Awards & Winners

2008 NAACP Image Award

Check winners and nominations of 2008 NAACP Image Award. Check awards winners of 39th NAACP Image Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

39th NAACP Image Awards

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Lance Gross

Honored for : Tyler Perry's House of Payne

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lance Gross Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tracy Morgan 30 Rock
Terry Crews Everybody Hates Chris
Blair Underwood The New Adventures of Old Christine
Romany Malco Weeds
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture

Laurent Cantet

Honored for : The Class
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

Kasi Lemmons

Honored for : Talk to Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kasi Lemmons Talk to Me
Denzel Washington The Great Debaters
Preston A. Whitmore II This Christmas
Sunu Gonera Pride
Sylvain White Stomp the Yard
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Michael Genet, Rick Famuyiwa

Honored for : Talk to Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rick Famuyiwa Talk to Me
Michael Genet Talk to Me
Steven Zaillian American Gangster
Richard LaGravenese Freedom Writers
Robert Eisele The Great Debaters
John Sayles Honeydripper
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album

Alicia Keys

Honored for : As I Am

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alicia Keys As I Am
Chris Brown Exclusive
Kanye West Graduation
Mary J. Blige Work in Progress (Growing Pains)
Seal System
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song

Alicia Keys

Honored for : Like You'll Never See Me Again

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alicia Keys Like You'll Never See Me Again
J Records
India.Arie Beautiful Flower
Universal Republic
Mary J. Blige Just Fine
Kanye West Stronger
Rihanna Umbrella
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mary J. Blige
Aretha Franklin
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé Knowles
Jill Scott
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video

Alicia Keys

Honored for : Like You'll Never See Me Again

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mary J. Blige Just Fine
Beyoncé Knowles Beautiful Liar
Shakira Beautiful Liar
Kanye West Stronger
John Legend Show Me
Alicia Keys Like You'll Never See Me Again
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Denzel Washington

Honored for : The Great Debaters

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Nominee Nominated Work
Don Cheadle Talk to Me
Denzel Washington The Great Debaters
Will Smith I Am Legend
Terrence Howard Pride
Columbus Short Stomp the Yard
Don Cheadle Talk to Me
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Jurnee Smollett

Honored for : The Great Debaters

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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?
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

America Ferrera

Honored for : Ugly Betty
(ABC)

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Nominee Nominated Work
America Ferrera Ugly Betty
ABC
Golden Brooks Girlfriends
CW
Tia Mowry The Game
CW
Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris
CW
Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends
CW
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Janet Jackson

Honored for : Why Did I Get Married?

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Nominee Nominated Work
Janet Jackson Why Did I Get Married?
Loretta Devine This Christmas
Meagan Good Stomp the Yard
Queen Latifah Hairspray
Ruby Dee American Gangster
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Vanessa L. Williams

Honored for : Ugly Betty

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Nominee Nominated Work
Vanessa L. Williams Ugly Betty
Keesha Sharp Girlfriends
Tonye Patano Weeds
Vivica A. Fox Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wendy Raquel Robinson The Game
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Denzel Whitaker

Honored for : The Great Debaters

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chiwetel Ejiofor Talk to Me
Nate Parker The Great Debaters
Denzel Whitaker The Great Debaters
Tyler Perry Why Did I Get Married?
Forest Whitaker The Great Debaters
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

LaVan Davis

Honored for : Tyler Perry's House of Payne

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Nominee Nominated Work
LaVan Davis Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler James Williams Everybody Hates Chris
Dulé Hill Psych
Donald Faison Scrubs
Reggie Hayes Girlfriends
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series

Grey's Anatomy

(ABC)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Grey's Anatomy
ABC
House
FOX
K-Ville
FOX
Lincoln Heights
ABC Family
The Unit
CBS
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Hill Harper

Honored for : CSI: NY

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hill Harper CSI: NY
Jimmy Smits Cane
Anthony Anderson K-Ville
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
Dennis Haysbert The Unit
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Omar Epps

Honored for : House

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Nominee Nominated Work
Omar Epps House
Blair Underwood Dirty Sexy Money
James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy
Mekhi Phifer ER
Taye Diggs Private Practice
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Regina Taylor

Honored for : The Unit

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Nominee Nominated Work
Regina Taylor The Unit
Wendy Davis Army Wives
Jennifer Beals The L Word
Nicki Micheaux Lincoln Heights
C. C. H. Pounder The Shield
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Life Support

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Nominee Nominated Work
The List
Life Support
The Bronx Is Burning
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Five Days
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Wendell Pierce

