American Horror Story

Gabourey Sidibe stars as Queenie in AHS: 13.

Career Highlights

Gabourey Sidibe was a student pursuing a degree in psychology when she was cast in Lee Daniels’ film Precious. For her role as the title character, Sidibe received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.Select films include Universal’s action-comedy Tower Heist opposite Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, Sacha Baron Cohen’s spy comedy The Brothers Grimsby for director Louis Leterrier, the Lionsgate feature Antebellum, which garnered her an NAACP nomination, Gregg Araki's White Bird in a Blizzard opposite Shailene Woodley and Victoria Mahoney’s Yelling to the Sky opposite Zoë Kravitz.On television, she starred as Queenie in Ryan Murphy’s wildly popular series American Horror Story: Coven and has returned to the franchise many times. She was one of the stars of the Showtime dramedy series The Big C, opposite Laura Linney as well as the Hulu comedy series Difficult People opposite Billy Eichner. Sidibe also spent many seasons on Lee Daniels’ smash hit series Empire as both an actor and director. She can be seen previously as a panelist on the Hulu unscripted comedy series The Prank Panel. She can recently be seen starring in Lifetime’s Give Me Back My Daughter and most recently directed Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy, also for Lifetime.

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Gabourey Sidibe stars as Queenie in American Horror Story: 13.

Gabourey Sidibe wearing a black top with gold detailing for AHS: 13

Gabourey Sidibe as Queenie | AHS: 13 on FX

American Horror Story: 13

Gabourey Sidibe

Career Highlights

Leslie Grossman
as Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt

Joey Pollari
as Ben DeSoto

Jessica Lange
as Constance Langdon / Sister Jude / Fiona Goode / Elsa Mars

Gabourey Sidibe as Queenie | AHS: 13 on FX

Gabourey Sidibe

Joey Pollarias Ben DeSoto

Jessica Langeas Constance Langdon / Sister Jude / Fiona Goode / Elsa Mars

Joey Pollari
as Ben DeSoto

Jessica Lange
as Constance Langdon / Sister Jude / Fiona Goode / Elsa Mars