54th NAACP Image Awards
American entertainment awards for 2022 works
The 54th 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 2022 calendar year. The ceremony was hosted by Queen Latifah and aired on February 25, 2023, on BET and simulcast on several of its sister Paramount Global Networks along with Paramount+ .[ 1] [ 2] Presentations of untelevised categories was livestreamed from February 20 to February 24, 2023, on the ceremony's website.[ 3]
The nominations were announced on January 12, 2023, with the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever leading the nominations with twelve nods, followed by the television sitcom Abbott Elementary which led the television categories with nine nominations.[ 4] [ 5] In the recording categories, Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominations with five each.[ 6] For the first time in the history of the awards ceremony, three categories were added to reward Outstanding Hairstyling, Outstanding Make-Up and Outstanding Costume Design in film and television.[ 7]
All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold .[ 8]
Special Awards
Gabrielle Union was honored with the President's Award .
Dwyane Wade was honored with the President's Award.
Serena Williams was the 10th person to be honored with the NAACP Jackie Robinson Sports Award .
Derrick L. Foward was the 4th person to be honored with the NAACP Image Award for Activist of the Year .
Motion Picture
Television
Drama
Comedy
Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Reality and Variety
Outstanding Talk Series
Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition Series or Game Show
Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)
Outstanding Host in a Talk or News / Information (Series or Special)
ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts
#RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Votes Matter Election Night 2022 Coverage
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis - The Woman King
The Hair Tales
Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special)
Outstanding Host in a Reality, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special)
Other Categories
Outstanding Short-Form Series (Drama or Comedy)
Outstanding Short-Form Series - Reality/Nonfiction
Between The Scenes – The Daily Show
Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans
Rise Up, Sing Out
Sunday Dinner
Zootopia+
Daring Simone Biles
Black Independent Films: A Brief History
Historian's Take
NFL 360
Omitted: The Black Cowboy
Outstanding Animated Series
Outstanding Children's Program
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Overall Acting
Documentary
Outstanding Documentary (Film)
Outstanding Documentary (Television)
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary
Reginald Hudlin – Sidney
Nadia Hallgren – Civil
Sacha Jenkins – Everything's Gonna Be All White
Sacha Jenkins – Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
W. Kamau Bell – We Need to Talk About Cosby
Costume Design, Make-up and Hairstyling
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Make-up
Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – Emancipation
Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Heather Constable, Christina Cattle, Sheryl Willock, Becky MacKinnon – Star Trek: Discovery
Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Lieze Van Tonder, Lynn Paulsen, Tova Harrison – The Woman King
Trayce Gigi Field – A League of Their Own
Debi Young, Sandra Linn, Ngozi Olandu Young, Gina Bateman – We Own This City
Angie Wells – Cheaper by the Dozen
Michele Lewis – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Ren Rohling, Teresa Vest, Megan Areford – Emergency
Zabrina Matiru – Surface
Outstanding Hairstyling
Camille Friend – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Curtis Foreman, Ryan Randall – RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Louisa V. Anthony, Deaundra Metzger, Maurice Beaman – Till
Mary Daniels, Kalin Spooner, Darrin Lyons, Eric Gonzalez – All American
Tracey Moss, Jerome Allen, Tamika Dixon, Lawrence "Jigga" Simmons, Jason Simmons – Fantasy Football
Recording
Outstanding News and Information Podcast
Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast
Beyond the Scenes – The Daily Show
SundayCivics
Black Tech Green Money
Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams
Into America with Trymaine Lee
Therapy for Black Girls
Chile, Please
GoOD Mornings with CurlyNikki
Man to Man: A Black Love Wellness Series
Maejor Frequency
Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast
Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast
LeVar Burton Read
Comeback with Erica Cobb
Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
Into America with Trymaine Lee
The Sum of Us
Two Funny Mamas
Angie Martinez IRL
Black Girl Songbook
Jemele Hill is Unbothered
The Read
Social Media Personality of the Year
Kevin Fredericks
George Lee
Christianee Porter
Troy Millings & Rashad Bilal
Lynae Vanee
Literary
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
Take My Hand – Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Finding Me – Viola Davis
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America – Cody Keenan
Requiem for the Massacre – RJ Young
Under the Skin – Linda Villarosa
Who’s Black and Why? A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race – Henry Louis Gates, Andrew S. Curran
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen – George McCalman
America Made Me a Black Man – Boyah Farah
Marriage Be Hard – Kevin Fredericks, Melissa Fredericks
Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation – Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins
What the Fireflies Knew – Kai Harris
Scenes from My Life – Michael K. Williams
A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story – Raphael G. Warnock
The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama
Walking In My Joy: In These Streets – Jenifer Lewis
You’ve Been Chosen – Cynt Marshall
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration – Tracey Lewis-Giggetts
Cooking from the Spirit – Tabitha Brown
Eat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind – Pinky Cole
Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self – Thema Bryant
The Five Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self – Khnum Ibomu
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness – Robin Coste Lewis
Best Barbarian – Roger Reeves
Bluest Nude – Ama Codjoe
Concentrate – Courtney Faye Taylor
Muse Found in a Colonized Body – Yesenia Montilla
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
Stacey's Remarkable Books – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas – Jeanne Walker Harvey, Loveis Wise
Black Gold – Laura Obuobi, London Ladd
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky – Nana Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter
The Year We Learned to Fly – Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael Lopez
Cookies & Milk – Shawn Amos
Inheritance: A Visual Poem – Elizabeth Acevedo
Maybe An Artist, A Graphic Memoir – Liz Montague
Me and White Supremacy: Young Readers’ Edition – Layla F. Saad
Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama – Ashley Woodfolk
References
^ Grein, Paul (January 12, 2023). "Here's the Date of the 2023 NAACP Image Awards" . Billboard . Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 .
^ Petski, Denise (2023-02-21). "Queen Latifah To Host 2023 NAACP Image Awards; Kerry Washington, Zendaya, Janelle Monae, Among Presenters" . Deadline . Archived from the original on 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2023-02-21 .
^ Abraham, Mya (January 12, 2023). "Beyoncé, Quinta Brunson, And Angela Bassett Among 2023 NAACP Image Awards Nominees" . Vibe . Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 .
^ Lewis, Hilary (January 12, 2023). "NAACP Image Awards 2023: 'Wakanda Forever,' 'The Woman King' Among Top Film Nominees" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 .
^ Holub, Christian (January 12, 2023). " 'Wakanda Forever' and 'Abbott Elementary' top NAACP Image Award nominations" . Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 .
^ Grein, Paul (January 12, 2023). "Beyoncé & Kendrick Lamar Lead Music Nominations for 2023 NAACP Image Awards" . Billboard . Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 .
^ "Submissions For The 54th NAACP Image Awards Are Now Open" . NAACP . August 7, 2022. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 .
^ Jackson, Angelique (January 12, 2023). " 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and 'The Woman King' Dominate NAACP Image Award Nominations" . Variety . Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 .
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