Honored for : Life Support
(HBO)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Wendell Pierce Life Support
HBO
Adam Beach Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
HBO
Daniel Sunjata The Bronx Is Burning
ESPN
Evan Ross Life Support
HBO
Wayne Brady The List
ABC Family
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Chandra Wilson

Honored for : Grey's Anatomy
(ABC)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy
ABC
Pam Grier The L Word
Showtime
S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order
NBC
Audra McDonald Private Practice
ABC
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Without a Trace
CBS
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Christel Khalil

Honored for : The Young and the Restless

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Nominee Nominated Work
Christel Khalil The Young and the Restless
Nazanin Boniadi General Hospital
Tika Sumpter One Life to Live
Brook Kerr Passions
Tracey Ross Passions
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture

The Great Debaters

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Talk to Me
The Great Debaters
American Gangster
I Am Legend
Talk to Me
Why Did I Get Married?
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Kristoff St. John

Honored for : The Young and the Restless

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kristoff St. John The Young and the Restless
Mykel Shannon Jenkins The Bold and the Beautiful
Kamar de los Reyes One Life to Live
Tobias Truvillion One Life to Live
Bryton James The Young and the Restless
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Reality Series

Run's House

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Nominee Nominated Work
Run's House
America's Next Top Model
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program

That's So Raven

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Nominee Nominated Work
That's So Raven
Cory in the House
Dora the Explorer
Go, Diego, Go!
High School Musical 2
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety – Series or Special

Celebration of Gospel

(Celebration of Gospel '07)

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Nominee Nominated Work
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder
Celebration of Gospel
Def Poetry
4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors
BET Awards
BET Awards 2007
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Aretha Franklin
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special

Raven-Symoné

Honored for : That's So Raven

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Nominee Nominated Work
Raven-Symoné That's So Raven
André 3000 Class of 3000
Kathleen Herles Dora the Explorer
Kyle Massey Cory in the House
Lil' JJ Just Jordan
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mary J. Blige
Aretha Franklin
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé Knowles
Jill Scott
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Brown
Common
Kanye West
Prince
Seal
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist

Jordin Sparks

(Jive/Zomba)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sean Kingston
Sony
Chrisette Michele
Island Def Jam
J. Holiday
Capitol
Corbin Bleu
Walt Disney Records
Jordin Sparks
Jive/Zomba
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Queen Latifah

Honored for : Life Support

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anika Noni Rose The Starter Wife
Holly Robinson Matters of Life and Dating
Queen Latifah Life Support
S. Epatha Merkerson Girl, Positive
Sydney Tamiia Poitier The List
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video

Alicia Keys

Honored for : Like You'll Never See Me Again

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mary J. Blige Just Fine
Beyoncé Knowles Beautiful Liar
Shakira Beautiful Liar
Kanye West Stronger
John Legend Show Me
Alicia Keys Like You'll Never See Me Again
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Ali LeRoi

Honored for : Everybody Hates Chris
(Everybody Hates Guidance Counselor)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ali LeRoi Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates Guidance Counselor
Sara V. Finney The Game
The Big Chill
Karin Gist Girlfriends
Spree To Be Free
Mindy Kaling The Office
Branch Wars
Silvio Horta Ugly Betty
A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding
Marco Pennette Ugly Betty
A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album

Alicia Keys

Honored for : As I Am

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alicia Keys As I Am
Chris Brown Exclusive
Kanye West Graduation
Mary J. Blige Work in Progress (Growing Pains)
Seal System
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction

Don Cheadle, John Prendergast

Honored for : Not On Our Watch
(Hyperion)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Don Cheadle Not On Our Watch
Hyperion
John Prendergast Not On Our Watch
Hyperion
Randall Robinson An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President
Basic Civitas Books/Perseus
Edwidge Danticat Brother, I\u2019m Dying
Alfred A. Knopf/RH
Michael Dyson Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop
Basic Civitas Books/Perseus
M. Dujon Johnson Race and Racism in the Chinas: Chinese Racial Attitudes Toward Africans and African-Americans
Authorhouse
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author

Victoria Rowell

Honored for : The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
(Harper Collins)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Victoria Rowell The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
Harper Collins
Dinaw Mengestu The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Penguin/Riverhead
Robin Givens Grace Will Lead Me Home
Hyperion
Ravi Howard Like Trees, Walking
Harper Collins/ Amistad
Ishmael Beah A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series

Tavis Smiley

(For Crisis in Darfur)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tavis Smiley
For \"Crisis in Darfur\"
Judge Mathis
Our World with Black Enterprise
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Tyra Banks Show
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group

