Awards & Winners

BET Award for Best Actress

BET Awards

The BET Awards for Best Actor & Actress are awarded to actors and actresses from both television and film. Some nominees have been nominated based on their performances in multiple bodies of work within the eligibility period. 8 Academy Award-Winning Actors/Actress, and 11 Academy Award nominated Actors/Actress have earned BET Best Actor & Actress nominations and/or wins. This list also has 10 singer/rappers-turned-actors nominated in these categories.
Date Established : 2001

Check all the winners of BET Award for Best Actress presented under BET Awards since 2001 .


Lupita Nyong'o

Honored for : 12 Years a Slave

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Angela Bassett Black Nativity
Gabrielle Union Being Mary Jane
Kerry Washington Scandal
Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey The Butler

Kerry Washington

Honored for : Scandal, Django Unchained

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Angela Bassett Olympus Has Fallen","Betty and Coretta
Halle Berry Cloud Atlas","The Call
Taraji P. Henson Think Like A Man","Person of Interest
Gabrielle Union Think Like A Man","In Our Nature
Kerry Washington Scandal","Django Unchained

Viola Davis

Honored for : The Help, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Zoe Saldana Colombiana
Viola Davis The Help","Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Angela Bassett Jumping the Broom
Taraji P. Henson Person of Interest","Larry Crowne
Regina King Southland

Taraji P. Henson

Honored for : Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Zoe Saldana Death at a Funeral","The Losers
Halle Berry Frankie and Alice
Taraji P. Henson Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Regina King Southland
Kerry Washington Night Catches Us

Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

Honored for : Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Zoe Saldana Avatar
Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Regina King Southland
Gabourey Sidibe Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Taraji P. Henson I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Taraji P. Henson

Honored for : Not Easily Broken, The Family That Preys, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rosario Dawson Eagle Eye","Seven Pounds
Angela Bassett ER","Notorious
Beyoncé Knowles Cadillac Records
Jennifer Hudson Sex and the City","The Secret Life of Bees
Taraji P. Henson Not Easily Broken","The Family That Preys","The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Halle Berry

Honored for : Things We Lost in the Fire, Perfect Stranger

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy
Queen Latifah The Perfect Holiday","Hairspray","Mad Money
Angela Bassett Meet the Browns
Jill Scott Why Did I Get Married?
Halle Berry Things We Lost in the Fire","Perfect Stranger

Jennifer Hudson

Honored for : Dreamgirls

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls
Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris
Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy
Angela Bassett Akeelah and the Bee
Kerry Washington The Last King of Scotland

Taraji P. Henson

Honored for : Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers, Something New

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Taraji P. Henson Hustle & Flow","Four Brothers","Something New
Alfre Woodard Something New","Desperate Housewives
Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris
Thandie Newton Crash
Queen Latifah Ice Age: The Meltdown

Regina King

Honored for : Ray, A Cinderella Story, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Regina King Ray","A Cinderella Story","Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Queen Latifah Beauty Shop","Taxi","The Cookout
Kimberly Elise The Manchurian Candidate","Woman Thou Art Loosed
Gabrielle Union Breakin' All the Rules","Something the Lord Made
Halle Berry Their Eyes Were Watching God","Catwoman

Halle Berry

Honored for : X2, Gothika

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Halle Berry X2","Gothika
Beyoncé Knowles The Fighting Temptations
Vivica A. Fox Kill Bill Volume 1
Sanaa Lathan Out of Time
Gabrielle Union Bad Boys II

Queen Latifah

Honored for : Bringing Down the House, Chicago, Brown Sugar

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Queen Latifah Bringing Down the House","Chicago","Brown Sugar
Gabrielle Union Cradle 2 the Grave","Deliver Us from Eva
Sanaa Lathan Brown Sugar
Halle Berry Die Another Day
Nicole Ari Parker Brown Sugar","Soul Food

Halle Berry

Honored for : Swordfish, Monster's Ball

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Halle Berry Monster's Ball","Swordfish
Aaliyah Queen of the Damned
Angela Bassett The Score","The Rosa Parks Story
Vivica A. Fox Boat Trip","Kingdom Come","Two Can Play That Game
Jada Pinkett Smith Kingdom Come","Ali

Sanaa Lathan

Honored for : Love & Basketball

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sanaa Lathan Love & Basketball
Aaliyah Romeo Must Die
Regina King Down to Earth
Angela Bassett Boesman and Lena