The 48th 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 2016 calendar year. The 48th ceremony was hosted by Anthony Anderson and broadcast on TV One on February 12, 2017.
American 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie Bunch was honored with the President's Award for his studies of American and African history, as well as his contribution as the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Harvard Law School ProfessorCharles Ogletree was awarded with the Chairman's Award.
All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold.
Special Awards
Motion Picture
Television
Outstanding Drama Series
Queen Sugar
Empire
Power
This Is Us
Underground
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
Mike Colter – Luke Cage
Omari Hardwick – Power
Terrence Howard – Empire
Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Taraji P. Henson – Empire
Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
Jurnee Smollett-Bell – Underground
Kerry Washington – Scandal
Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jussie Smollett – Empire
Trai Byers – Empire
Alfred Enoch – How to Get Away with Murder
Joe Morton – Scandal
Jesse Williams – Grey's Anatomy
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Naturi Naughton – Power
CCH Pounder – NCIS: New Orleans
Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder
Lynn Whitfield – Greenleaf
Amirah Vann – Underground
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
John Singleton – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story – "The Race Card" Millicent Shelton – Empire – The Lyon Who Cried Wolf" Sam Esmail – Mr. Robot – "eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme" Paris Barclay – Pitch – "Pilot" Anthony Hemingway – Underground – "The Macon 7"
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Ava DuVernay – Queen Sugar – "First Things First" Akela Cooper – Luke Cage – "Manifest" Anthony Sparks – Queen Sugar – "By Any Chance" Joe Robert Cole – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story – "The Race Card" LaToya Morgan – Turn: Washington's Spies – "Benediction"
Outstanding Comedy Series
Black-ish
Atlanta
The Carmichael Show
Insecure
Survivor's Remorse
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Donald Glover – Atlanta
Kevin Hart – Real Husbands of Hollywood
Dwayne Johnson – Ballers
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish
Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black
Niecy Nash – The Soul Man
Issa Rae – Insecure
Keesha Sharp – Lethal Weapon
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Laurence Fishburne – Black-ish
Miles Brown – Black-ish
Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Deon Cole – Black-ish
David Alan Grier – The Carmichael Show
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Adrienne C. Moore – Orange is the New Black
Erica Ash – Survivor's Remorse
Laverne Cox – Orange Is the New Black
Marsai Martin – Black-ish
Yvonne Orji – Insecure
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Donald Glover – Atlanta – "Value" Anton Cropper – Black-ish – "God" Anton Cropper – Black-ish – "Good-ish Times" Melina Matsoukas – Insecure – "Insecure as F**k" Marta Cunningham – Transparent – "Exciting and New"
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Kenya Barris – Black-ish – "Hope" Donald Glover – Atlanta – "B.A.N." Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore – Insecure – "Insecure as F**k" Prentice Penny – Insecure – "Real as F**k" Our Lady J – Transparent – "If I Were a Bell"