About
Gabourey Sidibe ( GAB-ə-ray SID-i-bay; born May 6, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for starring in the drama film Precious (2009), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the eighth black actress to be nominated in that category. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.
Sidibe has appeared in films such as the heist comedy Tower Heist (2011), the satirical drama Seven Psychopaths (2012), the romantic comedy Top Five (2014), and the thriller Antebellum (2020). Her television roles include the comedy drama The Big C (2010–2013), the anthology American Horror Story (2013–present), and the musical Empire (2015–2020). Outside of acting, Sidibe wrote the novel This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare and made her directorial debut with The Tale of Four, both released in 2017.
Sidibe was born in New York City in the Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn neighborhood, and was raised in Harlem. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, was an American R&B and gospel singer who appeared on the fifth season of America’s Got Talent, on June 15, 2010. Her father, Ibnou Sidibe, is…
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