53rd Annual NAACP Image Award Nominations

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The 53rd Annual NAACP Images Award nominations are out. The ceremony is presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding performances across various media sectors. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 26, 2022, on BET.

A Hot Set specifically highlighted the nominees in the film and television categories.

The top five media outlets garnering the most nominations are as follows:

Netflix: 52 ABC: 14 HB0: 12 Apple+: 9 OWN: 8

Check out the nominees below.

MOTION PICTURE

The Harder They Fall - Netflix

Outstanding International Motion Picture

  • 7 Prisoners (Netflix)

  • African America (Netflix)

  • Eyimofe (This is My Desire) (Janus Films)

  • Flee (Neon / Participant)

  • The Gravedigger’s Wife (Orange Studio)

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

  • Attica (Showtime)

  • Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power (Greenwich Entertainment)

  • My Name Is Pauli Murray (Amazon Studios in association with Participant)

  • Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)

  • Tina (HBO Documentary Films)

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

  • Encanto (Walt Disney Studios)

  • Luca (Walt Disney Studios)

  • Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)

  • Sing 2 (Universal Pictures)

  • Vivo (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)

  • Andre Braugher, Spirit Untamed (Universal Pictures)

  • Awkwafina, Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)

  • Brian Tyree Henry, Vivo (Netflix)

  • Eric André, Sing 2 (Universal Pictures)

  • Letitia Wright, Sing 2 (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Short-Form (Live Action)

  • Aurinko in Adagio (Universal Pictures)

  • Blackout (Netflix)

  • The Ice Cream Stop (Walt Disney Studios)

  • These Final Hours (Universal Pictures/The Knights Young Productions)

  • When The Sun Sets (Lakutshon’ Ilanga) (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Short-Form (Animated)

  • Blush (Apple TV+)

  • Robin Robin (Netflix)

  • She Dreams at Sunrise (Tribeca Studios, Procter & Gamble)

  • Twenty Something (Pixar Animation Studios)

  • Us Again (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)

  • Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)

  • Jamila Wignot, Ailey (Neon)

  • Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • Liesl Tommy, Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)

  • Rebecca Hall, Passing (Netflix)

Outstanding Motion Picture

  • Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)

  • The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

  • Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth (Apple TV+ / A24)

  • Jonathan Majors, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Mahershala Ali, Swan Song (Apple TV+)

  • Will Smith, King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

  • Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films)

  • Halle Berry, Bruised (Netflix)

  • Jennifer Hudson, Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)

  • Tessa Thompson, Passing (Netflix)

  • Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

  • Algee Smith, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Delroy Lindo, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • Idris Elba, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • LaKeith Stanfield, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

  • Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Audra McDonald, Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)

  • Danielle Deadwyler, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • Dominique Fishback, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Regina King, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in Motion Picture

  • Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (20th Century Studios)

  • Danny Boyd, Jr., Bruised (Netflix)

  • Jalon Christian, A Journal For Jordan (Columbia Pictures)

  • Lonnie Chavis, The Water Man (RLJE Films)

  • Sheila Atim, Bruised (Netflix)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

  • Coming 2 America (Paramount Releasing/Amazon Studios)

  • Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)

  • The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

  • American Skin (Vertical Entertainment)

  • Bruised (Netflix)

  • CODA (Apple TV+)

  • Test Pattern (Kino Lorber)

  • The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (RedBird Entertainment)

TELEVISION - SCRIPTED

Queen Sugar - Own

Outstanding Drama Series

  • 9-1-1 (FOX)

  • All American (The CW)

  • Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)

  • Pose (FX Network)

  • Queen Sugar (OWN)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

  • Billy Porter, Pose (FX Network)

  • Damson Idris, Snowfall (FX Network)

  • Forest Whitaker, Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)

  • Kofi Siriboe, Queen Sugar (OWN)

  • Sterling K. Brown, This is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

  • Angela Bassett, 9-1-1 (FOX)

  • Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Queen Sugar (OWN)

  • Octavia Spencer, Truth Be Told (Apple TV+)

  • Queen Latifah, The Equalizer (CBS)

  • Rutina Wesley, Queen Sugar (OWN)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

  • Alex R. Hibbert, The Chi (Showtime)

  • Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)

  • Daniel Ezra, All American (The CW)

  • Giancarlo Esposito, Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)

  • Joe Morton, Our Kind of People (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  • Alfre Woodard, SEE (Apple TV+)

