47th NAACP Image Awards

Motion Picture

Awards adapted by Variety.

Outstanding Motion Picture

Straight Outta Compton

Beasts of No Nation

Concussion

Creed

Dope

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Michael B. Jordan - Creed

Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation

Chiwetel Ejiofor - Secret in Their Eyes

Michael Ealy - The Perfect Guy

Will Smith - Concussion

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Sanaa Lathan - The Perfect Guy

Keke Palmer - Brotherly Love

Teyonah Parris - Chi-Raq

Viola Davis - Lila and Eve

Zoe Saldana - Infinitely Polar Bear

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Straight Outta Compton

Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Martian

Corey Hawkins - Straight Outta Compton

Forest Whitaker - Southpaw

Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Phylicia Rashad - Creed

Angela Bassett - Chi-Raq

Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Concussion

Jennifer Hudson - Chi-Raq

Tessa Thompson - Creed

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington - Creed

Andrea Berloff and Jonathan Herman - Straight Outta Compton

Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, and Grant Thompson - McFarland USA

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside Out

Rick Famuyiwa - Dope

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture, Television

Lawrence Hill and Clement Virgo - The Book of Negroes

Dee Rees - Bessie

Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein - White Water

Nzingha Stewart - With This Ring

Shem Bitterman - Whitney

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

Ryan Coogler - Creed

Rick Famuyiwa - Dope

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Charles Stone III - Lila and Eve

F. Gary Gray - Straight Outta Compton

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture, Television

Dee Rees - Bessie

Christine Swanson - For the Love of Ruth

Nzingha Stewart - With This Ring

Rusty Cundieff - White Water

Salim Akil - The Start Up

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

Beasts of No Nation

Brotherly Love

Chi-Raq

Infinitely Polar Bear

Secret in Their Eyes

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

black-ish

House of Lies

Key & Peele

Orange is the New Black

Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson - black-ish

Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Don Cheadle - House of Lies

Dwayne Johnson - Ballers

RonReaco Lee - Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Tracee Ellis Ross - black-ish

Gina Rodriguez - Jane The Virgin

Loretta Devine - The Carmichael Show

Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black

Wendy Raquel Robinson - The Game

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Mike Epps - Survivor’s Remorse

David Alan Grier - The Carmichael Show

Laurence Fishburne - black-ish

Miles Brown - black-ish

Terry Crews - Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Marsai Martin - black-ish

Anna Deavere Smith - Nurse Jackie

Danielle Brooks - Orange is the New Black

Laverne Cox - Orange is the New Black

Tichina Arnold - Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Kenya Barris: The Word - black-ish

Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari : Master of None - Parents

Jennie Snyder Urman: Chapter Twenty-Three - Jane The Virgin

Jill Soloway: Kina Hora - Transparent

Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, and Rich Talarico: Y’all Ready For This? - Key & Peele

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Don Cheadle - The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule - House of Lies

Aziz Ansari: Master of None - Parents

Brad Silberling: Chapter Twenty-Three - Jane The Virgin

Peter Atencio: The End - Key & Peele

Stan Lathan: Cabin Pressure - Real Husbands of Hollywood

Outstanding Drama Series

Empire

Being Mary Jane

How to Get Away with Murder

Power

Scandal

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Terrence Howard - Empire

LL Cool J - NCIS: Los Angeles

Morris Chestnut - Rosewood

Omari Hardwick - Power

Wesley Snipes - The Player

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Taraji P. Henson - Empire

Gabrielle Union - Being Mary Jane

Kerry Washington - Scandal

Nicole Beharie - Sleepy Hollow

Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

'Joe Morton - Scandal

Alfred Enoch - How to Get Away with Murder

Bryshere Y. Gray - Empire

Guillermo Díaz - Scandal

Jussie Smollett - Empire

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Regina King - American Crime

Cicely Tyson - How to Get Away with Murder

Danai Gurira - The Walking Dead

Grace Gealey - Empire

Naturi Naughton - Power

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, and Keli Goff : Sparrow - Being Mary Jane

Erika Green Swafford and Doug Stockstill: Mama’s Here Now - How to Get Away with Murder

John Ridley: Episode 1 - American Crime

LaToya Morgan: False Flag - Turn: Washingtons Spies

Lee Daniels and Danny Strong: Pilot - Empire

'Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

John Ridley: Episode 1 - American Crime

Ernest Dickerson: Welcome the Stranger - Hand of God

Lee Daniels : Pilot - Empire

Millicent Shelton: Episode Ten - American Crime

Salim Akil: Sparrow - Being Mary Jane

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

The Wiz Live!

American Crime

Bessie

Luther

The Book of Negroes

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

David Alan Grier - The Wiz Live!

Cuba Gooding Jr. - The Book of Negroes

David Oyelowo - Nightingale

Idris Elba - Luther

Michael Kenneth Williams - Bessie

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Queen Latifah - Bessie

Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Hotel

Aunjanue Ellis - The Book of Negroes

Jill Scott - With this Ring

LaTanya Richardson Jackson - Show Me a Hero

Outstanding News Information – Series or Special

Unsung

Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm

News One Now

Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later

Oprah: Where Are They Now?

Outstanding Talk Series

The Talk

Melissa Harris-Perry

Steve Harvey

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

The Wendy Williams Show

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's

Dancing with the Stars

Iyanla: Fix My Life

Shark Tank

The Voice

Outstanding Variety, Series or Special

Family Feud

Black Girls Rock!

