NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WINNERS 2017
Entertainer of the Year: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Outstanding Motion Picture: Hidden Figures
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Taraji P.
Henson, Hidden Figures
Outstanding Drama Series: Queen Sugar
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: Anthony
Anderson, Black-ish
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: Sterling K.
Brown, This Is Us
Outstanding Comedy Series: Black-ish
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Taraji P.
Henson, Empire
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Tracee
Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel
Washington, Fences
Outstanding New Artist: Chance the Rapper
Outstanding Male Artist: Maxwell
Outstanding Female Artist: Beyoncé
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration: 'Freedom,'
Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar
Outstanding Jazz Album: Latin American Songbook,
Edward Simon
Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or
Contemporary): One Way, Tamela Mann
Outstanding Music Video: 'Formation,' Beyoncé
Outstanding Song (Traditional): 'I See A Victory,'
Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams
Outstanding Album: Lemonade, Beyoncé
Outstanding Song (Contemporary): 'Freedom,' Beyoncé
feat. Kendrick Lamar
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Laurence Fishburne, Black-ish
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Tichina Arnold, Survivor's Remorse
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Jussie Smollett, Empire
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Naturi Naughton, Power
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series, or
Dramatic Special: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie,
Limited-Series, or Dramatic Special: Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J.
Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie,
Limited-Series, or Dramatic Special: Regina King, American Crime
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special):
BET Love and Happiness White House Special
Outstanding Talk Series: Steve Harvey
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition
Series: Iyanla: Fix My Life
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special): 2016 Black
Girls Rock
Outstanding Children's Program: An American Girl
Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series,
Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series): Marsai Martin, Black-ish
Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or
Variety Program (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Roland S. Martin
– NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Viola Davis, Fences
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: Moonlight
Outstanding Documentary (Film): 13TH
Outstanding Documentary (Television): Roots: A New
Vision
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Kenya
Barris, Black-ish
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Ava
DuVernay, Queen Sugar
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
(Television): Charles Murray, Roots–Night 3
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film):
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Donald
Glover, Atlanta–Value
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: John
Singleton, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story–The Race Card
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
(Television): Rick Famuyiwa, Confirmation
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film):
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
(Television or Film): Idris Elba, The Jungle Book
Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction): The Book of
Harlan, Bernice L. McFadden
Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction): Hidden
Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
Outstanding Literary Work, (Debut Author): Born A
Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah
Outstanding Literary Work
(Biography/Autobiography): Born A Crime: Stories from a South African
Childhood, Trevor Noah
Outstanding Literary Work (Instructional): The
Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can
Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage, Daymond John, Daniel Paisner
Outstanding Literary Work (Poetry): Collected
Poems: 1974-2004, Rita Dove
Outstanding Literary Work (Children): Tiny
Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, Gwendolyn Hooks, Colin
Bootman
Outstanding Literary Work (Youth/Teens): As Brave
As You, Jason Reynolds
The Jackie Robinson Sports Award: LeBron James
The Chairman's Award: Charles J. Ogletree Jr.
