NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture:

Number of performances that won or were nominated for Academy Awards:

• Diana Ross — Lady Sings the Blues
• Alfre Woodard — Cross Creek
• Whoopi Goldberg — The Color Purple
• Angela Bassett — What's Love Got to Do With It?
• Keisha Castle-Hughes — Whale Rider
• Penélope Cruz — Volver
• Sandra Bullock — The Blind Side
• Gabourey Sidibe — Precious
• Viola Davis — The Help
• Quvenzhané Wallis — Beasts of the Southern Wild

Winners and nominees

1960s

Year	Actress	Film
1969 (3rd)	Estelle Evans	The Learning Tree

1970s

Year	Actress	Film
1970	Barbara McNair	If He Hollers Let Him Go
1971	NOT AWARDED	-
1972	Diana Ross	Lady Sings The Blues
1973	NOT AWARDED	-
1974	NOT AWARDED	-
1975	Diahann Carroll	Claudine
1976	Denise Nicholas	Let's Do It Again
1977	Cicely Tyson	River Niger
1978	Cicely Tyson	A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
1979	NOT AWARDED	-

1980s

Year	Actress	Film	Other nominees
1980	NOT AWARDED	-	-
1981	NOT AWARDED	-	-
1982	Jayne Kennedy	Body and Soul	Wilhelmenia Fernandez — Diva Rosalind Cash — Wrong is Right
1983	NOT AWARDED	-	-
1984	Alfre Woodard Jennifer Beals	Cross Creek Flashdance	-
1985	NOT AWARDED	-	-
1986	Tina Turner	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	-
1987	NOT AWARDED	-	-
1988	Whoopi Goldberg	The Color Purple	-
1989	NOT AWARDED	-	-

1990s

Year	Actress	Film	Other nominees
1990	Whoopi Goldberg	Fatal Beauty	-
1991	Ruby Dee	Do The Right Thing	-
1992	NOT AWARDED	-	-
1993	Whoopi Goldberg	The Long Walk Home	-
1994	Whoopi Goldberg	Sister Act	-
1995	Angela Bassett	What's Love Got to Do with It	Alfre Woodard — Bopha! Janet Jackson — Poetic Justice Leleti Khumalo — Sarafina! Whitney Houston — The Bodyguard
1996	Angela Bassett	Waiting to Exhale	Whoopi Goldberg — Boys on the Side Jennifer Beals — Devil in a Blue Dress Halle Berry — Losing Isaiah Whitney Houston — Waiting to Exhale
1997	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife	Jada Pinkett Smith — Set It Off Queen Latifah — Set It Off Phylicia Rashad — Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored Whoopi Goldberg — Ghosts of Mississippi
1998	Vanessa L. Williams	Soul Food	Lynn Whitfield — Eve's Bayou Nia Long — Love Jones Vivica A. Fox — Soul Food Pam Grier — Jackie Brown
1999	Angela Bassett	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Halle Berry — Bulworth Regina King — Enemy of the State Alfre Woodard — Down in the Delta Oprah Winfrey — Beloved

2000s

Year	Actress	Film	Other nominees
2000	Nia Long	The Best Man	Monica Calhoun — The Best Man Debbi Morgan — The Hurricane Lisa Gay Hamilton — True Crime Rosario Dawson — Light It Up
2001	Sanaa Lathan	Love and Basketball	Jada Pinkett Smith — Bamboozled Nia Long — Big Momma's House Angela Bassett — Boesman and Lena Vanessa L. Williams — Shaft
2002	Halle Berry	Swordfish	Regina King — Down to Earth Alfre Woodard — K-PAX Vivica A. Fox — Two Can Play That Game Whoopi Goldberg — Kingdom Come
2003	Angela Bassett	Sunshine State	Jennifer Lopez — Maid in Manhattan Sanaa Lathan — Brown Sugar Vivica A. Fox — Juwanna Mann Thandie Newton — The Truth About Charlie
2004	Queen Latifah	Bringing Down the House	Beyoncé Knowles — The Fighting Temptations Halle Berry — Gothika Keisha Castle-Hughes — Whale Rider Gabrielle Union — Deliver Us from Eva
2005	Kerry Washington	Ray	Irma P. Hall — The Ladykillers Kimberly Elise — Woman Thou Art Loosed Gabrielle Union — Breakin' All the Rules Angela Bassett — Mr. 3000
2006	Kimberly Elise	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Rosario Dawson — Rent Zoe Saldana — Guess Who Queen Latifah — Beauty Shop Ziyi Zhang — Memoirs of a Geisha
2007	Keke Palmer	Akeelah and the Bee	Beyoncé Knowles — Dreamgirls Sanaa Lathan — Something New Queen Latifah — Last Holiday Penélope Cruz — Volver
2008	Jurnee Smollett	The Great Debaters	Taraji P. Henson — Talk to Me Halle Berry — Things We Lost in the Fire Jill Scott — Why Did I Get Married? Angelina Jolie — A Mighty Heart
2009	Rosario Dawson	Seven Pounds	Angela Bassett — Meet the Browns Queen Latifah — The Secret Life of Bees Dakota Fanning — The Secret Life of Bees Alfre Woodard — The Family That Preys

2010s

Year	Actress	Film	Other nominees
2010	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious	Taraji P. Henson — I Can Do Bad All By Myself Sandra Bullock — The Blind Side Anika Noni Rose — The Princess and the Frog Sophie Okonedo — Skin
2011	Halle Berry	Frankie and Alice	Janet Jackson — Why Did I Get Married Too? Queen Latifah — Just Wright Kerry Washington — Night Catches Us Zoe Saldana — The Losers
2012	Viola Davis	The Help	Emma Stone — The Help Adepero Oduye — Pariah Zoe Saldana — Colombiana Paula Patton — Jumping the Broom
2013	Viola Davis	Won't Back Down	Halle Berry — Cloud Atlas Emayatzy Corinealdi — Middle of Nowhere Loretta Devine — In the Hive Quvenzhane Wallis — Beasts of the Southern Wild
2014	Angela Bassett	Black Nativity	Nicole Beharie — 42 Halle Berry — The Call Jennifer Hudson — Winnie Mandela Kerry Washington — Peeples
2015	Taraji P. Henson	No Good Deed	Viola Davis — The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Gugu Mbatha-Raw — Belle Tessa Thompson — Dear White People Quvenzhané Wallis — Annie
2016	Sanaa Lathan	The Perfect Guy	Viola Davis — Lila & Eve Keke Palmer — Brotherly Love Teyonah Parris — Chi-Raq Zoe Saldana — Infinitely Polar Bear

(1) "Out of 12 films which featured African-Americans in leading roles in 1980, Cicely Tyson was the only female in that category. She played opposite Richard Pryor in Bustin' Loose. Because of this, she and officials at the annual NAACP image Awards program decided that she should not accept the award."

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Outstanding Actress awards: Wins Actor 5 Angela Bassett 4 Whoopi Goldberg 2 Halle Berry Viola Davis Cicely Tyson Sanaa Lathan

The following individuals received two or more Outstanding Actress nominations: Nominations Actor 8 Angela Bassett Halle Berry 7 Whoopi Goldberg 6 Queen Latifah 5 Alfre Woodard 4 Viola Davis Sanaa Lathan Zoe Saldana 3 Rosario Dawson Vivica A. Fox Taraji P. Henson Whitney Houston Nia Long Kerry Washington 2 Jennifer Beals Kimberly Elise Janet Jackson Regina King Beyonce Knowles Keke Palmer Jada Pinkett Smith Cicely Tyson Gabrielle Union Quvenzhane Wallis Vanessa L. Williams