Gabourey Sidibe
Acting · Directing · Production
Born May 6, 1983, 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).
Filmography
- 2026Be Happy — Director
- 2025Give Me Back My Daughter — Renee
- StuGo — Francis (voice)
- 2022All I Didn't Want for Christmas — Emily Harris, Executive Producer
- 2022Asking For It — Rudy
- American Horror Stories — Jaslyn Taylor
- Santa Inc. — Goldie (voice)
- 2020Antebellum — Dawn
- 2020Come As You Are — Sam
- 2019Hair Love — Associate Producer
- 2019School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play — Nana
- 2017The Tale of Four — Director
- Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio — (voice)
- 2016Grimsby — Banu
- Difficult People — Denise
- Empire — Becky, Director
- 2015Gravy — Winketta
- BoJack Horseman — Tamara (voice)
- 2014Life Partners — Jen
- 2014Top Five — Gabourey Sidibe
- 2014White Bird in a Blizzard — Beth
- 2012Seven Psychopaths — Sharice
- American Horror Story — Queenie, Regina Ross
- 2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
- 2011Tower Heist — Odessa Montero
- 2011Yelling To The Sky — Latonya Williams
- The Big C — Andrea Jackson
- 2009Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire — Precious
- American Dad! — Gabourey Sidibe, Party Girl (voice)
- Rose Moon — Rose King, Executive Producer
Appearances as themselves (15)
- Number One on the Call Sheet — Self
- 2023Black Barbie — Self
- The Prank Panel — Self
- Sherri — Self - Guest
- 2020All In: The Fight for Democracy — Self
- Stars in the House — Self
- The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
- Conan — Self
- The Jay Leno Show — Self
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
- Chelsea Lately — Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
- Saturday Night Live — Self - Host