Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever leads this year’s nominations for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards with nine nods including Outstanding Motion Picture. Elsewhere, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King picked up seven nominations.
The 54th NAACP Image Awards will take place on February 25. Full list of nominations below.
Outstanding Motion Picture
• A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
• Emancipation (AppleTV+)
• The Woman King (Sony/TriStar Pictures)
• TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Daniel Kaluuya – Nope (Universal Pictures)
• Jonathan Majors – Devotion (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
• Sterling K. Brown – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
• Will Smith – Emancipation (AppleTV+)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Danielle Deadwyler – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
• Keke Palmer – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
• Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
• Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
• Viola Davis – The Woman King (Sony/TriStar Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• Aldis Hodge – Black Adam (Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema)
• Cliff “Method Man” Smith – On The Come Up (Paramount Pictures)
• Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
• John Boyega – The Woman King (Sony/TriStar Pictures)
• Tenoch Huerta – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
• Danai Gurira – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
• Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
• Lashana Lynch – The Woman King (Sony/TriStar Pictures)
• Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
• Breaking (Bleecker Street)
• Causeway (Apple TV)
• Mr. Malcolm’s List (Bleecker Street)
• Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
• The Inspection (A24)
Outstanding International Motion Picture
• Athena (Netflix)
• Bantú Mama (ARRAY)
• Broker (NEON)
• Learn to Swim (ARRAY)
• The Silent Twins (Focus Features)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture
• Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
• Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
• Ledisi – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
• Y’lan Noel – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
• Yola – Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
• A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
• Emancipation (AppleTV+)
• The Woman King (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
• Charles Murray – The Devil You Know (Lionsgate)
• Dana Stevens, Maria Bello – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Jordan Peele – Nope (Universal Pictures)
• Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
• Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
• Antoine Fuqua – Emancipation (AppleTV+)
• Chinonye Chukwu – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Kasi Lemmons – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
• DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Universal Pictures)
• Turning Red (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture
• Angela Bassett – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
• Keke Palmer – Lightyear (Walt Disney Studios)
• Kevin Hart – DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
• Lyric Ross – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
• Taraji P. Henson – Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Short-Form (Live Action)
• Dear Mama… (Film Independent)
• Fannie (Chromatic Black)
• Fathead (University of Southern California)
• Incomplete (20th Century Digital, Hulu)
• Pens & Pencils (Wavelength Productions/Black TV & Film Collective)
Outstanding Short-Form (Animated)
• I Knew Superman (Houghtonville Animation)
• More Than I Want To Remember (MTV Entertainment Studios)
• Supercilious (York Cinemas)
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Apple Studios)
• We Are Here (271 Films)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
• Elvis Mitchell – Is That Black Enough For You?!? (Netflix)
• Ericka Nicole Malone – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
• Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
• Mo McRae – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
• Stephen Adetumbi, Jarrett Roseborough – This Is My Black (Campus of Pine Forge Academy)
