Biography

Gabourey Sidibe

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Gabourey Sidibe has forged a splendid acting career who gained real limelight following her mind-blowing performance in one of her most successful movies Precious. For her iconic role in the movie, she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lea and was nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress. She is also known for her work in several TV series like American Horror Story: Hotel and Empire

Apart from her professional accomplishments, her fans are also curious about her love life. There are many who want to know if Gabourey is married or dating a boyfriend. Here is all the detail about her relationships and love affairs.

Gabourey Sidibe Early Life, Bio, & Education Of Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe was born on May 6, 1983. She is belonging from the black ethnicity all her way from Bedford- Stuyvesant Brooklyn of New York City, New York of United States. Sidibe's father is also professionally a cab driver. 

Sidibe's mother is an American whose name is Alice Tan Ridley and she was professionally an R&B and Gospel Singer of America. Additionally, her mother also got appeared within the 5th season of America’s Got Talent. This was held on June 15, 2010.

Gabourey Sidibe' Professional Career

Gabourey Sidibe played the major character for the very first time that was mostly highlighted being the first character across the lead face. It was the role of the 16 years old mother who was taking all the responsibility of the 2 children. Similarly, in the year 2011, her role as Latonya Williams in Yelling to the Sky was also one of the remarkable ones. From the very time with one after another success she came across the television industry with high success ratio and range.

The actress gained real limelight following her mind-blowing performance in one of her most successful movies Precious where she shared the credits along with Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, and Sherri Shepherd. For her iconic role in the movie, she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lea and was nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress. 

Gabourey Sidibe's Net Worth And Salary

Gabourey Sidibe has an estimated net worth of around $6 million, in 2019. The actress has played a number of breakout roles in both movies and TV series.  

Gabourey Sidibe's Married And Relationship

Gabourey Sidibe is not married yet and but it has been reported that the actress dating a White boyfriend. She is an avid animal lover has a cat too. 

Sidibe is a very talented lady. Her talent is appreciated by people from different places. She is very positive in her mind and her way of thinking. This is also the reason behind her range of success. The personal life and love zone of this successful lady is totally different from her professional career. She has mentioned to one of the sources that she never had any affair neither she was linked up with any of the people as her boyfriends.

This was because of the less interest in the line of love. Her bio is more focused on her professional life and the low image of her personal life. Sidibe is also straight in her sexuality and more achieved with the professional achievements that made her reach the height of success. Sidibe is fond of meeting new people; this is also the reason why she has many friends in her life.

Sidibe is additionally promoting a new car being as a brand amba s sador. The name of the car is not properly mentioned but she has been contracted for a few years with the agreement promoting and viewing towards the event conducted.

Gabourey Sidibe's Weight Loss

Talking about Gabourey Sidibe's incredible weight-loss and journey to body-positive that the actress lost weight following bariatric surgery. She is, however, yet to be revealed the exact amount of weight but judging by her photos before and now it is really smashing. She was 300 pounds (136kg) before her drastic weight loss of 150 pounds (68 kg).

Is She Active on Social Media?

Gabourey, who goes by Gabby on her social is pretty active on platforms like Instagram and Twitter. As of 2020, Sidibe has around 468k followers on her Twitter. Likewise, on her official Instagram account, she has around 1.8 million followers.

Gabourey Sidibe's Height And Age

  • Gabourey Sidibe's age as of 2019 is 35 years
  • Height: she has a height of 5' 4" (1.63 m)