Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious. Sidibe co-starred on the television series American Horror Story: Coven as Queenie. From 2015 to 2020, she starred in the Fox musical drama series Empire as Becky Williams.

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Summary Gabourey SidibeGabourey Sidibe is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious. Her other film roles include Tower Heist, White Bird in a Blizzard, Grimsby and Antebellum. Sidibe co-starred on the television series American Horror Story: Coven as Queenie. From 2015 to 2020, she starred in the Fox musical drama series Empire as Becky Williams. In March 2018, Sidibe revealed that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and that as a consequence she underwent laparoscopic bariatric surgery to manage her weight.

In November 2020, Sidibes announced her engagement to Brandon Frankel. She is also writing a memoir set to be published in 2017. She was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Harlem.