Who Played Me in "Precious"? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gabourey Sidibe

Sidibe, born on May 6th, 1983 in Brooklyn, New York, was cast as Precious Jones. Precious had aspirations one day of being a model and was often seen throughout the movie dreaming that she was posing at a photo shoot. Precious went to class one day and mentioned that she enjoyed math but often did not speak up in school. One of her instructors was Mr. Wincher and Precious stated she would not mind getting married to him someday.

When one of Precious's classmates gave Mr. Wincher attitude, she went over and pushed him around a little since he was preventing her from listening. Mr. Wincher then got a note from the principal's office and he said that Precious was needed there.

While speaking with the principal, Ms. Lichtenstein, it was acknowledged that Precious was pregnant with her second child. Throughout the movie, Precious had a rather challenging relationship with her mother, Mary, with the two often seen fighting.

There was one scene where Precious revealed that she was HIV-positive. Sidibe guest starred on the TV show, "The Big C".

In 2010, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Precious" but lost to Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side". Other Oscar nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role that year were Carey Mulligan for "An Education", Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia" and Helen Mirren for "The Last Station".

Answer: Mo'Nique

Mo'Nique, a native of Woodlawn, Maryland, played Mary Johnson. Mary was Precious's mother and asked her daughter one day if she got her cigarettes on her way home from school. Precious replied to her she was unable to get them, which led to Mary becoming frustrated.

She threw something at her daughter and it knocked her down. Someone was at the door so Mary told Precious to answer it through the intercom. Mrs. Lichtenstein was there and offered Precious the chance to study at an alternative school while Mary listened in on this.

When Precious walked upstairs, Mary told her school would not help her out. It was revealed in this scene that Mary and Precious were on welfare. Mary then yelled at her daughter for bringing a White woman to her house but Precious said she only spoke to her through the intercom. Mary warned Precious not to mess around or else she would beat her up.

In another scene, Mary told Precious that she wished she had aborted her since she knew the moment she looked at her that she would amount to no good. Mo'Nique was seen in the movies "Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins", "Shadowboxer" and "Soul Plane".

In 2010, Mo'Nique won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Precious". Other Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actress that year were Maggie Gyllenhaal for "Crazy Heart", Penelope Cruz for "Nine", Vera Farmiga for "Up in the Air" and Anna Kendrick for "Up in the Air".

Answer: Sherri Shepherd

Shepherd, born in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, portrayed Cornrows. Cornrows worked at the alternative school where Precious went after her principal advised her to go there. When Precious got there, she said she was looking for the alternative school and Cornrows informed her she was at one. Cornrows explained to Precious that an alternative school meant they had a different way of doing things than regular schools and then asked her to have a form filled out. Cornrows explained to Precious the form was to state why Precious was removed from her regular school and placed at the alternative institution. Precious stated the reason the other school did not want her was due to the fact she was pregnant but Cornrows said that did not matter since she needed it in writing. Cornrows then noticed the other school actually sent her the paperwork she needed so she did not actually require Precious to fill out the form.

She then informed Precious that she would need to test her English and Math skills.

Shepherd guest starred on the TV series "Hot in Cleveland", "Entourage" and "Joan of Arcadia". In 2007, she became a permanent co-host on the talk show, "The View".

Answer: Paula Patton

Patton, born on December 5th, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, landed the role of Ms. Rain. Ms. Rain was Precious's teacher at the alternative school where she attended. She mentioned to the students on Precious's first day there to bring their journals with them to class every day since they were the key to passing. Ms. Rain asked the students to go around the class to state their name, where they were born, their favorite color, a talent of theirs and why they were at the school. Ms. Rain went first by saying her name and that her favorite color was purple, she could sing well and she was at the school since she loved to teach.

When she asked a student named Consuelo to introduce herself, Consuelo cursed at her so she simply moved onto another student with the introductions. Throughout the movie, Ms. Rain formed a bond with Precious. Patton had roles in the films "Déjà Vu", "Mirrors" and "Just Wright".

