Gabourey Sidibe joins TV show
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Recent Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe has officially joined Showtime's upcoming dark comedy series The Big C in a recurring capacity.
The Precious star will reprise the role from the pilot, which was billed as a guest star/potential recurring.
On the show, starring Laura Linney as a repressed suburban wife and mother who reclaims her life after a terminal cancer diagnosis, Sidibe plays a smart-alecky student in Cathy's class.
- Reuters
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