Oprah's Master Class

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Outstanding Children’s Program

Doc McStuffins

Dora and Friends

K.C. Undercover

Little Ballers

Project MC2

Outstanding Performance by a Youth - Series, Special, Television Movie or Mini-series

Marcus Scribner - black-ish

Hudson Yang - Fresh Off The Boat

Marsai Martin - black-ish

Miles Brown - black-ish

Skai Jackson - Jessie

Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special)

Steve Harvey - Family Feud

Melissa Harris-Perry - Melissa Harris-Perry

Bryant Gumbel - Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

Trevor Noah - The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Larry Wilmore - The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Documentary

Outstanding Documentary

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Amy

Dreamcatcher

In My Father's House

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Outstanding Documentary, Television

Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

Belief

Kareem: Minority of One

Light Girls

Animated

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Television or Film

Loretta Devine - Doc McStuffins

Aisha Tyler - Archer

Audra McDonald - Doc McStuffins

Jeffrey Wright - The Good Dinosaur

Wanda Sykes - Penn Zero

Music

Outstanding New Artist

Jussie Smollett

Andra Day

Judith Hill

The Weeknd

Yazz

Outstanding Male Artist

Pharrell Williams

Charlie Wilson

Kendrick Lamar

The Weeknd

Tyrese Gibson

Outstanding Female Artist

Jill Scott

Janet Jackson

Jazmine Sullivan

Lalah Hathaway

Lauryn Hill

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

Empire Cast featuring Estelle & Jussie Smollett - Conqueror

Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton: An American Musical

Janet Jackson featuring J. Cole - No Sleeep

Big Sean featuring Kanye West and John Legend - One Man Can Change The World

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color

Outstanding Jazz Album

Miles Davis - Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

Terell Stafford Quintet - BrotherLEE Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan

Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra - Dee Dee’s Feathers

Erroll Garner - The Complete Concert By The Sea

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

Outstanding Gospel Album – Traditional or Contemporary

Tina Campbell - It’s Personal

Kim Burrell - A Different Place

Kirk Franklin - Losing My Religion

Kirk Whalum - The Gospel According To Jazz – Chapter IV

Marvin Sapp - You Shall Live

Outstanding Music Video

Tyrese Gibson - Shame

The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face

Pharrell Williams - Freedom

Janet Jackson featuring J. Cole - No Sleeep

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color

Outstanding Song, Contemporary

Empire Cast featuring Jussie Smollett and Yazz - You’re So Beautiful

Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett - Conqueror

Pharrell Williams - Freedom

Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole - No Sleeep

Janet Jackson - Unbreakable

Outstanding Song, Traditional

Jill Scott - Back Together

Seal - Every Time I’m with You

Lauryn Hill - Feeling Good

Charlie Wilson - Goodnight Kisses

Jazmine Sullivan - Let It Burn

Outstanding Album

Jill Scott - Woman

The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness

Empire Cast - Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1

Charlie Wilson - Forever Charlie

Janet Jackson - Unbreakable

Literature

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

Victoria Christopher Murrary- Stand Your Ground

Ravi Howard - Driving the King

Tananarive Due - Ghost Summer: Stories

ReShonda Tate Billingsley - Mama’s Boy

Chinelo Okparanta - Under the Udala Trees

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga - Pamela Newkirk

50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership - Kathey Porter and Andrea Hoffman

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America - Jill Leovy

SHOWDOWN: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America - Wil Haygood

The Light of the World - Elizabeth Alexander

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

The Fishermen - Chigozie Obioma

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Star Side of Bird Hill - Naomi Jackson

The Turner House - Angela Flournoy

The Wind In The Reeds: A Storm, A Play And The City That Could Not Be Broken - Wendell Pierce and Rod Dreher

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Auto-Biography

Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye - Jan Gaye

One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York - Arthur Browne

Power Forward: My Presidential Education - Reggie Love

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person - Shonda Rhimes

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family - Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams

Big Words to Little Me: Tips and Advice for the Younger Self - Sakina Ibrahim and Jessie Lee

Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom - Cortez R. Rainey

Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories - Jocelyn Delk Adams

Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide To Buying A Home - Egypt Sherrod

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

How to Be Drawn - Terrance Hayes

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude - Ross Gay

Reconnaissance - Carl Phillips

Redbone - Mahogany L. Browne

Wild Hundreds - Nate Marshall

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

Gordon Parks How the Photographer Captured Black and White America - Carole Boston Weatherford

Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts - Nikki Grimes

Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box - Michael S. Bandy

and Eric Stein

If You Plant a Seed - Kadir Nelson

New Shoes - Susan Lynn Meyer

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

X: A Novel - Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon

Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound - Andrea Davis Pinkney

Stella By Starlight - Sharon Draper

Untwine - Edwidge Danticat

You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace - Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Daye Richardson

Honorary Awards

Credits below come from other sources.

Chairman's Award

*Brittany “Bree” Newsome

Justice League NYC

The University of Mississippi NAACP College Chapter'''''

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III

Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley

Rev. Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant

Jussie Smollett

President's Award

John Legend

Entertainer of the Year

Michael B. Jordan

Misty Copeland

Pharrell Williams

Shonda Rhimes

Viola Davis