NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	NAACP
First awarded	1970
Currently held by	India Amarteifio ; Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2024)
Highlights
Website	naacpimageawards.net

Lahabali ŋɔ kalila ban di mini bɛ ni piigi shɛba NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. Di bi tu ni di mini Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special gabi taba. Saha ŋɔ, Della Reese n-na nyɛ ŋun dili pam dibaa ayopɔin.

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1970s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
1970
1970	Judy Pace	The Young Lawyers	^{[citation needed]}
1971			^{[citation needed]}
1971	Elena Verdugo	Marcus Welby, M.D.	^[1]
1972 – 79\| colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —

1980s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
1980
1980	Joan Pringle	The White Shadow	^{[citation needed]}
1981\| colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —
1982
1982	Cicely Tyson	The Marva Collins Story	^{[citation needed]}
1983			^{[citation needed]}
1983	Madge Sinclair	Trapper John, M.D.	^{[citation needed]}
1984 – 87\| colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —
1988
1988	Cicely Tyson	Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story	^{[citation needed]}
1989			^{[citation needed]}
	Alfre Woodard	Unnatural Causes	^[2]
	Anne-Marie Johnson	In the Heat of the Night
	Beah Richards	Frank's Place
	Holly Robinson	21 Jump Street
	Lynn Whitfield	Heartbeat

1990s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
1990
1990	Alfre Woodard	Mandela	^[3]
1991\| colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —
1992
1992	Alfre Woodard	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	^{[citation needed]}
1993			^{[citation needed]}
1993	Lynn Whitfield	The Josephine Baker Story	^{[citation needed]}
1994			^{[citation needed]}
	Regina Taylor	I'll Fly Away	^[4]^[5]
	Della Reese	Picket Fences
	Denise Nicholas	In the Heat of the Night
	Hattie Winston	Homefront
	Victoria Dillard	TriBeCa
1995\| colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —
1996
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	^[6]
	Vanessa Bell Calloway	Under One Roof
	Victoria Rowell	Diagnosis: Murder
	Cree Summer	Sweet Justice
	Cicely Tyson	Sweet Justice
1997
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	^[7]
	S. Epatha Merkerson	Law & Order
	Gloria Reuben	ER
	Lauren Velez	New York Undercover
	Vanessa Estelle Williams	Chicago Hope
1998
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	^{[citation needed]}
	Vanessa Bell Calloway	Orleans
	Shari Headley	413 Hope St.
	S. Epatha Merkerson	Law & Order
	Lauren Velez	New York Undercover
1999
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	^[8]
	Victoria Rowell	Diagnosis: Murder
	Rita Moreno	Oz
	Lorraine Toussaint	Any Day Now
	S. Epatha Merkerson	Law & Order

2000s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
2000
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	^{[citation needed]}
	Michael Michele	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Rita Moreno	Oz
	Victoria Rowell	Diagnosis: Murder
	Lorraine Toussaint	Any Day Now
2001
	Lorraine Toussaint	Any Day Now	^{[citation needed]}
	Nicole Ari Parker	Soul Food
	S. Epatha Merkerson	Law & Order
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel
	Vanessa Estelle Williams	Soul Food
2002
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	^{[citation needed]}
	Nicole Ari Parker	Soul Food
	Loretta Devine	Boston Public
	Tangi Miller	Felicity
	Lorraine Toussaint	Any Day Now
2003
	Vanessa Estelle Williams	Soul Food	^{[citation needed]}
	Nicole Ari Parker	Soul Food
	C. C. H. Pounder	The Shield
	Lorraine Toussaint	Any Day Now
	Malinda Williams	Soul Food
2004
	Nia Long	Third Watch	^[9]
	Nicole Ari Parker	Soul Food
	C. C. H. Pounder	The Shield
	Malinda Williams	Soul Food
	Vanessa Estelle Williams	Soul Food
2005
	Nia Long	Third Watch	^{[citation needed]}
	Nicole Ari Parker	Soul Food
	Vivica A. Fox	1-800-Missing
	Malinda Williams	Soul Food
	Vanessa Estelle Williams	Soul Food
2006
	Vivica A. Fox	1-800-Missing	^{[citation needed]}
	Khandi Alexander	CSI: Miami
	Kimberly Elise	Close to Home
	Marianne Jean-Baptiste	Without a Trace
	C. C. H. Pounder	The Shield
2007
	Kimberly Elise	Close to Home	^{[citation needed]}
	Jennifer Beals	The L Word
	C. C. H. Pounder	The Shield
	Roselyn Sanchez	Without a Trace
	Regina Taylor	The Unit
2008
	Regina Taylor	The Unit	^{[citation needed]}
	Jennifer Beals	The L Word
	Wendy Davis	Army Wives
	Nicki Micheaux	Lincoln Heights
	C. C. H. Pounder	The Shield
2009
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy	^{[citation needed]}
	Wendy Davis	Army Wives
	Loretta Devine	Eli Stone
	Nicki Micheaux	Lincoln Heights
	C. C. H. Pounder	The Shield

