Gabourey Sidibe

Acting · Born 1983-05-06 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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 (2025)
• Black Barbie (2023)
• All I Didn't Want for Christmas (2022)
• Asking For It (2022)
• Come As You Are (2020)
• Antebellum (2020)
• All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
• School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (2019)
• Grimsby (2016)
• Gravy (2015)
• White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
• Life Partners (2014)
• Top Five (2014)
• Seven Psychopaths (2012)
• Tower Heist (2011)
• Yelling To The Sky (2011)
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 (2011)
• Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)
• Rose Moon
• Number One on the Call Sheet (2025)
• The Prank Panel (2023)
• Sherri (2022)
• American Horror Stories (2021)
• Stars in the House (2020)