“I learned to love myself because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don’t like myself, there’s no reason to even live the life. I love the way I look. I’m fine with it. And if my body changes, I’ll be fine with that.” – Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe was born in 6th of May 1983 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She is best known for her role as Claireece Jones in “Precious”.
She has started her professional career from 2009, and she has made a good reputation in this industry in this short period.
As her mother was former R&B singer, she got a chance to view this industry carefully. She has completed her study from Mercy College. She has never thought of pursuing the career as an actress.
But fate led her to be one of the successful upcoming stars in the short period. She made her debut from the movie “Precious.” This movie became one of the successful and critically acclaimed movies of the decade.
From her role in this movie, she won many prestigious awards and got nominated for Golden Globes Award and BAFTA Award. She has won 19 awards from this movie alone.
Some of the awards she has won are Satellite Awards for Outstanding New Talent, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast.
Because of her impressive acting in this movie, her popularity increased overnight, and her demand increased in the market.
Though she has worked in few movies only, she has made it possible to give her best in either of them. So, we can see her hard work in her movies as well.
Some of her other successful movies are “Seven Psychopaths,” “Tower Heist,” “White Bird in a Bizzard” and “Life Partners.” She has also worked on many TV shows. She appeared as a host in Saturday Night Live in 2010.
She got a chance to be in the crew member of “The Big C” where she played the role of Andrea Jackson. She has also worked in “American Horror Story: Coven” as Queenie.
She has also worked in music videos such as “Don’t Stop” from Foster the People and “I Wanna” by Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. She has also won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast from the movie “Seven Psychopaths” in 2012.
Her main character in the “Precious” made a great impact in the world where she played the role of a 16 years old girl who has two children and has been pregnant because of the rape from her father.
She has the average height and is 5 feet 5 inch tall. She has the weight of 122 kg. She has never been offended by her weight, and she has lived with her whole life.
Sometimes, she came in the news because of her weight loss. As she has always been cautious about her personal life, there is no record of her boyfriend and dating in the media.
Despite of her weight, she looks hot and sexy. Her legs are of an average size on which shoe size of 8 is fitted. She has never regretted being a fat woman as well.
You can find her bikini pictures in the web as well. You can follow her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. She has the net worth of $2 million.
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