This page lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 1996 ceremony. Since its inception, Loretta Devine holds the record for the most wins with five.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s Year Actress Series Ref. 1996 Fatima Faloye New York Undercover Jasmine Guy Melrose Place C. C. H. Pounder ER Gloria Reuben Vanessa Estelle Williams Murder One 1997 colspan="3" 1998 Lynn Whitfield Touched by an Angel Lisa Nicole Carson ER C. C. H. Pounder Gloria Reuben Ja'net Dubois Touched by an Angel 1999 Ruby Dee Promised Land Lisa Nicole Carson Ally McBeal Toni Lewis Homicide: Life on the Street Gloria Reuben ER
2000s Year Actress Series Ref. 2000 Rosa Parks Touched by an Angel LisaGay Hamilton The Practice Gloria Reuben ER Lucy Liu Ally McBeal Lisa Nicole Carson 2001 Loretta Devine Boston Public Beah Richards The Practice Michael Michele ER Irma P. Hall Soul Food Marla Gibbs Touched by an Angel 2002 Debbi Morgan Soul Food Khandi Alexander Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Vanessa Bell Calloway Boston Public Rashida Jones C. C. H. Pounder Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2003 Loretta Devine Boston Public Anna Deavere Smith The West Wing Kimberly Elise Soul Food Pam Grier Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rita Moreno Oz 2004 Loretta Devine Boston Public Vanessa Bell Calloway The District Anna Deavere Smith The West Wing Pam Grier Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Terri J. Vaughn Soul Food 2005 Khandi Alexander CSI: Miami Diahann Carroll Soul Food Pam Grier The L Word Jasmine Guy Dead Like Me Sonja Sohn The Wire 2006 S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order Pam Grier The L Word Aisha Tyler 24 Kerry Washington Boston Legal Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy 2007 Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy Khandi Alexander CSI: Miami Marianne Jean-Baptiste Without a Trace Sanaa Lathan Nip/Tuck S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order 2008 Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy Pam Grier The L Word Marianne Jean-Baptiste Without a Trace Audra McDonald Private Practice S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order 2009 Angela Bassett ER Audra McDonald Private Practice S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order Sonja Sohn The Wire Alfre Woodard My Own Worst Enemy
2010s Year Actress Series Ref. 2010 S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order Audra McDonald Private Practice Anika Noni Rose The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency Jurnee Smollett Friday Night Lights Gabrielle Union FlashForward 2011 S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order Vanessa Bell Calloway HawthoRNe Sandra Oh Grey's Anatomy Sara Ramirez Alfre Woodard Memphis Beat 2012 Archie Panjabi The Good Wife Diahann Carroll White Collar Loretta Devine Grey's Anatomy Anika Noni Rose Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Alfre Woodard Memphis Beat 2013 Loretta Devine Grey's Anatomy Joy Bryant Parenthood Lucy Liu Southland Archie Panjabi The Good Wife Rutina Wesley True Blood 2014 Taraji P. Henson Person of Interest Debbie Allen Grey's Anatomy Diahann Carroll White Collar Archie Panjabi The Good Wife Vanessa Williams 666 Park Avenue 2015 Khandi Alexander Scandal Aja Naomi King How to Get Away With Murder Jada Pinkett Smith Gotham Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy Alfre Woodard State of Affairs 2016 Regina King American Crime Grace Gealey Empire Danai Gurira The Walking Dead Naturi Naughton Power Cicely Tyson How to Get Away with Murder 2017 Naturi Naughton Power C. C. H. Pounder NCIS: New Orleans Cicely Tyson How to Get Away with Murder Amirah Vann Underground Lynn Whitfield Greenleaf 2018 Naturi Naughton Power Lynn Whitfield Greenleaf Samira Wiley The Handmaid's Tale Susan Kelechi Watson This Is Us Tina Lifford Queen Sugar
2020s Year Actress Series Ref 2020 Lynn Whitfield Greenleaf Tina Lifford Queen Sugar CCH Pounder NCIS: New Orleans Lyric Ross This Is Us Susan Kelechi Watson This Is Us 2021 Mary J. Blige Power Book II: Ghost Adjoa Andoh Bridgerton Aunjanue Ellis Lovecraft Country Susan Kelechi Watson This Is Us Lynn Whitfield Greenleaf 2022 Mary J. Blige Power Book II: Ghost Bianca Lawson Queen Sugar Susan Kelechi Watson This Is Us Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy Alfre Woodard SEE
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
5 wins Loretta Devine
3 wins S. Epatha Merkerson
2 wins Khandi Alexander Mary J. Blige Chandra Wilson Naturi Naughton
Nominations
6 nominations S. Epatha Merkerson
5 nominations Loretta Devine Pam Grier Lynn Whitfield Chandra Wilson Alfre Woodard
4 nominations Khandi Alexander C. C. H. Pounder Gloria Reuben Susan Kelechi Watson
3 nominations Vanessa Bell Calloway Diahann Carroll Lisa Nicole Carson Audra McDonald Archie Panjabi Naturi Naughton
2 nominations Khandi Alexander Mary J. Blige Anna Deavere Smith Jasmine Guy Marianne Jean-Baptiste Tina Lifford Lucy Liu Anika Noni Rose Sonja Sohn Cicely Tyson
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