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Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe ( /ˈɡæbəˌreɪ ˈsɪdiˌbeɪ/ gab-ə-ray sid-ee-bay; born May 6, 1983) is an American actress who made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious, a role that brought her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Sidibe was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Harlem. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is an African-American R&B and gospel singer who appeared on the fifth season of America's Got Talent on June 15, 2010. Her Senegal-born father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a cab driver. She has attended Borough of Manhattan Community... MORE

Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe ( /ˈɡæbəˌreɪ ˈsɪdiˌbeɪ/ gab-ə-ray sid-ee-bay; born May 6, 1983) is an American actress who made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious, a role that brought her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Sidibe was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Harlem. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is an African-American R&B and gospel singer who appeared on the fifth season of America's Got Talent on June 15, 2010. Her Senegal-born father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a cab driver. She has attended Borough of Manhattan Community College, City College of New York, and Mercy College. In Precious, Sidibe plays the central character, Claireece "Precious" Jones, an illiterate, obese 16-year-old girl with two children (both of whom are the products of being raped by her father) trying to escape abuse at the hands of her mother. The film won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award. On December 15, 2009, she was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Precious. The next month she received LESS