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New York City, New York, USA
Gabourey Sidibe (born May 6, 1983) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 2009 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 (2011), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), Grimsby (2016) and Antebellum (2020).
Known for
- Give Me Back My Daughter — Renee2025
- StuGo — Francis (voice)2025
- Number One on the Call Sheet — Self2025
- Black Barbie — Self2023
- The Prank Panel — Self2023
- All I Didn't Want for Christmas — Emily Harris2022
- Asking For It — Rudy2022
- The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
- Santa Inc. — Goldie (voice)2021
- American Horror Stories — Jaslyn Taylor2021
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1983-05-06 ) May 6, 1983 (age 43) , New York City , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Borough of Manhattan Community College ( AA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2009–present
- Spouse
- Brandon Frankel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2021 )
- Parent
- Alice Tan Ridley (mother)
- Relatives
- Dorothy Pitman Hughes (aunt)
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bedford–Stuyvesant
- Mother
- Alice Tan Ridley
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Gabourey Sidibe at PaleyFest 2014 - 13491368805.jpg
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- Academy Award for Best Actress
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- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Gabourey Sidibe (/ˈɡæbəˌreɪ ˈsɪdɪˌbeɪ/ 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gabourey Sidibe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.