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Nominee Nominated Work
Eddie Levert
Gerald Levert
Aretha Franklin
Fantasia
Sounds of Blackness
Bow Wow
Omarion
Stephen Marley
Damian Marley
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography

David Mendell

Honored for : Obama: From Promise to Power
(Harper Collins/Amistad)

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Mendell Obama: From Promise to Power
Harper Collins/Amistad
Eddie Levert I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Broadway Books
Gerald Levert I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Broadway Books
Lyah Leflore I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Broadway Books
Clarence Thomas My Grandfather\u2019s Son
Harper Collins
Tommie Smith Silent gesture : the autobiography of Tommie Smith
Temple University Press
Robert David Steele Silent gesture : the autobiography of Tommie Smith
Temple University Press
Victoria Rowell The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
Harper Collins/William Morrow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional

Tavis Smiley

Honored for : The Covenant in Action

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tavis Smiley The Covenant in Action
Russell Simmons Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success
Amy Dubois Barnett Get Yours!: The Girlfriends\u2019 Guide to Having Everything You Ever Dreamed of and More
T. D. Jakes Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits
Walter Mosley This Year You Write Your Novel
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Shonda Rhimes, Krista Vernoff

Honored for : Grey's Anatomy
(For episode A Change Is Gonna Come)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Shonda Rhimes Grey's Anatomy
For episode \"A Change Is Gonna Come\"
Krista Vernoff Grey's Anatomy
For episode \"A Change Is Gonna Come\"
Janine Sherman Barrois ER
For episode \"Breach of Trust\"
Natalie Chaidez Heroes
For episode \"The Fix\"
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson Lincoln Heights
For episode \"The Vision\"
Anthony Sparks Lincoln Heights
For episode \"The Vision\"
Shonda Rhimes Private Practice
For episode \"In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else\"
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Ken Whittingham

Honored for : The Office
(Phyllis's Wedding)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Whittingham The Office
Phyllis's Wedding
Seith Mann Entourage
Dream Team
Ali LeRoi Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates Baseball
Millicent Shelton Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates the Substitute
Salim Akil Girlfriends
To Be Determined...It's Been Determined
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

Walter Mosley

Honored for : Blonde Faith

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Mosley Blonde Faith
Junot Díaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Zakes Mda Cion
Nuruddin Farah Knots
Stephen L. Carter New England White
NAACP Image Award – Vanguard Award
NAACP Image Award – President's Award
NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary

Darfur Now

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Nominee Nominated Work
Darfur Now
Bastards of the Party
Desert Bayou
The Price of Sugar
Sicko
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist

Kirk Franklin

(Gospocentric)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kirk Franklin
Gospocentric
Marvin Winans
Pure Springs/EMI Gospel
Mavis Staples
Sounds of Blackness
Sounds of Blackness Records
Yolanda Adams
Columbia Records
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

Tyler Perry's House of Payne

(TBS)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
TBS
30 Rock
NBC
Everybody Hates Chris
CW
Girlfriends
CW
Ugly Betty
ABC
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's

Sue Stauffacher, Greg Couch

Honored for : Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sue Stauffacher Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
Greg Couch Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
Patricia McKissack Friendship For Today
Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton
Ashley Bryan Let it Shine
Lesa Cline-Ransome Young Pele
James E. Ransome Young Pele
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Seith Mann

Honored for : Friday Night Lights
(Are You Ready For Friday Night)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Darnell Martin Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Bombshell
Kevin Hooks Lincoln Heights
Pilot
Paris Barclay CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Meet Market
Roxann Dawson Heroes
Run
Seith Mann Friday Night Lights
Are You Ready For Friday Night
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Youth / Teens

Charles B. Schooler, Gary Young

Honored for : More Than Entertainers: An Inspirational Black Career Guide

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles B. Schooler More Than Entertainers: An Inspirational Black Career Guide
Gary Young More Than Entertainers: An Inspirational Black Career Guide
Nancy Redd Body Drama
James Sturm Center for Cartoon Studies Presents: Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
Rich Tommaso Center for Cartoon Studies Presents: Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
Jacquelin Thomas Divine Confidential
Nnedi Okorafor The Shadow Speaker
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry

Nikki Giovanni

Honored for : Acolytes: Poems

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nikki Giovanni Acolytes: Poems
Tracy K. Smith Duende: Poems
Usi Ku Eloquence: Rhythm and Renaissance
Carl Phillips Quiver of Arrows
Derek Walcott Selected poems
NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film

Honeydripper

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Honeydripper
Dirty Laundry
A Mighty Heart
My Brother
Persepolis
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary- Theatrical

Darfur Now

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bastards of the Party
Darfur Now
Desert Bayou
The Price of Sugar
Sicko