  • Bianca Lawson, Queen Sugar (OWN)

  • Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

  • Mary J. Blige, Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)

  • Susan Kelechi Watson, This is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Performance

  • Alani “La La” Anthony, The Chi (Showtime)

  • Christina Elmore, Insecure (HBO)

  • Daniel Kaluuya, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

  • Erika Alexander, Run the World (Starz)

  • Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • Ada Twist, Scientist (Netflix)

  • Family Reunion (Netflix)

  • Karma’s World (Netflix)

  • Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)

  • Waffles + Mochi (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)

  • Alayah “Lay Lay” High, That Girl Lay Lay (Nickelodeon)

  • Celina Smith, Annie Live! (NBC)

  • Elisha ‘EJ’ Williams, The Wonder Years (ABC)

  • Eris Baker, This Is Us (NBC)

  • Miles Brown, Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Animated Series

  • Big Mouth (Netflix)

  • Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz (Kweli TV)

  • Super Sema (YouTube Originals)

  • We The People (Netflix)

  • Yasuke (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

  • Angela Bassett, Malika: The Lion Queen (FOX)

  • Billy Porter, Fairfax (Amazon Studios)

  • Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Karma’s World (Netflix)

  • Cree Summer, Rugrats (Nickelodeon)

  • Keke Palmer, Big Mouth (Netflix)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)

  • Angel Kristi Williams, Colin in Black & White (Netflix)

  • Cierra Glaude, Queen Sugar (OWN)

  • Deborah Riley Draper, The Legacy of Black Wall Street (OWN)

  • Halcyon Person, Karma’s World (Netflix)

  • Quyen Tran, Maid (Netflix)

Outstanding Comedy Series

  • Black-ish (ABC)

  • Harlem (Amazon Studios)

  • Insecure (HBO)

  • Run the World (Starz)

  • The Upshaws (Netflix)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC)

  • Cedric the Entertainer, The Neighborhood (CBS)

  • Don Cheadle, Black Monday (Showtime)

  • Elisha ‘EJ’ Williams, The Wonder Years (ABC)

  • Jay Ellis, Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO)

  • Loretta Devine, Family Reunion (Netflix)

  • Regina Hall, Black Monday (Showtime)

  • Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)

  • Yvonne Orji, Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)

  • Deon Cole, Black-ish (ABC)

  • Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

  • Kendrick Sampson, Insecure (HBO)

  • Laurence Fishburne, Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Amanda Seales, Insecure (HBO)

  • Jenifer Lewis, Black-ish (ABC)

  • Marsai Martin, Black-ish (ABC)

  • Natasha Rothwell, Insecure (HBO)

  • Wanda Sykes, The Upshaws (Netflix)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

  • Colin in Black & White, (Netflix)

  • Genius: Aretha, (National Geographic)

  • Love Life, (HBO Max)

  • Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, (Lifetime)

  • The Underground Railroad, (Amazon Studios)

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

  • Anthony Mackie, Solos (Amazon Studios)

  • Jaden Michael, Colin in Black & White (Netflix)

  • Kevin Hart, True Story (Netflix)

  • Wesley Snipes, True Story (Netflix)

  • William Jackson Harper, Love Life (HBO Max)

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

  • Betty Gabriel, Clickbait (Netflix)

  • Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

  • Danielle Brooks, Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

  • Jodie Turner-Smith, Anne Boleyn (AMC+)

  • Taraji P. Henson, Annie Live! (NBC)

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

  • Courtney B. Vance, Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

  • Keith David, Black As Night (Amazon Studios)

  • Tituss Burgess, Annie Live! (NBC)

  • Will Catlett, True Story (Netflix)

  • William Jackson Harper, The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios)

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

  • Anika Noni Rose, Maid (Netflix)

  • Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus (HBO)

  • Pauletta Washington, Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

  • Regina Hall, Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)

  • Sheila Atim, The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama 

  • Between the Scenes, The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

  • Dark Humor (Comedy Central / YouTube)

  • Della Mae (AspireTV)

  • The Disney Launchpad: Shorts Incubator (Disney+)

  • Two Sides: Unfaithful (Snapchat)

Outstanding Short Form Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction

  • Life By The Horns (Snapchat)

  • Memory Builds The Monument (Fifth Ward CRC)

  • Widen the Screen: 8:46 Films (BET)

  • Through Our Eyes: Shelter (HBO Max)

