficult People as Denise.[14]

In , publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Sidibe would be writing a memoir set to be published in [15] On January 6, , Sidibe appeared in the penultimate episode of American Horror Story: Hotel, reprising her Coven role as Queenie, marking her third season in the series.

After sitting out subsequent seasons Roanoke and Cult, Sidibe returned to American Horror Story in , appearing once again as her character Queenie in its eighth season, Apocalypse.

Personal life

In March , Sidibe revealed that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and underwent laparoscopic bariatric surgery in an effort to manage her weight.[16]

In November , Sidibe announced her engagement to Brandon Frankel, a talent manager with Cameo.[17][18][19] The couple married in March [20]

In February , Sidibe and her husband announced that she was pregnant with twins.[21] She announced the birth of the twins in June , one boy and one girl.[22]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

Bibliography

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See also

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