55th NAACP Image Awards | |
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Date | March 16, 2024 |
Site | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
Hosted by | Queen Latifah |
Official website | NAACPImageAwards.net |
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Best Picture | The Color Purple |
Best Drama Series | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story |
Best Musical or Comedy Series | Abbott Elementary |
Most nominations | The Color Purple
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Television coverage | |
Network | BET CBS BET Her MTV MTV2 CMT Comedy Central Logo TV Paramount Network Smithsonian Channel TV Land VH1 (simulcast) |
The 55th NAACP Image Awards , presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2023 calendar year. The ceremony was hosted by Queen Latifah and aired on March 16, 2024, on BET and simulcasted on CBS. [1] [2] Non–televised Image Awards categories were livestreamed March 11–14th on the Image Awards website. [3]
Submissions were received online from July 31 to November 3, 2023, [4] and public online voting on the shortlisted nominations for performance categories are set to run from January 25 to February 24, 2024, on the Image Awards website. [5]
The nominations were announced on January 25, 2024, with the film The Color Purple and actor Colman Domingo leading the motion picture categories with 16 and 3 nominations, respectively, and Ayo Edebiri leading the nominations for television and streaming categories with two for Abbott Elementary and The Bear . [6] [7] In the recording categories, Victoria Monét and Usher led the nominations with six and five nominations, respectively. [8] RCA Records collectively led the nominations in the recording categories with 20 nominations, while HarperCollins Publishers and Penguin Random House led the literary categories with seven and four nods, respectively. [9]
Poet, writer and activist Amanda Gorman was honored with the Chairman's Award. [10] Creative director and costume designer June Ambrose received the Vanguard Award at the previous award ceremony's NAACP Fashion Show on March 15, 2024. [11]
The film The Color Purple became the most nominated motion picture in the ceremony's history, scoring 16 nominations and winning 11. Breaking the record previously held by The Best Man (1999), Black Panther (2018) and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) which were all tied for 10 nominations.
Eight new categories were created: [12]
All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold. [13] [14]
President's Award |
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Chairman's Award |
Vanguard Award |
Entertainer of the Year |
NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award |
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | |
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Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special |
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Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special | Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special |
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Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television) | Outstanding Guest Performance |
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Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series) | |
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Outstanding Talk Series | Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition Series or Game Show |
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Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special) | Outstanding Host in a Talk or News / Information (Series or Special) |
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Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) | Outstanding Host in a Reality, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) |
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Outstanding Short-Form Series (Drama or Comedy) | Outstanding Short-Form Series - Reality/Nonfiction |
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Outstanding Animated Series | Outstanding Children's Program |
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Outstanding Performance in a Short Form Series | Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television) |
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Outstanding Documentary (Film) | Outstanding Documentary (Television) |
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Outstanding Short Form Documentary | Outstanding Directing in a Documentary |
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Outstanding Costume Design | Outstanding Make-up |
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Outstanding Hairstyling | |
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Outstanding Stunt Ensemble (TV or Film) | |
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Outstanding News and Information Podcast | Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast |
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Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast | Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast |
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Outstanding Scripted Series Podcast | Outstanding Podcast – Limited Series/Short Form |
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Social Media Personality of the Year | |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction | Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author | Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional | Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Children | Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens |
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Outstanding Graphic Novel | |
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