This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. The award was introduced in 1970 and was awarded sporadically until its permanent feature from 1995 onwards. Angela Bassett currently holds the record for most wins in this category, with four.
Winners and nominees For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.
1970s Year Actress Film 1970 Beah Richards The Great White Hope 1971–1979 colspan="3"
1980s Year Actress Film 1980–1985 colspan="3" 1986 Oprah Winfrey The Color Purple 1987 Traci Wolfe Lethal Weapon Helen Martin Hollywood Shuffle Nichelle Nichols Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Kelly Minter Summer School Sandra Reaves-Phillips Round Midnight 1988 Juanita Waterman Cry Freedom 1989 Suzzanne Douglas Tap Nichelle Nichols Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Rosie Perez Do the Right Thing Tichina Arnold How I Got into College
1990s Year Actress Film 1990 Whoopi Goldberg Ghost 1991–1993 colspan="3" 1994 Angela Bassett Malcolm X Vanessa Bell Calloway What's Love Got to Do with It Whoopi Goldberg Sarafina! Jenifer Lewis What's Love Got to Do with It Alfre Woodard Passion Fish 1995 colspan="3" 1996 Loretta Devine Waiting to Exhale Maya Angelou How to Make an American Quilt Lela Rochon Waiting to Exhale Regina Taylor Clockers Alfre Woodard How to Make an American Quilt 1997 Loretta Devine The Preacher's Wife Jenifer Lewis The Preacher's Wife Tonea Stewart A Time to Kill Regina Taylor Courage Under Fire Alfre Woodard Star Trek: First Contact 1998 Irma P. Hall Soul Food Angela Bassett Contact Debbi Morgan Eve's Bayou Esther Rolle Rosewood Cicely Tyson Hoodlum 1999 Whoopi Goldberg How Stella Got Her Groove Back Kimberly Elise Beloved Queen Latifah Living Out Loud Thandiwe Newton Beloved Beah Richards Beloved
2000s Year Actress Film 2000 Angela Bassett Music of the Heart Melissa De Sousa The Best Man Sanaa Lathan Queen Latifah The Bone Collector Vanessa L. Williams Light It Up 2001 Alfre Woodard Love and Basketball Nicole Ari Parker Remember the Titans Aunjanue Ellis Men of Honor Marla Gibbs The Visit Thandiwe Newton Mission: Impossible 2 2002 Angela Bassett The Score Loretta Devine Kingdom Come Vivica A. Fox Mo'Nique Two Can Play That Game Jada Pinkett Smith Ali 2003 Halle Berry Die Another Day Nicole Ari Parker Brown Sugar Kimberly Elise John Q Eve Barbershop Queen Latifah Brown Sugar 2004 Alfre Woodard Radio Nona Gaye The Matrix Revolutions Sanaa Lathan Out of Time Jada Pinkett Smith The Matrix Revolutions Gabrielle Union Bad Boys II 2005 Regina King Ray Loretta Devine Woman Thou Art Loosed Sophie Okonedo Hotel Rwanda Jada Pinkett Smith Collateral Sharon Warren Ray 2006 Cicely Tyson Diary of a Mad Black Woman Ashanti Coach Carter Taraji P. Henson Hustle & Flow Elise Neal Thandiwe Newton Crash 2007 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Angela Bassett Akeelah and the Bee Thandiwe Newton The Pursuit of Happyness Anika Noni Rose Dreamgirls Kerry Washington The Last King of Scotland 2008 Janet Jackson Why Did I Get Married? Ruby Dee American Gangster Loretta Devine This Christmas Meagan Good Stomp the Yard Queen Latifah Hairspray 2009 Taraji P. Henson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Beyoncé Cadillac Records Jennifer Hudson The Secret Life of Bees Alicia Keys Sophie Okonedo
2010s Year Actress Film 2010 Mo'Nique Precious Mariah Carey Precious Paula Patton Zoe Saldaña Avatar Alfre Woodard American Violet 2011 Kimberly Elise For Colored Girls Whoopi Goldberg For Colored Girls Phylicia Rashad Anika Noni Rose Jill Scott Why Did I Get Married Too? 2012 Octavia Spencer The Help Bryce Dallas Howard The Help Maya Rudolph Bridesmaids Cicely Tyson The Help Kim Wayans Pariah 2013 Kerry Washington Django Unchained Taraji P. Henson Think Like a Man Phylicia Rashad Good Deeds Gloria Reuben Lincoln Amandla Stenberg The Hunger Games 2014 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Naomie Harris Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Octavia Spencer Fruitvale Station Oprah Winfrey Lee Daniels' The Butler Alfre Woodard 12 Years a Slave 2015 Carmen Ejogo Selma Viola Davis Get On Up Jill Scott Octavia Spencer Oprah Winfrey Selma 2016 Phylicia Rashad Creed Angela Bassett Chi-Raq Jennifer Hudson Gugu Mbatha-Raw Concussion Tessa Thompson Creed 2017 Viola Davis Fences Aja Naomi King The Birth of a Nation Mo'Nique Almost Christmas Lupita Nyong'o Queen of Katwe Octavia Spencer Hidden Figures 2018 Tiffany Haddish Girls Trip Regina Hall Girls Trip Audra McDonald Beauty and the Beast Keesha Sharp Marshall Tessa Thompson Thor: Ragnarok 2019 Danai Gurira Black Panther Letitia Wright Black Panther Lupita Nyong'o Regina Hall The Hate U Give Regina King If Beale Street Could Talk
2020s Year Actress Film 2020 Marsai Martin Little Jennifer Lopez Hustlers Janelle Monáe Harriet Da’Vine Joy Randolph Dolemite Is My Name Octavia Spencer Luce 2021 Phylicia Rashad Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Anika Noni Rose Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Gabourey Sidibe Antebellum Nia Long The Banker Taylour Paige Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2022 Regina King The Harder They Fall Aunjanue Ellis King Richard Audra McDonald Respect Danielle Deadwyler The Harder They Fall Dominique Fishback Judas and the Black Messiah2023 Angela BassettBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever Danai Gurira Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Lupita Nyong'o Lashana Lynch The Woman King Janelle Monáe Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2024 Taraji P. HensonThe Color Purple Danielle BrooksThe Color Purple Da'Vine Joy RandolphThe Holdovers Erika Alexander American Fiction Halle Bailey The Color Purple2025 Ebony ObsidianThe Six Triple Eight Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorExhibiting ForgivenessNickel Boys Danielle Deadwyler The Piano Lesson Lynn Whitfield Albany Road2026Wunmi Mosaku SinnersJanelle JamesOne of Them DaysJayme LawsonSinnersRegina HallOne Battle After AnotherTeyana Taylor
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
4 wins Angela Bassett
2 wins Loretta Devine Whoopi Goldberg Taraji P. Henson Regina King Alfre Woodard
Nominations
7 nominations Alfre Woodard Angela Bassett
5 nominations Loretta Devine Octavia Spencer
4 nominations Whoopi Goldberg Taraji P. Henson Queen Latifah Thandiwe Newton Lupita Nyong'o Phylicia Rashad Aunjanue Ellis
3 nominations Kimberly Elise Regina Hall Jennifer Hudson Regina King Mo'Nique Jada Pinkett Smith Anika Noni Rose Cicely Tyson
2 nominations Nicole Ari Parker Viola Davis Danai Gurira Sanaa Lathan Jenifer Lewis Janelle Monáe Sophie Okonedo Jill Scott Regina Taylor Kerry Washington Oprah Winfrey Danielle Deadwyler
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