Gabourey Sidibe
Sidibe in 2015, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 6, 1983
Ethnicity:
*Senegalese (father)
*African-American (mother)
Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress and author. She has starred in the film Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and on the show American Horror Story.
Her name is pronounced GAB-ə-ray SID-i-bay. Her father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a Senegalese-born taxi driver. The surname Sidibe is of Fulani origin. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is African-American, originally from Georgia, and was an R&B singer. Her aunt is activist, public speaker, author, and pioneering African-American small business owner Dorothy Pitman Hughes. She was studying for a psychology degree at Mercy College when the opportunity to audition for Precious came up.
Gabourey is married to talent manager Brandon Frankel, with whom she has two children.
Gabourey’s maternal grandparents likely are named Ray Ridley and Lessie.
Sidibe in 2009, photo credit: gdcgraphics
You shouldn’t insult her like that… someone thinks she is beautiful.
I doubt it
She’s. Famous the same way Sarah Jessica park, Linda hunt, and Sandra oh are famous. None of those ladies are what I consider beautiful, yet people like them. There are lots of actors/actresses (white, black and Asian etc) that weren’t attractive., but were liked
Her mother’s name is Alice Tan Ridley. The “Alice Tan” part has me thinking the mother could have Asian genetics. Although here’s a pic of both Alice Tan Ridley & GS
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Alice%2BTan%2BRidley%2B16th%2BAnnual%2BScreen%2BActors%2BR9fnoMSk8Bvl.jpg
And GS definitely looks mixed with Asian there.
lmfao look at that white chick’s face!
she looks part asian
Agreed.
Of course,look her eyes.
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/news/091214/gabourey-sidibe-240.jpg
What part of Africa are the Sengalese (sp?) from?
I could not find anything about some kind of mixture in Senegal, but her slanted eyes made me believe she was part Asian.
You’re not the only one.
SENEGAL IS IN THE FARTHEST WESTERN AFRICA NEAR MAURITANIA, IT’S A RATHER SMALL COUNTRY, SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR MAP CAREFULLY.
JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, MANY BLACK PEOPLE IN GENERAL HAVE SANTED EYES, SOME HAVE BLUE,HEZEL AND GREEN EYES. SOME ARE HUGE,SOME TINY. SOME ARE VERY LIGHT SKINNED, SOME MEDIUM AND OTHERS VERY DARK. SOME HAVE CURLEY HAIR, SOME STRAIGHT HAIR. IT ALL DEPENDS AND THATS THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL. FYI SHE IS NOT ASIAN
WEST AFRICA (AT THE FURTHEST POINT)
That can not and is not the best pic of you!!!!!!!
where is your photo? coward.
Agree with the two post above.
Hollywood is so obsessed with image more than ever. I like the fact that she’s comfortable with who she is, but that might lead her to being typecast sadly. Unlike the earlier posts, I don’t feel the need to call her terrible names. It’s tacky and unnecessary. Wishing Gabby the best.
@LEXI- MY POST IS ONE OF THE EARLIER ONES, IS MY POST CATEGGORISED AS ONE OF THE EARLIER TACKY POSTS? I WAS JUST DIRECTING PEOPLE TO FIND THE COUNTRY ON THE MAP.