Gaburi "Gabby" Sidibé is an American actress and director. Winner: Sputnik, Independent Spirit, National Council of Film Critics, MTV, NAACP Image Award. Award nominee: Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild USA.
Gaburi never thought she would become an actress. She was in college when a friend invited her to take part in a casting for a role in the new Treasure project.
The girl decided to think and went to study, but the road along which she usually went to college was blocked due to the filming of the film. Gaburi suggested that this was a sign of fate and decided to go for an audition. The event really became a turning point in the life of Sidibé.
Having played the main role in "Treasure", the actress gained fame not only in her country, but throughout the world. Work in the film brought Sidiba rave reviews from film critics and many awards and nominations.
In the creative biography of Gaburi about two dozen roles in television and film projects. The audience is familiar with the films: “Treasure”, “Seven Psychopaths”, “How to Steal a Skyscraper”, “American Horror Story”, “Empire”.
Facts from the biography
The future actress was born in the spring of 1983 in the USA. Her mother was a teacher at school. But then she quit her job to become a street singer and musician. My father worked as a taxi driver. Gaburi has African-American and Senegalese roots.
The girl’s parents divorced when she was very young. Her mother was engaged in her upbringing. The family lived in a poor quarter of America and had difficulty making ends meet. Then Gaburi decided that she would definitely get a good education and find a prestigious job in order to get out of the situation in which she found herself.
In school, Gaburi took part in theatrical productions in the same way as many of her friends, but she never dreamed of becoming an actress.
Sidibe received further education at once in three colleges: Mercy College, New York City College and Manhattan Community College. She studied psychology and sociology and was going to become a professional psychologist. Sidibe really received a diploma in social psychology, but her further fate completely changed when the girl was cast for the main role in the film "Treasure".
