Awards & Winners

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

NAACP Image Award

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple, Ghost Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do With It? Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider Penélope Cruz - Volver Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side Gabourey Sidibe - Precious Viola Davis - The Help Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Check all the winners of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture presented under NAACP Image Award since 1969 .


Angela Bassett

Honored for : Black Nativity

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nicole Beharie 42
Jennifer Hudson Winnie
Halle Berry The Call
Angela Bassett Black Nativity
Kerry Washington We the Peeples

Viola Davis

Honored for : Won't Back Down

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Viola Davis Won't Back Down
Emayatzy E. Corinealdi Middle of Nowhere
Halle Berry Cloud Atlas
Loretta Devine In the Hive
Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild

Viola Davis

Honored for : The Help

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Viola Davis The Help
Adepero Oduye Pariah
Emma Stone The Help
Paula Patton Jumping the Broom
Zoe Saldana Colombiana

Halle Berry

Honored for : Frankie and Alice

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Halle Berry Frankie and Alice
Queen Latifah Just Wright
Kerry Washington Night Catches Us
Zoe Saldana The Losers
Janet Jackson Why Did I Get Married Too?

Gabourey Sidibe

Honored for : Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
(Lionsgate)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gabourey Sidibe Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Lionsgate
Taraji P. Henson I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Lionsgate
Sophie Okonedo Skin
Jour De Fete Films
Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
Warner Bros. Pictures
Anika Noni Rose The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Rosario Dawson

Honored for : Seven Pounds

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rosario Dawson Seven Pounds
Angela Bassett Meet the Browns
Queen Latifah The Secret Life of Bees
Dakota Fanning The Secret Life of Bees
Alfre Woodard The Family That Preys

Jurnee Smollett

Honored for : The Great Debaters

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Taraji P. Henson Talk to Me
Halle Berry Things We Lost in the Fire
Jurnee Smollett The Great Debaters
Angelina Jolie A Mighty Heart
Jill Scott Why Did I Get Married?

Keke Palmer

Honored for : Akeelah and the Bee

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Beyoncé Knowles Dreamgirls
Keke Palmer Akeelah and the Bee
Penélope Cruz Volver
Queen Latifah Last Holiday
Sanaa Lathan Something New

Kimberly Elise

Honored for : Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kimberly Elise Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Queen Latifah Beauty Shop
Zoe Saldana Guess Who
Zhang Ziyi Memoirs of a Geisha
Rosario Dawson Rent

Kerry Washington

Honored for : Ray
(Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kerry Washington Ray
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Gabrielle Union Breakin' All the Rules
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Irma P. Hall The Ladykillers
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Angela Bassett Mr. 3000
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Kimberly Elise Woman Thou Art Loosed
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Angela Bassett

Honored for : Sunshine State

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Thandie Newton The Truth About Charlie
Angela Bassett Sunshine State
Sanaa Lathan Brown Sugar
Vivica A. Fox Juwanna Mann
Jennifer Lopez Maid in Manhattan

Halle Berry

Honored for : Swordfish

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Halle Berry Swordfish
Regina King Down to Earth
Alfre Woodard K-PAX
Whoopi Goldberg Kingdom Come
Vivica A. Fox Two Can Play That Game

Sanaa Lathan

Honored for : Love & Basketball
(New Line)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sanaa Lathan Love & Basketball
New Line
Jada Pinkett Smith Bamboozled
Paramount
Nia Long Big Momma's House
20th Century Fox
Angela Bassett Boesman and Lena
Kino International
Vanessa L. Williams Shaft
Paramount

Nia Long

Honored for : The Best Man

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nia Long The Best Man
Debbi Morgan The Hurricane
Lisa Gay Hamilton True Crime
Monica Calhoun The Best Man
Rosario Dawson Light It Up

Angela Bassett

Honored for : How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Angela Bassett How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Alfre Woodard Down in the Delta
Halle Berry Bulworth
Oprah Winfrey Beloved
Regina King Enemy of the State

Vanessa L. Williams

Honored for : Soul Food

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lynn Whitfield Eve's Bayou
Nia Long Love Jones
Vanessa L. Williams Soul Food
Vivica A. Fox Soul Food
Pam Grier Jackie Brown

Whitney Houston

Honored for : The Preacher's Wife

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Whitney Houston The Preacher's Wife
Jada Pinkett Smith Set It Off
Queen Latifah Set It Off
Phylicia Rash?d Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
Whoopi Goldberg Ghosts of Mississippi

Angela Bassett

Honored for : Waiting to Exhale

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Angela Bassett Waiting to Exhale
Whoopi Goldberg Boys on the Side
Jennifer Beals Devil in a Blue Dress
Halle Berry Losing Isaiah
Whitney Houston Waiting to Exhale

Angela Bassett

Honored for : What's Love Got to Do with It

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Angela Bassett What's Love Got to Do with It
Alfre Woodard Bopha!
Janet Jackson Poetic Justice
Leleti Khumalo Sarafina!
Whitney Houston The Bodyguard

Angela Bassett

Honored for : What's Love Got to Do with It

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Angela Bassett What's Love Got to Do with It

Whoopi Goldberg

Honored for : The Long Walk Home

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Whoopi Goldberg The Long Walk Home

Whoopi Goldberg

Honored for : The Long Walk Home

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Whoopi Goldberg The Long Walk Home

Ruby Dee

Honored for : Do the Right Thing

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ruby Dee Do the Right Thing

Whoopi Goldberg

Honored for : Fatal Beauty

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Whoopi Goldberg Fatal Beauty

Ruby Dee

Honored for : Do the Right Thing

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ruby Dee Do the Right Thing

Whoopi Goldberg

Honored for : The Color Purple

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Whoopi Goldberg The Color Purple

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work

Tina Turner

Honored for : Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Tina Turner

Honored for : Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tina Turner Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Alfre Woodard

Honored for : Cross Creek

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alfre Woodard Cross Creek

Jennifer Beals

Honored for : Flashdance

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jennifer Beals Flashdance

Jayne Kennedy

Honored for : Body and Soul

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jayne Kennedy Body and Soul
Wilhelmenia Fernandez Diva
Rosalind Cash Wrong Is Right

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work

Irene Cara

Honored for : Fame

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Irene Cara Fame

Mavis Washington

Honored for : Fast Break

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mavis Washington Fast Break

Cicely Tyson

Honored for : A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cicely Tyson A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

Cicely Tyson

Honored for : The River Niger

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cicely Tyson The River Niger

Denise Nicholas

Honored for : Let's Do It Again

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Denise Nicholas Let's Do It Again

Diahann Carroll

Honored for : Claudine

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Diahann Carroll Claudine

Ester Anderson

Honored for : A Warm December

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ester Anderson A Warm December

Diana Ross

Honored for : Lady Sings the Blues

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Diana Ross Lady Sings the Blues

Jane Fonda

Honored for : Klute

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jane Fonda Klute

Barbara McNair

Honored for : If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

Nominations 1970 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara McNair If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

Estelle Evans

Honored for : The Learning Tree

Nominations 1969 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Estelle Evans The Learning Tree