Answer: Xosha Roquemore

Roquemore was cast as Joann in "Precious". Joann arrived to Ms. Rain's class late when Precious first attended and Ms. Rain told her to get to class on time but Joann said she had to finish her breakfast since it was an important meal. Ms. Rain told Joann she would lock the door tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning to reinforce to her the importance of arriving on time to class. Right after Ms. Rain spoke to the students about introducing themselves, Joann turned to Precious to ask her what she did but Precious did not respond to her. Later on in class, Joann made a grammatical error and Ms. Rain corrected her. During her introduction to the class, Joann said she loved the color of fluorescent beige and she wanted to get her own record label. Joann mentioned how much she wanted to get her GED and that she felt she could succeed since she already worked in the record industry. Roquemore had guest starring stints on the TV shows "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Nurse Jackie".

Answer: Chyna Layne

Layne, a native of Queens as well as Brooklyn in New York City, played Rhonda. Rhonda was in Precious's class and she introduced herself by stating she was from Kingston, Jamaica and she loved the color blue. She mentioned she could cook well and her mother owned her own restaurant on Seventh Avenue before she had to close it due to getting real sick.

It was due to Rhonda's mother that Rhonda turned out to be a great cook. Rhonda mentioned she was at the school to help improve her reading skills and to eventually pass the Graduate Equivalency Exam (GED).

After Rhonda introduced herself, Ms. Rain moved on to a student named Rita. Layne had roles in the movies "A Deeper Love", "Back Stab" and "All Screwed Up".

Answer: Stephanie Andujar

Andujar, born on July 15th, 1986 in New York City, portrayed Rita Romero. On the first day of class, Rita introduced herself as a woman born in Harlem and said that she was at the school to help improve her reading skills. She mentioned that her favorite color was black and it was after this that Joann asked Rita what it was she excelled at outside of school. Rita responded that she was a very good mother. Rita was baffled at another student who claimed she was at the school to keep out of trouble but the student insisted to Rita that was why she was attending the place.

In a later scene, Rita was in class one session when the students had to share what they wrote in their journals. Andujar had guest starring roles on the TV series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Mercy".

She was also in the 2008 short film "Awilda and a Bee".

Answer: Amina Robinson

Robinson landed the role of Jermaine in "Precious". Jermaine mentioned in her introduction to the class that she was born in The Bronx and that her favorite color was red but it used to be blue. Jermaine mentioned she could dance real well and she was at the institution to keep herself out of trouble after a friend recommended she give the place a try. On another day in class, Jermaine was seen laughing while Rhonda was telling a hilarious story she wrote in her journal.

After Precious gave birth to her son, Jermaine and a couple of other students visited her at the hospital while she was speaking to a nurse named John. Robinson guest starred on the TV shows "Law & Order", "Mercy" and "Outlaw".

Answer: Mariah Carey

Carey, born in 1969 in Huntington, New York, was cast as Mrs. Weiss. Mrs. Weiss worked in a welfare office in New York City and had a big argument with Mary in one scene. Mrs. Weiss yelled at Mary over the fact that she sat back and watched a man abuse her daughter, while Mary insisted to Mrs. Weiss she did not want him to hurt Precious. Mrs. Weiss would not let Mary off the hook and reiterated that Mary allowed the abuse to happen.

In another scene in the movie, Mrs. Weiss asked Precious what she knew about her father and Precious mentioned she knew little about him. During this conversation, she accidentally referred to Mrs. Weiss as "Mrs. White". Mrs. Weiss pressed Precious to tell her what she did know about her father but Precious refused. Carey starred in the movies "Tennessee", "Glitter" and "The Bachelor".

Answer: Lenny Kravitz

Kravitz, born on May 26th, 1964 in New York City, played John McFadden. John worked as a nurse at a hospital and he helped wheel in Precious to the delivery room. John was seen placing Precious's baby boy in her arms. Shortly after this, Precious and John spoke while John ate some fruit. Precious asked John if he could get her some McDonald's food. John said he personally did not eat from that fast food joint and Precious did not need to have that food as well since it was unhealthy. John said she and her friends who were there could get McDonald's all they wanted so long as it was after Precious was released from the hospital.

When one of Precious's friends asked John if he was a doctor, he replied he was not and that he was a nurse. Kravitz provided the voice of a newborn baby character in the 1998 film "The Rugrats Movie".