2010s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
2010
	Jada Pinkett Smith	HawthoRNe	^{[citation needed]}
	Regina King	Southland
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy
	Jill Scott	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy
2011
	Regina King	Southland	^{[citation needed]}
	Wendy Davis	Army Wives
	Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Undercovers
	Jada Pinkett Smith	HawthoRNe
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy
2012
	Regina King	Southland	^{[citation needed]}
	Khandi Alexander	Treme
	Taraji P. Henson	Person of Interest
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy
2013
	Kerry Washington	Scandal	^[10]
	Khandi Alexander	Treme
	Regina King	Southland
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy
2014
	Kerry Washington	Scandal	^[11]
	Khandi Alexander	Treme
	Nicole Beharie	Sleepy Hollow
	Regina King	Southland
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy
2015
	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder	^[12]
	Nicole Beharie	Sleepy Hollow
	Octavia Spencer	Red Band Society
	Gabrielle Union	Being Mary Jane
	Kerry Washington	Scandal
2016
	Taraji P. Henson	Empire	^[13]
	Nicole Beharie	Sleepy Hollow
	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder
	Gabrielle Union	Being Mary Jane
	Kerry Washington	Scandal
2017
	Taraji P. Henson	Empire	^[14]
	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder
	Jurnee Smollett-Bell	Underground
	Kerry Washington	Scandal
	Rutina Wesley	Queen Sugar
2018
	Taraji P. Henson	Empire	^[15]
	Jurnee Smollett-Bell	Underground
	Kerry Washington	Scandal
	Rutina Wesley	Queen Sugar
	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder
2019
	Taraji P. Henson	Empire	^[16]
	Alfre Woodard	Luke Cage
	Naturi Naughton	Power
	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder
	Rutina Wesley	Queen Sugar

2020s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
2020
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1	^[17]
	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder
	Regina King	Watchmen
	Simone Missick	All Rise
	Rutina Wesley	Queen Sugar
2021
	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder	^[18]
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1
	Simone Missick	All Rise
	Jurnee Smollett	Lovecraft Country
	Brandee Evans	P-Valley
2022
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1	^[19]
	Dawn-Lyen Gardner	Queen Sugar
	Octavia Spencer	Truth Be Told
	Queen Latifah	The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
	Rutina Wesley	Queen Sugar
2023
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1	^[20]
	Brandee Evans	P-Valley
	Queen Latifah	The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
	Rutina Wesley	Queen Sugar
	Zendaya	Euphoria
2024
	India Amarteifio	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	^[21]
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1
	Octavia Spencer	Truth Be Told
	Queen Latifah	The Equilizer
	Zoe Saldaña	Special Ops: Lioness

Ban di bubɔbigu mini ban nya piibu pam

Wins

7 wins

Della Reese

4 wins

Taraji P. Henson

3 wins

2 wins

Nominations

7 nominations

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

Kundivihira

↑ 1971 Image Award Winners.
↑ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced.
↑ 1990 Image Award Winners.
↑ 1994 Image Award Winners.
↑ Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program.
↑ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). 5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards.
↑ 1997 Image Award Winners.
↑ "The Crisis" (en). The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.. 1 April 1999. https://books.google.com/books?id=UVkEAAAAMBAJ&q=NAACP+Image+Awards+music+1999+Outstanding+Actor+in+a+Motion+Picture&pg=PA37.
↑ 2004 Image Award Winners.
↑ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). 2013 Image Winners.
↑ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). 2014 Image Winners.
↑ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). 2015 Image Winners.
↑ 2016 Image Winners (6 February 2016).
↑ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated.
↑ Gettell, Oliver (January 15, 2018). NAACP Image Awards 2018: Ava DuVernay, black-ish among winners.
↑ NAACP Image Awards: 'Black Panther' Tops Film Nominations (en) (February 13, 2019).
↑ NAACP Winners 2020: The Complete List (February 23, 2020).
↑ 2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List (March 29, 2021).
↑ Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith, And Issa Rae Win Big At NAACP Image Awards 2022 (Feb 28, 2022).
↑ NAACP Image Awards Nominations: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ & ‘Abbott Elementary’ Lead Field; All-Female Entertainer Of Year Race (January 13, 2023).
↑ NAACP Image Awards Nominations: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ & ‘Abbott Elementary’ Lead Field; All-Female Entertainer Of Year Race (January 13, 2023).

Tɛmplet:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

[1] 1971 Image Award Winners.

[2] Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced.

[3] 1990 Image Award Winners.

[4] 1994 Image Award Winners.

[5] Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program.

[6] Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). 5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards.

[7] 1997 Image Award Winners.

[8] "The Crisis" (en). The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.. 1 April 1999. https://books.google.com/books?id=UVkEAAAAMBAJ&q=NAACP+Image+Awards+music+1999+Outstanding+Actor+in+a+Motion+Picture&pg=PA37.

[9] 2004 Image Award Winners.

[10] Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). 2013 Image Winners.

[11] Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). 2014 Image Winners.

[12] Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). 2015 Image Winners.

[13] 2016 Image Winners (6 February 2016).

[14] Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated.

[15] Gettell, Oliver (January 15, 2018). NAACP Image Awards 2018: Ava DuVernay, black-ish among winners.

[16] NAACP Image Awards: 'Black Panther' Tops Film Nominations (en) (February 13, 2019).

[17] NAACP Winners 2020: The Complete List (February 23, 2020).

[18] 2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List (March 29, 2021).

[19] Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith, And Issa Rae Win Big At NAACP Image Awards 2022 (Feb 28, 2022).

[20] NAACP Image Awards Nominations: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ & ‘Abbott Elementary’ Lead Field; All-Female Entertainer Of Year Race (January 13, 2023).

[21] NAACP Image Awards Nominations: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ & ‘Abbott Elementary’ Lead Field; All-Female Entertainer Of Year Race (January 13, 2023).

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