| Gabourey Sidibe | |
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 Sidibe at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | May 6, 1983 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe (pronounced /ˈɡæbʉrˌeɪ ˈsɪdɨˌbeɪ/; born May 6, 1983) is an actress who made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, a role that garnered her a nomination for a Best Actress Academy Award.
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Sidibe, born in Brooklyn, New York, was raised in Bedford Stuyvesant.[1] Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is an African-American R&B and gospel singer, and her Senegal-born father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a cab driver.[2] She has attended several New York City area colleges: Borough of Manhattan Community College, City College of New York, and Mercy College.[3]
In Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Sidibe plays the central character, Precious, a physically and sexually abused sixteen-year old with a four year old child by her own father and another one on the way. The film won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award.[4]
She has finished shooting her next film, Yelling to the Sky, a Sundance Lab project directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Zoe Kravitz, in which she plays a bully.[5]
On December 15, 2009 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. On February 2, 2010, Sidibe was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
  | biography at Internet Movie Database - Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe |
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