NAACP Image Awards 2021: See the complete list of winners
Beyoncé, the late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis won big at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards, which aired live Saturday on BET.
KJ Smith gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards at the California African American Museum on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
KJ Smith and Novi Brown get ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards at the California African American Museum on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Actress Novi Brown gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 15, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Issa Rae gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Jurnee Smollett gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Actress Brandee Evans gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Brandee Evans and Nicco Annan get ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Anthony Anderson and NAACP President Derrick Johnson on stage ahead of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Burbank, California.
Anthony Anderson gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Burbank, California.
Madalen Mills gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in North Carolina.
Nicco Annan gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Folake Olowofoyeku gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Here are the winners from this year’s ceremony:
Overall
• Entertainer of the year: D-Nice
• Social justice impact: Stacey Abrams
• President’s Award: LeBron James
• Hall of Fame Award: Eddie Murphy
• Chairman’s Award: The Rev. James Lawson
Film
• Outstanding motion picture: “Bad Boys for Life”
• Outstanding actor in a motion picture: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• Outstanding actress in a motion picture: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• Outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture: Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods”
• Outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture: Phylicia Rashad, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
• Outstanding independent motion picture: “The Banker”
• Outstanding international motion picture: “Night of the Kings”
• Outstanding breakthrough performance in a motion picture: Madalen Mills, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
• Outstanding ensemble cast in a motion picture: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• Outstanding animated motion picture: “Soul”
• Outstanding character voice-over performance in a motion picture: Jamie Foxx, “Soul”
• Outstanding short form (live action): “Black Boy Joy”
• Outstanding short form (animated): “Canvas”
• Outstanding breakthrough creative (motion picture): Nadia Hallgren, “Becoming”
• Outstanding documentary film: “John Lewis: Good Trouble”
• Outstanding writing in a motion picture: Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version”
• Outstanding writing in a documentary (television or motion picture): Melissa Haizlip, “Mr. Soul!”
• Outstanding directing in a motion picture: Gina Prince-Bythewood, “The Old Guard”
Television
• Outstanding comedy series: “Insecure”
• Outstanding actor in a comedy series: Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
• Outstanding actress in a comedy series: Issa Rae, “Insecure”
• Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series: Deon Cole, “Black-ish”
• Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series: Marsai Martin, “Black-ish”
• Outstanding drama series: “Power Book II: Ghost”
• Outstanding actor in a drama series: Regé-Jean Page, “Bridgerton”
• Outstanding actress in a drama series: Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”
• Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series: Cliff “Method Man” Smith, “Power Book II: Ghost”
• Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series: Mary J. Blige, “Power Book II: Ghost”
• Outstanding television movie, limited-series or dramatic special: “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”
• Outstanding actor in a television movie, limited-series or dramatic special: Blair Underwood, “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”
• Outstanding actress in a television movie, limited-series or dramatic special: Octavia Spencer, “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”
• Outstanding documentary television: “The Last Dance”
• Outstanding news/information series or special: “The New York Times Presents the Killing of Breonna Taylor”
• Outstanding talk series: “Red Table Talk”
• Outstanding reality program, reality competition or game show series: “Celebrity Family Feud”
• Outstanding variety show series or special: “VERZUZ”
• Outstanding children’s program: “Family Reunion”
• Outstanding performance by a youth: Marsai Martin, “Black-ish”
• Outstanding host in a talk or news/information series or special: Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
• Outstanding host in a reality/reality competition, game show or variety series or special: Steve Harvey, “Celebrity Family Feud”
• Outstanding guest performance in a comedy or drama series: Loretta Devine, “P-Valley”
• Outstanding animated series: “Doc McStuffins”
• Outstanding character voice-over performance (television): Laya DeLeon Hayes, “Doc McStuffins”
• Outstanding short-form series (comedy or drama): “#FreeRayshawn”
• Outstanding performance in a short-form series: Laurence Fishburne, “#FreeRayshawn”
• Outstanding short-form series (reality/nonfiction): “Between the Scenes – The Daily Show”
• Outstanding breakthrough creative (television): Raynelle Swilling, “Cherish the Day”
• Outstanding writing in a comedy series: Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You” – “Ego Death”
• Outstanding writing in a drama series: Attica Locke, “Little Fires Everywhere” – “The Spider Web”
• Outstanding writing in a television movie or special: Geri Cole, “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special”
• Outstanding directing in a comedy series: Anya Adams, “Black-ish”
• Outstanding directing in a drama series: Hanelle Culpepper, “Star Trek: Picard”
• Outstanding directing in a television movie or special: Eugene Ashe, “Sylvie’s Love”
• Outstanding directing in a documentary (television or motion picture): Keith McQuirter, “By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem”
Music
• Outstanding new artist: Doja Cat, “Say So”
• Outstanding male artist: Drake, “Laugh Now, Cry Later”
• Outstanding female artist: Beyoncé, “Black Parade”
• Outstanding music video/visual album: “Brown Skin Girl,” Beyoncé featuring WizKid, SAINt JHN and Blu Ivy Carter
• Outstanding album: “Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
• Outstanding soundtrack/compilation album: “Soul Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom MacDougall
• Outstanding gospel/Christian album: “The Return,” The Clark Sisters
• Outstanding gospel/Christian song: “Touch From You,” Tamela Mann
• Outstanding jazz album (instrumental): “Music From and Inspired by Soul,” Jon Batiste
• Outstanding jazz album (vocal): “Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper,” Somi
• Outstanding soul/R&B song: “Do It,” Chloe x Halle
• Outstanding hip-hop/rap song: “Savage Remix,” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
• Outstanding duo, group or collaboration (traditional): Chloe x Halle, “Wonder What She Thinks of Me”
• Outstanding duo, group or collaboration (contemporary): Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé, “Savage Remix”
• Outstanding international song: “Lockdown,” Original Koffee
• Outstanding producer of the year: Hit-Boy
Books
• Outstanding literary work (fiction): “The Awkward Black Man,” Walter Mosley
• Outstanding literary work (nonfiction): “A Promised Land,” Barack Obama
• Outstanding literary work (debut author): “We’re Better Than This,” Elijah Cummings
• Outstanding literary work (biography/autobiography): “The Dead Are Arising,” Les Payne and Tamara Payne
• Outstanding literary work (instructional): “Vegetable Kingdom,” Bryant Terry
• Outstanding literary work (poetry): “The Age of Phillis,” Honorée Jeffers
• Outstanding literary work (children): “She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm,” Katheryn Russell-Brown and Eric Velasquez
• Outstanding literary work (youth/teens): “Before the Ever After,” Jacqueline Woodson
