Taraji P. Henson, Ava DuVernay, Black-Ish Win Big At 46th NAACP Image Awards + Complete Winner List!
The winners are as follows –
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Taraji P. Henson – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson – “black-ish” (ABC)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Shemar Moore – “Criminal Minds” (CBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Viola Davis – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC)
Outstanding Comedy Series
“black-ish” (ABC)
Outstanding Drama Series
“How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Motion Picture
“Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Entertainer of the Year
Taraji P. Henson
The Winners From Last Night’s Non-Televised Categories Are As Follows –
LITERATURE:
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
“A Wanted Woman” – Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House)
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” – Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
“Forty Acres” – Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
“Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine” – Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University of Georgia Press)
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
“Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life” – Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
“Citizen: An American Lyric” – Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
“Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Not-So Happily Ever After” – Rachel Renee Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
“Brown Girl Dreaming” – Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books)
RECORDING:
Outstanding New Artist
3 Winans Brothers (BMG)
Outstanding Male Artist
Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Female Artist
Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
“Stay With Me” – Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol)
Outstanding Jazz Album
“My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke” – Al Jarreau (Concord)
Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)
“Where My Heart Belongs” – Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records)
Outstanding Music Video
“You and I (Nobody in the World)” – John Legend (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Song
“We Are Here” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
Outstanding Album
“Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics” – Aretha Franklin (RCA Records)
ANIMATED OR COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE (CGI):
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
TELEVISION:
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – It Was the Change (Netflix)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Erika Green Swafford – “How to Get Away With Murder” – Let’s Get To Scooping (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie
Shernold Edwards – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Ken Whittingham – “Parks and Recreation” – Prom (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 14 (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie
Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Yara Shahidi – “black-ish” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Khandi Alexander – “Scandal” (ABC)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini- Series, or Dramatic Special
“The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini- Series, or Dramatic Special
Blair Underwood- “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini- Series, or Dramatic Special
Cicely Tyson- “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
“Unsung” (TV One)
Outstanding Talk Series
“Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
Outstanding Reality Series
“Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
“Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN)
Outstanding Children’s Program
“Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/ Children’s Program (Series or Special)
Fatima Ptacek- “Dora and Friends: Into the City!” (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/Information, or Variety Series
Steve Harvey- “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
DOCUMENTARY:
Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
“Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.)
Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
“Bad Boys” (ESPN)
MOTION PICTURE:
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Misan Sagay – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/DJ Films)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Antoine Fuqua – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Common- “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Carmen Ejogo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/DJ Films)
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