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May 6, 2021 · Gabourey Sidibe is set to make her feature directorial debut with thriller Pale Horse. Effie T. Brown and Wellington Love are set to produce via Gamechanger Films, which recently debuted Rebecca ...
May 8, 2017 · As a young woman, Sidibe struggled to find work and ultimately took a job as a phone sex operator where the rule of business was to sound "100 percent white." Then, when she was 24, she auditioned ...
May 1, 2017 · Malin Fezehai for The New York Times. By Penelope Green. May 1, 2017. LOS ANGELES — On the night the director Lee Daniels offered Gabourey Sidibe the lead in “ Precious ,” the role that ...
May 29, 2017 · Gabourey MaLingair Sidibe was born on May 6, 1983 in Brooklyn, NY. Her first name means "the one with the beautiful cheeks," and her middle name means "my queen." Her father is a cabdriver from Senegal, while her mother taught special education early in her life. Entertainment is in Sidibe's blood.
Oct 12, 2021 · A weekly audio magazine exploring culture, style, sex, politics, and more. On this week’s In Her Shoes, the Cut’s editor-in-chief, Lindsay Peoples Wagner, talks with actress Gabourey Sidibe about her breakout role in Precious and building a career in Hollywood as an Oscar-nominated Black woman. The two also discuss impostor syndrome and ...
Feb 27, 2024 · Gabourey Sidibe and husband Brandon Frankel, who tied the knot in 2021, are expecting twins. As the Precious star joked, "We thought it was time to give our cats some responsibility."
Nov 4, 2009 · By Rachel Bertsche. Gabourey Sidibe doesn't know what's coming. The star and title character of Precious, the film based on the novel Push by Sapphire, is a delightful and talented actress—and perhaps the first one to ever honestly eschew fame. "It's something I've never wanted," she says.
