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'''Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe''' (born 1983) is |
'''Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe''' (born 1983) is a fat N1GG3R BlTCH [[United States|American]] actress who plays the role of Clareece "Precious" Jones in the 2009 film ''[[Precious (2009 film)|Precious]]''. |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Gabourey Sidibe |
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Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe (born 1983) is a fat N1GG3R BlTCH American actress who plays the role of Clareece "Precious" Jones in the 2009 film Precious.
Life and career
Sidibe was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Harlem.[1] Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is a 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, The City College of New York, and Mercy College.[3]
In Precious, Sidibe plays a teen who is enrolling in an alternative high school. The film won numerous awards, including the 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]
Films
- 2009: Precious
- 2010: Yelling to the Sky
References
- ^ Stated on the Late Show with David Letterman, November 9, 2009
- ^ Williams, Kam (2009-11-10). "Gabby Sidibe "Precious" Interview with Kam Williams". NewsBlaze. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Gabourey Sidibe: Push Right Cinema, January 25, 2009
- ^ "Push' takes Sundance grand jury award" Ed Zeitchik, Hollywood Reporter, January 24, 2009
- ^ Yadegaran, Jessica (2009-11-12), "Gabourey Sidibe on being 'Precious'", San Jose Mercury News, retrieved 2009-11-15
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