Gabourey Sidibe made her film debut as the title character in Lee Daniels' Academy Award-nominated film, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."
For her role as "Precious," Sidibe received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress, as well as SAG, Broadcast Film Critics, and BAFTA nominations. She won the Independent Spirit Award and an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress, the Breakthrough Performance Award from The National Board of Review, and the Vanguard Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Sidibe's television credits include memorable roles on several seasons of the Emmy Award-nominated anthology series "American Horror Story," and all seasons of the Golden Globe Award-nominated series "The Big C," opposite Laura Linney. She also recently played the role of 'Denise,' alongside Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner, in all three seasons of Hulu's hilarious "Difficult People." She can currently be seen in her series regular role as 'Becky' on the smash-hit series "Empire." In 2010, Sidibe had the distinct honor of hosting "Saturday Night Live."
In addition to "Precious," Sidibe's film credits include Gregg Araki's "White Bird in a Blizzard," opposite Shailene Woodley; the action-comedy "Tower Heist," opposite Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller; a cameo appearance in Martin McDonagh's "Seven Psychopaths" opposite Woody Harrelson; "Grimsby," opposite Sacha Baron Cohen; "Life Partners," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; Victoria Mahoney's independent film, "Yelling to the Sky," which premiered at the Berlinale Film Festival; and the Lionsgate feature, "Antebellum," opposite Janelle Monae and Kiersey Clemons, for which she was recently nominated for an NAACP award.
Sidibe made her directorial debut with the short film "The Tale of Four," as part of Refinery29's groundbreaking Shatterbox series. The film won the Audience Award for favorite narrative short at both Urban World and the Black Star Film Festival. She directed two episodes of EMPIRE and a PSA for Spread the Vote.
Her critically acclaimed first book, "This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare," was released by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.