  • Lynching Postcards: “Token of a Great Day” (Paramount+)

TELEVISION - REALITY

The Real

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

  • Joy Reid, The Reidout (MSNBC)

  • Daniel “Desus Nice” Baker, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Desus & Mero (Showtime)

  • Garcelle Beauvais, Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai Jenkins, The Real (Syndicated)

  • Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith, Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)

  • LeBron James, The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO)

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

  • Alfonso Ribeiro, America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)

  • Amber Ruffin, The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)

  • Cedric The Entertainer, 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (CBS)

  • Iyanla Vanzant, Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)

  • Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

  • Blood on Black Wall Street: The Legacy of the Tulsa Massacre (NBC)

  • NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC)

  • Soul of A Nation (ABC)

  • The Reidout (MSNBC)

  • Unsung (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series

  • Desus & Mero (Showtime)

  • Hart to Heart (Peacock)

  • Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)

  • Tamron Hall (Syndicated)

  • The Real (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)

  • Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)

  • Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)

  • Sweet Life: Los Angeles (HBO Max)

  • The Voice (NBC)

  • Wild ‘n Out (VH1)

Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) 

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

  • BET Awards 2021 (BET)

  • Dave Chappelle: The Closer (Netflix)

  • Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 (Amazon Studios)

  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)


Maya Erskine - Rich Fury

writing

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

  • Abdul Williams, Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime Movie Network)

  • Mario Miscione & Marcella Ochoa, Madres (Amazon Studios)

  • Monique N. Matthew, A Holiday In Harlem (Hallmark Channel)

  • Sameer Gardezi, Hot Mess Holiday (Comedy Central)

  • Sherman Payne, Black As Night (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture 

  • Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Zola (A24)

  • Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Virgil Williams, A Journal for Jordan (Columbia Pictures)

  • Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, Candyman (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

  • Ashley Nicole Black, Ted Lasso, “Do the Right-est Thing” (Apple TV+)

  • Issa Rae, Insecure, “Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)

  • Leann Bowen, Ted Lasso, “Lavender” (Apple TV+)

  • Maya Erskine, Pen15, “Blue in Green” (Hulu)

  • Temi Wilkey, Sex Education, “Episode #3.6” (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

  • Aurin Squire, Evil, “C Is For Cop” (Paramount+)

  • Davita Scarlett, The Good Fight, “And the Firm Had Two Partners…” (Paramount+)

  • Malcolm Spellman, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, “New World Order” (Disney+)

  • Nkechi Okoro Carroll, All American, “Homecoming” (The CW)

  • Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Pose, “Series Finale” (FX Network)

directing

Jaffar Mahmood

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

  • Denzel Washington, A Journal for Jordan (Columbia Pictures)

  • Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick tick…BOOM! (Netflix)

  • Reinaldo Marcus Green, King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

  • Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

  • Andre Gaines, The One and Only Dick Gregory (Showtime)

  • Dawn Porter, Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (National Geographic)

  • Sam Pollard, MLK/FBI (IFC Films)

  • Samantha Knowles, Yoruba Richen, Geeta Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren, Black and Missing (HBO)

  • Spike Lee, NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

  • Bashir Salahuddin & Diallo Riddle, South Side, “Tornado” (HBO Max)

  • Melina Matsoukas, Insecure, “Reunited, Okay?!” (HBO)

  • Neema Barnette, Harlem, “Once Upon A Time in Harlem” (Amazon Studios)

  • Prentice Penny, Insecure, “Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)

  • Tiffany Johnson, Black Monday, “Eight!” (Showtime)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

  • Anthony Hemingway, Genius: Aretha “Respect” (National Geographic)

  • Barry Jenkins, The Underground Railroad, “Indiana Winter” (Amazon Studios)

  • Carl Seaton, Snowfall, “Fight or Flight” (FX Network)

  • Carl Seaton, Godfather of Harlem, “The Bonanno Split” (EPIX)

  • Hanelle Culpepper, True Story, “Like Cain Did Abel” (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special

  • Jaffar Mahmood, Hot Mess Holiday (Comedy Central)

  • Kenny Leon, Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

  • Mario Van Peebles, Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime)

  • Maritte Lee Go, Black As Night (Amazon Studios)

  • Veronica Rodriguez, Let’s Get Merried (VH1)

Entertainer of the year

Lil Nas X Jennifer Hudson Regina King Megan Thee Stallion Tiffany Haddish

View full list of nominees on their website.

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