The 38th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 2006 and took place on March 2, 2007, at the Shrine Auditorium. The show was televised live on Fox at 8 p.m. EST and hosted by LL Cool J. The nominees were announced on January 7, 2007, at a press conference in at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The winners and nominees are shown below. The winners are indicated in bold.
List of nominees and winners
Television
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
All of Us The Bernie Mac Show Everybody Hates Chris Girlfriends Ugly Betty
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Bernie Mac - The Bernie Mac Show Donald Faison – Scrubs Duane Martin – All of Us George Lopez – The George Lopez Show Tyler James Williams – Everybody Hates Chris
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series America Ferrera – Ugly Betty Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live Raven-Symoné – That's So Raven Tichina Arnold – Everybody Hates Chris Tracee Ellis Ross – Girlfriends
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Antonio Fargas – Everybody Hates Chris Reggie Hayes – Girlfriends Romany Malco – Weeds Terry Crews – Everybody Hates Chris Victor Williams – The King of Queens
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Dee Dee Davis – The Bernie Mac Show LisaRaye McCoy – All of Us Telma Hopkins – Half & Half Vanessa L. Williams – Ugly Betty Whoopi Goldberg– Everybody Hates Chris
Drama
Outstanding Drama Series 24 Grey's Anatomy Heroes The Unit The Wire
Outstanding Actor Drama Series Dennis Haysbert – The Unit Hill Harper – CSI: NY Isaiah Washington – Grey's Anatomy Jesse L. Martin – Law & Order Michael K. Williams – The Wire
Outstanding Actress Drama Series CCH Pounder – The Shield Jennifer Beals – The L Word Kimberly Elise – Close to Home Regina Taylor – The Unit Roselyn Sánchez – Without a Trace
Outstanding Supporting Actor Drama Series Gary Dourdan – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Glynn Turman – The Wire James Pickens Jr. – Grey's Anatomy Omar Epps – House Wendell Pierce – The Wire
Outstanding Supporting Actress Drama Series Chandra Wilson – Grey's Anatomy Khandi Alexander – CSI: Miami Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Without a Trace S. Epatha Merkerson – Law & Order Sanaa Lathan– Nip/Tuck
Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Sleeper Cell: American Terror Tsunami: The Aftermath The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Andre Braugher – Thief (TV series) Chiwetel Ejiofor – Tsunami, the Aftermath Clarence Williams III – Mystery Woman Kadeem Hardison – Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Michael Ealy – Sleeper Cell: American Terror
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Aisha Tyler – For One Night Fantasia Barrino – Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Loretta Devine – Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Patti LaBelle – Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Sophie Okonedo – Tsunami, the Aftermath
Daytime Drama
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series Antonio Sabato Jr. – The Bold and the Beautiful Bryton McClure – The Young and the Restless James Reynolds – Days of Our Lives Kristoff St. John – The Young and the Restless Michael B. Jordan – All My Children
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series Christel Khalil – The Young and the Restless Davetta Sherwood – The Young and the Restless Renée Elise Goldsberry – One Life to Live Tracey Ross – Passions Yvonna Wright – Guiding Light
Variety Programming
Outstanding Reality Series American Idol America's Next Top Model Black. White. Dancing with the Stars Run's House
Outstanding Variety - Series or Special 2006 Black Movie Awards – A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present, and Future BET Awards 2006 Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable
Outstanding Children’s Program The Backyardigans Dora the Explorer High School Musical Romeo! That's So Raven
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program - Series or Special Corbin Bleu – High School Musical Kathleen Herles – Dora the Explorer Kyle Massey – That's So Raven Raven-Symoné – That's So Raven Romeo – Romeo!
