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Queenie is a character from the third, fifth and eighth seasons of the television series American Horror Story (Coven, Hotel & Apocalypse), and is portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe. She is a gifted witch with origins in Salem and Voodoo.

Queenie has a unique power, she can direct harm she does to herself onto another being. Using this gift is what causes her to lose her job, after she burns her arm to injure a rude customer. Soon after this, she is taken in by COrdelia Foxx into Miss Robichaux's Academy.

Despite being ridiculed for her weight, Queenie is very confident and positive. She is intelligent and powerful and is quick to defend and harm when she sees fit. Queenie has died several times and is brought back from death by several people and powers.