She has responded to the fat-shaming she received on social media after filming a sex scene on hip-hop drama Empire.
Sidibe said she received a lot of negative comments after a scene aired showing her character, Becky Williams, having sex on a roof terrace at the start of the latest episode.
In no time memes were mocked up showing surprise that a plus-sized woman was even desired by a man.
But Sidibe, who won two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe for playing Precious in the 2009 film of the same name, defended herself, saying she was "proud" of her work on the show.
"I, a plus sized, dark-skinned woman, had a love scene on primetime television," she wrote in a blog post for Entertainment Weekly.
“I had the most fun ever filming that scene even though I was nervous. But I felt sexy and beautiful and I felt like I was doing a good job."
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