Gabourey Sidibe 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.
14 Facts About Gabourey Sidibe
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From 2010 to 2013, 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.
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Gabourey Sidibe's father, Ibnou Sidibe, is from Senegal and is a cab driver.
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Gabourey Sidibe 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.
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Gabourey Sidibe worked at The Fresh Air Fund's office as a receptionist before pursuing an acting career.
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In Precious, Gabourey Sidibe played the main character, Claireece "Precious" Jones, a 16-year-old mother of two who tries to escape abuse at the hands of her mother.
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Gabourey Sidibe's next film, Yelling to the Sky, was a Sundance Lab project directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Zoe Kravitz, in which she played Latonya Williams, a bully.
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Gabourey Sidibe appeared in the Showtime network series The Big C as Andrea Jackson.
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Gabourey Sidibe returned to the series for its fourth season, American Horror Story: Freak Show as a secretarial school student, Regina Ross.
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Gabourey Sidibe starred in the Hulu series Difficult People as Denise.
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In 2015, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Gabourey Sidibe would be writing a memoir set to be published in 2017.
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On January 6,2016, Gabourey Sidibe appeared in the penultimate episode of American Horror Story: Hotel, reprising her Coven role as Queenie, marking her third season in the series.
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In March 2017, Gabourey Sidibe revealed that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and that as a consequence she underwent laparoscopic bariatric surgery in an effort to manage her weight.
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In November 2020, Gabourey Sidibe announced her engagement to Brandon Frankel, a talent manager with Cameo.