This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. The award was introduced in 1970 and was awarded sporadically until its permanent feature from 1995 onwards. Angela Bassett currently holds the record for most wins in this category, with four.

Winners and nominees

For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.

1970s

Year Actress Film Ref
1970 Beah Richards The Great White Hope [citation needed]
1971–1979 —

1980s

Year Actress Film Ref
1980–1985 —
1986 Oprah Winfrey The Color Purple [citation needed]
1987 Traci Wolfe Lethal Weapon [1][2]
Helen Martin Hollywood Shuffle
Nichelle Nichols Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Kelly Minter Summer School
Sandra Reaves-Phillips Round Midnight
1988 Juanita Waterman Cry Freedom [3]
1989 Suzzanne Douglas Tap [4][5]
Nichelle Nichols Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Rosie Perez Do the Right Thing
Tichina Arnold How I Got into College

1990s

Year Actress Film Ref
1990 Whoopi Goldberg Ghost [citation needed]
1991–1993 —
1994 Angela Bassett Malcolm X [6]
Vanessa Bell Calloway What's Love Got to Do with It
Whoopi Goldberg Sarafina!
Jenifer Lewis What's Love Got to Do with It
Alfre Woodard Passion Fish
1995 —
1996 Loretta Devine Waiting to Exhale [7]
Maya Angelou How to Make an American Quilt
Lela Rochon Waiting to Exhale
Regina Taylor Clockers
Alfre Woodard How to Make an American Quilt
1997 Loretta Devine The Preacher's Wife [8]
Jenifer Lewis The Preacher's Wife
Tonea Stewart A Time to Kill
Regina Taylor Courage Under Fire
Alfre Woodard Star Trek: First Contact
1998 Irma P. Hall Soul Food [citation needed]
Angela Bassett Contact
Debbi Morgan Eve's Bayou
Esther Rolle Rosewood
Cicely Tyson Hoodlum
1999 Whoopi Goldberg How Stella Got Her Groove Back [9]
Kimberly Elise Beloved
Queen Latifah Living Out Loud
Thandiwe Newton Beloved
Beah Richards Beloved

2000s

Year Actress Film Ref
2000 Angela Bassett Music of the Heart [citation needed]
Melissa De Sousa The Best Man
Sanaa Lathan
Queen Latifah The Bone Collector
Vanessa L. Williams Light It Up
2001 Alfre Woodard Love and Basketball [citation needed]
Nicole Ari Parker Remember the Titans
Aunjanue Ellis Men of Honor
Marla Gibbs The Visit
Thandiwe Newton Mission: Impossible 2
2002 Angela Bassett The Score [citation needed]
Loretta Devine Kingdom Come
Vivica A. Fox
Mo'Nique Two Can Play That Game
Jada Pinkett Smith Ali
2003 Halle Berry Die Another Day [citation needed]
Nicole Ari Parker Brown Sugar
Kimberly Elise John Q
Eve Barbershop
Queen Latifah Brown Sugar
2004 Alfre Woodard Radio [10]
Nona Gaye The Matrix Revolutions
Sanaa Lathan Out of Time
Jada Pinkett Smith The Matrix Revolutions
Gabrielle Union Bad Boys II
2005 Regina King Ray [citation needed]
Loretta Devine Woman Thou Art Loosed
Sophie Okonedo Hotel Rwanda
Jada Pinkett Smith Collateral
Sharon Warren Ray
2006 Cicely Tyson Diary of a Mad Black Woman [citation needed]
Ashanti Coach Carter
Taraji P. Henson Hustle & Flow
Elise Neal
Thandiwe Newton Crash
2007 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls [citation needed]
Angela Bassett Akeelah and the Bee
Thandiwe Newton The Pursuit of Happyness
Anika Noni Rose Dreamgirls
Kerry Washington The Last King of Scotland
2008 Janet Jackson Why Did I Get Married? [citation needed]
Ruby Dee American Gangster
Loretta Devine This Christmas
Meagan Good Stomp the Yard
Queen Latifah Hairspray
2009 Taraji P. Henson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [citation needed]
Beyoncé Cadillac Records
Jennifer Hudson The Secret Life of Bees
Alicia Keys
Sophie Okonedo

2010s

Year Actress Film Ref
2010 Mo'Nique Precious [citation needed]
Mariah Carey Precious
Paula Patton
Zoe Saldana Avatar
Alfre Woodard American Violet
2011 Kimberly Elise For Colored Girls [citation needed]
Whoopi Goldberg For Colored Girls
Phylicia Rashad
Anika Noni Rose
Jill Scott Why Did I Get Married Too?
2012 Octavia Spencer The Help [citation needed]
Bryce Dallas Howard The Help
Maya Rudolph Bridesmaids
Cicely Tyson The Help
Kim Wayans Pariah
2013 Kerry Washington Django Unchained [11]
Taraji P. Henson Think Like a Man
Phylicia Rashad Good Deeds
Gloria Reuben Lincoln
Amandla Stenberg The Hunger Games
2014 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave [12]
Naomie Harris Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Octavia Spencer Fruitvale Station
Oprah Winfrey Lee Daniels' The Butler
Alfre Woodard 12 Years a Slave
2015 Carmen Ejogo Selma [13]
Viola Davis Get On Up
Jill Scott
Octavia Spencer
Oprah Winfrey Selma
2016 Phylicia Rashad Creed [14]
Angela Bassett Chi-Raq
Jennifer Hudson
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Concussion
Tessa Thompson Creed
2017 Viola Davis Fences [15]
Aja Naomi King The Birth of a Nation
Mo'Nique Almost Christmas
Lupita Nyong'o Queen of Katwe
Octavia Spencer Hidden Figures
2018 Tiffany Haddish Girls Trip
Regina Hall Girls Trip
Audra McDonald Beauty and the Beast
Keesha Sharp Marshall
Tessa Thompson Thor: Ragnarok
2019 Danai Gurira Black Panther
Regina Hall The Hate U Give
Regina King If Beale Street Could Talk
Lupita Nyong'o Black Panther
Letitia Wright

2020s

Year Actress Film Ref
2020 Marsai Martin Little [16]
Jennifer Lopez Hustlers
Janelle Monáe Harriet
Da’Vine Joy Randolph Dolemite Is My Name
Octavia Spencer Luce
2021 Phylicia Rashad Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey [17]
Anika Noni Rose Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Gabourey Sidibe Antebellum
Nia Long The Banker
Taylour Paige Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2022 Regina King The Harder They Fall [18]
Aunjanue Ellis King Richard
Audra McDonald Respect
Danielle Deadwyler The Harder They Fall
Dominique Fishback Judas and the Black Messiah
2023
Angela Bassett Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Danai Gurira Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Lupita Nyong'o Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Lashana Lynch The Woman King
Janelle Monáe Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

References

  1. ^ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. ^ "NAACP Announces Nominees for Show Business Honors". Associated Press.
  3. ^ "1990 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  4. ^ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. ^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press.
  6. ^ "1995 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  7. ^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  8. ^ "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  9. ^ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  10. ^ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  11. ^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  12. ^ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  13. ^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  14. ^ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. 6 February 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  15. ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  16. ^ Schafstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter.
  17. ^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.
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