NAACP Image Awards 2011 - The NAACP Image Awards is the nation's premier event celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (television, recording, literature, motion picture and writing & directing), as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors. This year,2011, is the 42nd NAACP Image Award.
On March 4th, the winners of NAACP Image Award have been announced. Here’re the list of NAACP Image Awards 2011 Nominees and Winners.
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock, NBC
Are We There Yet?, TBS
Glee, FOX
Modern Family, ABC
Tyler Perry's House of Payne, TBS
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
David Mann, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
Dulé Hill, Psych
LaVan Davis, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Phil Morris, Love That Girl!
Terry Crews, Are We There Yet?
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Cassi Davis, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Essence Atkins, Are We There Yet?
Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Eureka
Tatyana Ali, Love That Girl!
Vanessa Williams, Desperate Housewives
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Craig Robinson, The Office
Ice Cube, Are We There Yet?
Lamman Rucker, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
Lance Gross, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Amber Riley, Glee
Anna Deavere Smith, Nurse Jackie
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Viola Davis, United States of Tara
Outstanding Drama Series
Detroit 1-8-7
Grey's Anatomy
HawthoRNe
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Treme
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Anthony Anderson, Law & Order
Blair Underwood, The Event
Hill Harper, CSI: NY
Laurence Fishburne, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
LL Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
GuGu Mbatha-Raw, Undercovers
Jada Pinkett Smith, HawthoRNe
Regina King, Southland
Wendy Davis, Army Wives
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
James Pickens, Jr., Grey's Anatomy
Nelsan Ellis, True Blood
Terrence Howard, Law & Order: Los Angeles
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Alfre Woodard, Memphis Beat
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Sara Ramirez, Grey's Anatomy
S. Epatha Merkerson, Law & Order
Vanessa Bell Calloway, HawthoRNe
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
America: The Story of Us (Part 4)
Filling the Gap
Luther
Sins of the Mother
The Wronged Man
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Benito Martinez, Lies in Plain Sight
Idris Elba, Luther
Jon Seda, The Pacific
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, The Wronged Man
Michael Jai White, One Angry Juror
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Jill Scott, Sins of the Mother
Lucy Liu, Marry Me
Rosie Perez, Lies in Plain Sight
Tamera Mowry, Double Wedding
Tia Mowry, Double Wedding
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Aaron D. Spears, The Bold and the Beautiful
Cornelius Smith, Jr. , l My Children
Darnell Williams, All My Children
Rodney Saulsberry, The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Debbi Morgan, All My Children
Julia Pace Mitchell, The Young and the Restless
Tatyana Ali, The Young and the Restless
Tonya Lee Williams, The Young and the Restless
Yvette Freeman, The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
A Conversation with President Obama
Anderson Cooper 360
The Judge Mathis Show
Syndicated
Unsung
Washington Watch with Roland Martin
Outstanding Talk Series
Conversations with Ed Gordon
Larry King Live
The Mo'Nique Show
The View
TV One on One with Cathy Hughes
Outstanding Reality Series
American Idol
America's Next Top Model
Dancing with the Stars
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Sunday Best
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
2010 BET Honors
Beyoncé: I AM...WORLD TOUR
Black Girls Rock!
TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival
UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie
Outstanding Children's Program
Brave New Voices 2010
Dora the Explorer
The Backyardigans
True Jackson, VP
Wizards of Waverly Place
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program (Series or Special)
Keke Palmer, True Jackson, VP
Lance Robertson, Yo Gabba Gabba: Baby
Nick Cannon, TeenNick Halo Awards 2010
Selena Gomez, Wizards of Waverly Place
Victoria Justice, Victorious
Recording
Outstanding New Artist
B.o.B, Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic
Bruno Mars, Elektra Records
Jason Derulo, Warner Bros. Records
Nicki Minaj, Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown
Willow, Roc Nation/Columbia Records
Outstanding Male Artist
Cee Lo Green, Elektra Records
Jay-Z, Roc Nation/Def Jam
Kanye West, Island Def Jam Music Group
Ne-Yo, Island Def Jam Music Group
Usher, Laface/Jive Records
Outstanding Female Artist
Chrisette Michele, Island Def Jam Music Group
Corinne Bailey Rae, Capitol Records
Mary J. Blige, Geffen Records/Matriarch
Rihanna, Island Def Jam Music Group
Sade, Epic Records
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
Diddy-Dirty Money, Bad Boy/Interscope
Eminem & Rihanna, Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
Herbie Hancock (feat. India.Arie, Chaka Khan and others, Hancock Music
John Legend and The Roots, Columbia Records
The Black Eyed Peas, Interscope
Outstanding Jazz Album
Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee,Dee Dee Bridgewater
From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf - Live in Marciac, The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano
Geri Allen & Timeline Live, Geri Allen & Timeline Live
The Imagine Project, Herbie Hancock
VOCAbuLarieS, Bobby McFerrin
Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)
Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III, Kirk Whalum
Here I Am, Marvin Sapp
Just Love Deluxe, Brian Courtney Wilson
Master Plan, Tamela Mann
You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples
Outstanding World Music Album
Hymns for the Rebel Soul, Rocky Dawuni
Oyo, Angelique Kidjo
The Imagine Project, Herbie Hancock
The Sound of Sunshine, Michael Franti
VOCAbuLarieS, Bobby McFerrin
Outstanding Music Video
Fistful of Tears, Maxwell
Soldier of Love, Sade
Un-thinkable (I'm Ready), Alicia Keys
Whip My Hair, Willow
Why Don't You Love Me, Beyoncé Knowles
Outstanding Song
Bittersweet, Fantasia
Fistful of Tears, Maxwell
Forget You, Cee-Lo Green
Soldier of Love, Sade
Un-thinkable (I'm Ready), Alicia Keys
Outstanding Album
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
Now and Then, Smokey Robinson
Raymond vs. Raymond, Usher
Soldier of Love, Sade
Wake Up!, John Legend and The Roots
Literature
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
A Taste of Honey, Jabari Asim
Getting to Happy, Terry McMillan
Glorious, Bernice L. McFadden
Till You Hear From Me, Pearl Cleage
Wench, Dolen Perkins
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority, Tom Burrell
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC, Editors: Faith S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, Dorothy M. Zellner
Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History, Dr. Julianne Malveaux
The History of White People, Nell Irvin Painter
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Heidi Durrow
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson
Beneath the Lion's Gaze, Maaza Mengiste
Forest Gate, Peter Akinti
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Bography
Conversations with Myself, Ruth Hobday, Nelson Mandela
Decoded, Jay-Z
Extraordinary, Ordinary People, Condoleezza Rice
I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home, Shoshana Johnson, Mary Doyle
You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles, Ray Charles Robinson, Jr.
