Gabourey Sidibe

GABOUREY "Gabby" SIDIBE (Claireece “Precious” Jones) was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Harlem. She is the daughter of R&B/Gospel singer Alice Tan Ridley . GABOUREY was a student pursuing a degree in psychology when she was cast in “Precious.”
While she never studied theater, she has spent time on stage, participating in plays put on by the Theater department of Lehman College(Shout Out!!!) in the Bronx, including “Peter Pan,” “The Wiz,” and “The Vagina Monologues.” (HeeHee) She also appeared in the musical revue “Uptown Serenade,” in which she sang two Ella Fitzgerald songs. Though her acting career is a surprise to her, she is excited to pursue it and says the she has "fallen in love" with her work.