Gabourey Sidibe - Famous Actor

Gabourey Sidibe Net Worth

$6,000,000

Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress who rose to fame with her debut role in the film ‘Precious’ and has a net worth of $6 million. Apart from starring in numerous films like ‘Tower Heist,’ ‘Grimsby,’ and TV shows like ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ and ‘Empire’, Sidibe has also won several awards and accolades for her exceptional acting skills.

Key facts:

  • Gabourey Sidibe is an American film and television actress.
  • She is best known for her debut role in the film 'Precious,' which earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead along with nominations for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress.
  • She gained further notoriety for appearing in the series 'The Big C' as a main cast member, followed by appearing in 'American Horror Story: Coven' and in 'American Horror Story: Freak Show,' playing two different characters in the series.
  • She played the role of Becky in the musical drama series 'Empire,' which ran from 2015 to 202 and was eventually promoted to season regular.
  • In 202, Gabourey Sidibe announced that she had become engaged to a man named Brandon Frankel.

Basic Information About Gabourey Sidibe

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor
Net worth$6,000,000
Date of birth1983-05-06 (41 years old)
Place of birthBedford-Stuyvesant
NationalityUnited States of America
GenderFemale
Height5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did Gabourey Sidibe win?


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Gabourey Sidibe awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
BSFC Award - Best Ensemble CastWinnerSeven Psychopaths2012
Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting ActressNomineeAntebellum2021
SFC Award - Scene StealerNomineeAntebellum2020
BSFC Award - Best Ensemble CastWinnerStar Trek2009
ICP Award - Best Lead PerformanceNomineeAn Education2009
Black Reel - Best ActressWinnerPrecious2010
CinEuphoria - Best Actress - Audience AwardWinnerPrecious2011
DFCS Award - Best ActressWinnerPrecious2009
DFCC - Best ActressNomineePrecious2010
FFCC Award - Best ActressWinnerPrecious2009
Hollywood Film Award - New HollywoodWinnerPrecious2009
HFCS Award - Best ActressNomineePrecious2009
ICP Award - Best Lead PerformanceNomineePrecious2009
ICS Award - Best ActressNomineePrecious2010
IFCS Award - Best ActressWinnerPrecious2009
Sierra Award - Best ActressWinnerPrecious2009
MTV Movie Award - Best Breakout StarNomineePrecious2010
NBR Award - Breakthrough Performance by an ActressWinnerPrecious2009
Virtuoso Award - WinnerPrecious2010
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesNomineeThe Big C2013
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesNomineeThe Big C2012

Gabourey Sidibe roles

Movie / Series Role
Come As You AreSam
Seven PsychopathsSharice
AntebellumDawn
Tower HeistOdessa
GrimsbyBanu the Cleaner
PreciousPrecious
White Bird in a BlizzardBeth
Top FiveGabourey Sidibe
EmpireDirector
EmpireBecky 98 episodes, 2015-2020
Saturday Night LiveSelf 1 episode, 2010-2012
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2009
The Oprah Winfrey ShowSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2009
BoJack HorsemanTamara 1 episode, 2017
The TalkSelf - Guest 2 episodes, 2011-2017
Good Morning BritainSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2018
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2017
The Daily ShowSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2017
Watch What Happens: LiveSelf - Guest 3 episodes, 2012-2017
The Big CAndrea Jackson 30 episodes, 2010-2013
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2010
Loose WomenSelf 1 episode, 2018
Chelsea LatelySelf - Guest / ... 5 episodes, 2010-2014
Access HollywoodSelf 1 episode, 2017
ConanSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2011
Drunk HistoryElla Fitzgerald 1 episode, 2016
Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest 3 episodes, 2010-2011

Gabourey Sidibe's Quotes

  • I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life. I love the way I look. I'm fine with it. And if my body changes, I'll be fine with that.
  • I don't know what it's like to be Precious, but--you know what?--she's not an alien to me. Not because she's a big girl. I've had to deal with difficult things in my life because of how I look. I have been made fun of for my dark skin by my older brother - he has lighter skin. In school the lighter-skinned or pretty girls would make fun of me. I don't know what it's like here or other places, but in the US it's definitely a big deal. Darker-skinned people sit at the back of the church, you know?
  • When I was younger, anything that went wrong was the end of the world. But as I've gotten older, I've learned to stop myself and say, 'Hey , babe, calm down. Tomorrow there will be sun.'
  • People are always like 'wow you are so strong,' but I think of it is my strength came from weakness in a lot of ways [...] because I just got so tired, it was like being beaten. That's what made me kind of start to stand up, for myself.
  • Well, today I get a lot of people telling me how beautiful I am and it is very strange from going from the only person who ever believed that, to hearing that on a constant basis. And I feel like it's not like a weird cockiness thing, but because I had to train myself to believe it and I really do believe it, but I had to work at it. So, it's hard for me to say 'thank you' in a lot of ways because, I always thought of it as secret that only I knew, 'only I know I'm beautiful, you don't know what you're talking about.' It's very strange and I have to accept it.

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Interesting Facts about Gabourey Sidibe

  1. Has been a fan of the singing group 'N Sync since she was a teen and has attended 23 of their concerts.
  2. Studied psychology at Mercy College, New York City.
  3. Attended The City College of New York whose alumni include Edward G. Robinson Woody Allen, Ira Gershwin, Paddy Chayefsky, Stanley Kubrick, Eli Wallach among many others.
  4. Attended the Borough of Manhattan Community College whose most famous alumnus is Queen Latifah.
  5. Daughter of Alice Tan Ridley.
  6. She and Adam Scarimbolo just signed with manager Jill Kaplan at Principal Entertainment.
  7. Parents split when she was younger.
  8. Her father is from Senegal. Her mother is African-American, and is originally from Georgia.
  9. Is one of 10 African-American actresses to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Viola Davis, and QuvenzhanΓ© Wallis.
  10. Is one of 19 actresses to have received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance where they acted out a labor and/or birth; hers being for Precious (2009). The others in chronological order are Luise Rainer for De goede aarde (1937), Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda (1948), Eleanor Parker for Vrouwengevangenis (1950), Elizabeth Taylor for De goudenregen van het geluk (1957), Leslie Caron for The L-Shaped Room (1962), Shirley MacLaine for Irma la Douce (1963), Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Marsha Mason for Cinderella Liberty (1973), Ann-Margret for Tommy (1975), Ellen Burstyn for Same Time, Next Year (1978), Jessica Lange for Sweet Dreams (1985), Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark (1988), Samantha Morton for In America (2002), Elliot Page for Juno (2007), Ruth Negga for Loving (2016), Yalitza Aparicio for Roma (2018) and Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman (2020).
  11. She is a lifelong Democrat.

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