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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

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Winners & Nominees
  
Taraji P HensonHidden Figures, Taraji P Henson, Winner, Angela BassettLondon Has Fallen, Angela Bassett, Nominee, Ruth NeggaLoving, Ruth Negga, Nominee, Madina NalwangaQueen of Katwe, Madina Nalwanga, Nominee, Tika SumpterSouthside with You, Tika Sumpter, Nominee, Sanaa LathanThe Perfect Guy, Sanaa Lathan, Winner, Zoe SaldanaInfinitely Polar Bear, Zoe Saldana, Nominee, Viola DavisLila & Eve, Viola Davis, Nominee, Teyonah ParrisChi-Raq, Teyonah Parris, Nominee, Keke PalmerBrotherly Love, Keke Palmer, Nominee, Taraji P HensonNo Good Deed, Taraji P Henson, Winner, Quvenzhané WallisAnnie, Quvenzhané Wallis, Nominee, Tessa ThompsonDear White People, Tessa Thompson, Nominee, Viola DavisThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, Viola Davis, Nominee, Gugu Mbatha-RawBelle, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nominee, Angela BassettBlack Nativity, Angela Bassett, Winner, Jennifer HudsonWinnie Mandela, Jennifer Hudson, Nominee, Kerry WashingtonWe the Peeples, Kerry Washington, Nominee, Halle BerryThe Call, Halle Berry, Nominee, Nicole Beharie42, Nicole Beharie, Nominee, Viola DavisWon't Back Down, Viola Davis, Winner, Quvenzhané WallisBeasts of the Southern Wild, Quvenzhané Wallis, Nominee, Halle BerryCloud Atlas, Halle Berry, Nominee, Loretta DevineIn the Hive, Loretta Devine, Nominee, Emayatzy CorinealdiMiddle of Nowhere, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Nominee

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture:. It is also called Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture.

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Winning or Nominated Performances

Number of performances that won or were nominated for Academy Awards:

  • Diana Ross — Lady Sings the Blues
  • Diahann Carroll - Claudine
  • Alfre Woodard — Cross Creek
  • Whoopi Goldberg — The Color Purple
  • Angela Bassett — What's Love Got to Do With It?
  • 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

    • 2010s

    (1) "Out of 12 films which featured African-Americans in leading roles in 1980, Cicely Tyson was the only female in that category. She played opposite Richard Pryor in Bustin' Loose. Because of this, she and officials at the annual NAACP image Awards program decided that she should not accept the award."

    Wins

  • 5 (Angela Bassett); 4 (Whoopi Goldberg)

    • Nominations

  • 9 (Angela Bassett); 8 (Halle Berry), 7 (Whoopi Goldberg), 6 (Queen Latifah), 5 (Alfre Woodard)

    • References

    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Wikipedia
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