Music Categories
Outstanding New Artist Cherish Corinne Bailey Rae LeToya Lupe Fiasco Mario Vazquez
Outstanding Male Artist Chris Brown Jay-Z John Legend Lionel Richie Prince
Outstanding Female Artist Beyoncé Corinne Bailey Rae Fantasia India.Arie Mary J. Blige
Outstanding Duo or Group The Cheetah Girls Dave Matthews Band Gnarls Barkley Outkast The Roots
Outstanding Jazz Artist George Duke Gerald Albright Gladys Knight Regina Carter Take 6
Outstanding Gospel Artist -- Traditional or Contemporary Andraé Crouch – Mighty Wind The Cast of Inspired By...The Bible Experience– Inspired...The Bible Experience: New Testament Fred Hammond – Free To Worship Kirk Franklin – Imagine Me Patti LaBelle – The Gospel According To Patti
Outstanding Music Video Beyoncé – Irreplaceable India.Arie – I Am Not My Hair Jay-Z – Show Me What You Got Mary J. Blige – Be Without You Prince – Black Sweat
Outstanding Song "Be Without You"– Mary J. Blige "Crazy" – Gnarls Barkley "I Am Not My Hair" – India.Arie "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé "Save Room" – John Legend
Outstanding Album B'Day – Beyoncé Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae Dreamgirls (Soundtrack) – VariousOnce Again – John Legend Reflections: A Retrospective – Mary J. Blige
Literary Categories
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction After – Marita Golden All Aunt Hager’s Children – Edward P. JonesBaby Brother's Blues – Pearl CleageFortunate Son: A Novel – Walter Mosley Wizard of the Crow – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-FictionThe Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream – Barack ObamaCome Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster – Michael Eric Dyson The Covenant With Black America – Tavis Smiley Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete – William C. Rhoden Not In My Family: AIDS in the African American Community – Gil Robertson IV
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author A Dead Man Speaks – Lisa Jones Johnson Boldfaced Lies – Charlene A. Porter The Legend of Quito Road – Dwight Fryer Letters to a Young Brother – Hill Harper Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia – Bil Carpenter
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-Biography Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley – Christopher John Farley Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero – Mike Freeman Jokes My Father Never Taught Me – Rain PryorThe Pursuit of Happyness – Chris GardnerUnbowed – Wangari Maathai
Outstanding Literary Work – InstructionalMama Made The Difference – T. D. JakesThe Mocha Manual To a Fabulous Pregnancy – Kimberly Allers Shine – Star Jones Reynolds Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted – Mo'Nique Imes Jackson Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes And Remembrances – Carolyn Quick Tillery
Outstanding Literary Work – PoetryCelebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer – Maya AngelouCheck the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees – DuEwa M. Frazier Hoops – Major Jackson Jazz – Walter Dean Myers We Speak Your Names – Pearl Cleag
Outstanding Literary Work – Children Dear Mr. Rosenwald – Carole Boston Weatherford I Like You But I Love Me – Lonnie LynnMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom – Carole Boston WeatherfordNobody Gonna Turn Me’Round – Doreen Rappaport Whoopi’s Big Book of Manners – Whoopi Goldberg
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens Copper Sun – Sharon M. Draper Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott – Russell FreedmanLetters to a Young Brother – Hill HarperMaya Angelou – Donna Brown Agins Superwoman's Child – J. L. Woodson
Motion Pictures
Outstanding Motion PictureAkeelah and the Bee Blood Diamond Catch a Fire Dreamgirls The Pursuit of Happyness
Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film Curse of the Golden Flower Days of Glory (Indigènes) An Inconvenient Truth Tsotsi Volver
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Denzel Washington – Inside Man Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland Jamie Foxx – Dreamgirls Laurence Fishburne – Akeelah and the Bee Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Beyoncé Knowles – Dreamgirls Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee Penélope Cruz – Volver Queen Latifah – Last Holiday Sanaa Lathan – Something New
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Danny Glover – Dreamgirls Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls Harry Belafonte – Bobby Jaden Christopher Syre Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Angela Bassett – Akeelah and the Bee Anika Noni Rose – Dreamgirls Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls Kerry Washington - The Last King of Scotland Thandie Newton – The Pursuit of Happyness
Directing
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Ali LeRoi – Everybody Hates Chris ("Everybody Hates Elections") Ken Whittingham – The Office ("Michael's Birthday") Lauren Breiting – According to Jim ("The Stick") Millicent Shelton – Everybody Hates Chris ("Everybody Hates Valentine's Day") Salim Akil – Girlfriends ("The Game")
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series Anthony Hemingway – Close to Home ("Prodigal Son") Craig Ross Jr. – Bones ("Aliens in a Spaceship" Karen Gaviola – Lost ("The Whole Truth") Paris Barclay – Cold Case ("Saving Sammy") Seith Mann – The Wire ("Homerooms")
Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie - Comedy or Drama Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel Chris Robinson – ATL Sanaa Hamri – Something New Spike Lee – Inside Man Tyler Perry – Madea's Family Reunion
Writing
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Kenny Smith – The Game ("The Trey Wiggs Episode") Mara Brock Akil – Girlfriends ("After the Storm") Regina Y. Hicks – Girlfriends ("I’ll Have a Blueline Christmas") Royale Watkins – All Of Us ("The -N- Word") Silvio Horta – Ugly Betty ("Pilot")
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series Aaron Rahsaan Thomas – Friday Night Lights ("Full Hearts") Janine Sherman-Barrois – ER ("Darfur") Naren Chankar – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Killer") Shonda Rhimes – Grey’s Anatomy ("It's the End of the World") Steven Maeda – Day Break ("What if He Lets Her Go")
Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film/Television Movie - Comedy or Drama Dianne Houston – Take the Lead Doug Atchison – Akeelah and the Bee Keith Glover – Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Reggie Gaskins – Restraining Order Tyler Perry – Madea's Family Reunion
Special awards The following recipients received distinguished awards by the NAACP for their contributions to arts, civil rights, news, and humanitarian efforts.
Hall of Fame Award Bill Cosby
Chairman's Award Bono
President's Award Soledad O'Brien
References
External links 38th Annual NAACP Image Awards Official Site (Archived)