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life, Antwone Fisher
Diet-Free for Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss, Robert Ferguson
If it Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too, Malaak Compton-Rock
The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms, Kirk Franklin
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women, Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda McLean, Marsha Haygood
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
100 Best African-American Poems, Nikki Giovanni
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing, Alice Walker (Author), Shiloh McCloud (Illustrator)
Holding Company, Major Jackson
Suck on the Marrow, Camille T. Dungy
White Egrets, Derek Walcott
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
Grandma's Gift, Eric Velasquez
Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya, Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
My Brother Charlie, Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Authors), Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, Monica Brown (Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrator)
The Great Migration: Journey to the North, Eloise Greenfield (Author), Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me, Condoleezza Rice
Lockdown, Walter Dean Myers
Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Man, All Men, Jeff Burlingame
Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper
One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia
Motion Picture
Outstanding Motion Picture
For Colored Girls, Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Just Wright, Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Book of Eli, Warner Bros. Pictures
The Kids Are All Right, Focus Features
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?, Lionsgate
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Anthony Mackie, Night Catches Us
Common, Just Wright
Denzel Washington, The Book of Eli
Jaden Smith, The Karate Kid
Morgan Freeman, Red
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Halle Berry, Frankie & Alice
Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Kerry Washington, Night Catches Us
Queen Latifah, Just Wright
Zoe Saldana, The Losers
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Don Cheadle, Brooklyn's Finest
Idris Elba, Takers
Justin Timberlake, The Social Network
Michael Ealy, For Colored Girls
Samuel L. Jackson, Mother and Child
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Anika Noni Rose, For Colored Girls
Kimberly Elise, For Colored Girls
Phylicia Rashad, For Colored Girls
Jill Scott, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Whoopi Goldberg, For Colored Girls
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Conviction, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Frankie & Alice, Freestyle Releasing
La Mission, Screen Media Ventures
Mother and Child, Sony Pictures Classics
Night Catches Us, Magnolia Pictures
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
A Barefoot Dream, Showbox/Mediaplex
Biutiful, Roadside Attractions
Four Lions, Drafthouse Films
Mother, Magnolia Pictures
Outside the Law, Tessalit Productions
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots, PBS
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel, Metaphor Films
If God is Willing and the Creek Don't Rise, HBO
Waiting for Superman, Paramount Vantage
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, POV
Writing and Directing
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Aaron McGruder, "The Boondocks" - The Fund-Raiser
Daniel Chun, "The Office" - Nepotism
Kenny Smith, "Pair of Kings" - Where the Wild Kings Are
Myra J., "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" - Meet the Racist
Vali Chandrasekaran, "30 Rock" - Khonani
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Alexander Woo, "True Blood" - It Hurts Me Too
Janine Sherman Barrois, "Criminal Minds" - Rememberance of Things Past
Judith McCreary, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" - Disabled
Leyani Diaz, Venessa Rojas, "The Event" - Loyalty
Shonda Rhimes, "Private Practice" - Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Cheryl Edwards, Marko King, Mary King, Jonathan Watters,Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, Frankie & Alice
Michael C. Martin, Brooklyn's Finest
Michael Elliot, Just Wright
Rodrigo Garcia, Mother and Child
Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Joe Morton, "Eureka" - Stoned
Justin Lin, "Community" - Modern Warfare
Ken Whittingham, "30 Rock" - Anna Howard Shaw Day
Kevin Rodney Sullivan, "Modern Family" - Game Changer
Michael Schultz, "Chuck" - Chuck vs. "The Couch Lock"
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Felix Alcala, "Southland" - What Makes Sammy Run
Millicent Shelton, "Men of a Certain Age" - Go with the Flow
Paris Barclay, "In Treatment" - Sunil: Week 6
Seith Mann, "Friday Night Lights" - Injury List
Stephen L. Williams, "Undercovers" - Instructions
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Geoffrey Sax, Frankie & Alice
George Tillman, Jr. , Faster
Tanya Hamilton, Night Catches Us
The Hughes Brothers, The Book of Eli
Tyler Perry, For Colored Girls
