2022 NAACP Image Awards: See the complete winners list
By Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
The 53rd NAACP Image Awards closed Saturday night with a televised ceremony, capping off nearly a full week of virtual winner announcements spanning some 80 categories.
Early Image Award winners, which honor achievement by people of color in culture and entertainment, included Regina King, Kevin Hart and Taraji P. Henson, CNN reported.
Saturday’s televised portion, hosted by Anthony Anderson, included a performance by Mary J. Blige, as well as appearances by Issa Rae, Kerry Washington, LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson, Tiffany Haddish, Zendaya and others, People reported.
For the full list of winners, both televised and previously announced, visit naacpimageawards.net or @naacpimageawards on Instagram.
Winners announced during Saturday’s televised ceremony are noted below in bold and italics:
Outstanding Comedy Series
Black-ish
Harlem
Insecure - WINNER
Run the World
The Upshaws
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish” - WINNER
Cedric the Entertainer, “The Neighborhood”
Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”
Elisha “EJ” Williams, “The Wonder Years”
Jay Ellis, “Insecure”
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Issa Rae, “Insecure” WINNER
Loretta Devine, “Family Reunion”
Regina Hall, “Black Monday”
Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish”
Yvonne Orji, “Insecure”
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1
All American
Godfather of Harlem
Pose
Queen Sugar - WINNER
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Billy Porter, “Pose”
Damson Idris, “Snowfall”
Forest Whitaker, “Godfather of Harlem”
Kofi Siriboe, “Queen Sugar”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us” - WINNER
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Angela Bassett, “9-1-1″ - WINNER
Dawn-Lyen Gardner, “Queen Sugar”
Octavia Spencer, “Truth Be Told”
Queen Latifah, “The Equalizer”
Rutina Wesley, “Queen Sugar”
Outstanding Motion Picture
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“King Richard”
“Respect”
“The Harder They Fall” - WINNER
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Jonathan Majors, “The Harder They Fall”
LaKeith Stanfield, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Mahershala Ali, “Swan Song”
Will Smith, “King Richard” - WINNER
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Halle Berry, “Bruised”
Jennifer Hudson, “Respect” - WINNER
Tessa Thompson, “Passing”
Zendaya, “Malcolm & Marie”
Entertainer of the Year
Jennifer Hudson - WINNER
Lil Nas X
Megan Thee Stallion
Regina King
Tiffany Haddish
Social Justice Impact
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Chairman’s Award
Samuel L. Jackson
2022 NAACP Image Awards Cree Summer arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Daniel Kaluuya arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Eris Baker arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Yassine Azzouz arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Dustin Harnish arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Lauren Blassingame arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Miles Brown arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Layla Crawford arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Jimmy Jean-Louis arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Shoniqua Shandai arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Isaac Keys arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Daniel Kaluuya, left, and Charlese Antoinette Jones arrive at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Amber Stevens West arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Meagan Good arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Tamara Taylor arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
2022 NAACP Image Awards Candace Wakefield arrives at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)