If you’ve been sleeping on Gabourey Sidibe’s style, it’s time to wake up. The actress celebrated her 35th birthday yesterday and we can’t help but notice she’s looking better than ever.
A little more than a year ago, Gabourey underwent laparoscopic bariatric surgery after being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and since then, the Empire star has shed a great deal of weight and also come out of her shell stylewise. Over the past year, the Senegalese-American beauty’s dresses have gotten shorter and the prints bolder. She’s also experimented with a number of hairstyles and truly come into her own on the red carper.. Click through to see 15 styles from Gabourey Sidibe that we’d love to steal.