Gabby Sidibe Biography
Summary
"Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe" (born 1983) is an 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. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is an R&B and gospel singer, and her Senegal-born father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a cab driver. She has attended several New York City area colleges: Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City College of New York, and Mercy College.
In "Precious" Sidibe plays a teen who is enrolling in an alternative high school. Her character is repeatedly raped and has been impregnated twice by her father. The film won numerous awards, including the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award. She will star in the upcoming film "What Would You Do (2010 film)" to be directed by Tavaris Bailey, and produced by Lee Daniels.
Sidibe has said from her casting as Precious Jones that she hopes she will bring inspiration to others, whether it be to change their perspective on life or to help others to make the task. She has a degree in psychology and also mentioned, 'I might help people with this film more than what I could have helped being a therapist.'
Films
2009: Precious
2010: Yelling to the Sky
2010: What Would You Do?*
2014 Sequence
Credit
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