This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. It was known as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series until 2000. Currently, Tracee Ellis Ross holds the record for most wins in this category, having won nine times.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1980s Year Actress Series Ref 1982 Marla Gibbs The Jeffersons 1983 Marla Gibbs The Jeffersons 1984 – 87 colspan="3" 1988 Phylicia Rashad The Cosby Show Jasmine Guy A Different World Anna Maria Horsford Amen Daphne Maxwell Reid Frank's Place Frances Williams 1989 Phylicia Rashad The Cosby Show Jasmine Guy A Different World Anna Maria Horsford Amen Daphne Maxwell Reid Frank's Place Frances Williams
1990s Year Actress Series Ref 1990 Jasmine Guy A Different World 1991 colspan="3" 1992 Jasmine Guy A Different World Janet Hubert-Whitten Fresh Prince of Bel Air Phylicia Rashad The Cosby Show Cree Summer A Different World Raven-Symoné The Cosby Show 1993 Jasmine Guy A Different World 1994 Jasmine Guy A Different World Ella Joyce Roc Erika Alexander Living Single Queen Latifah Tisha Campbell-Martin Martin 1995 colspan="3" 1996 Erika Alexander Living Single Tisha Campbell-Martin Martin Kim Coles Living Single Kim Fields Queen Latifah 1997 Phylicia Rashad Cosby Tisha Campbell-Martin Martin Erika Alexander Living Single Kim Coles Queen Latifah 1998 Kim Coles Living Single Brandy Moesha Queen Latifah Living Single Phylicia Rashad Cosby 1999 Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry Sister, Sister Brandy Moesha Vivica A. Fox Getting Personal Pam Grier Linc's Holly Robinson Peete For Your Love
2000s Year Actress Series Ref 2000 Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry Sister, Sister Brandy Moesha Pam Grier Linc's Elise Neal The Hughleys Holly Robinson Peete For Your Love 2001 Mo'Nique The Parkers Brandy Moesha Elise Neal The Hughleys Wendy Raquel Robinson The Steve Harvey Show Holly Robinson Peete For Your Love 2002 Mo'Nique The Parkers Tisha Campbell-Martin My Wife and Kids Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends Wendy Raquel Robinson The Steve Harvey Show Holly Robinson Peete For Your Love 2003 Tisha Campbell Martin My Wife and Kids Golden Brooks Girlfriends Tracee Ellis Ross Mo'Nique The Parkers Kellita Smith The Bernie Mac Show 2004 Mo'Nique The Parkers Tisha Campbell-Martin My Wife and Kids Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Kellita Smith The Bernie Mac Show 2005 Mo'Nique The Parkers Tisha Campbell-Martin My Wife and Kids Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends Eve Eve Kellita Smith The Bernie Mac Show 2006 Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends Jill Marie Jones Holly Robinson Peete Love, Inc. Rachel True Half & Half 2007 Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris America Ferrera Ugly Betty Maya Rudolph Saturday Night Live Raven-Symoné That's So Raven 2008 America Ferrera Ugly Betty Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris Golden Brooks Girlfriends Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends Tia Mowry The Game 2009 Tracee Ellis Ross Girlfriends Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris Cassi Davis Tyler Perry's House of Payne America Ferrera Ugly Betty Tia Mowry The Game
2010s Year Actress Series Ref 2010 Cassi Davis Tyler Perry's House of Payne Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris America Ferrera Ugly Betty C. C. H. Pounder Brothers Sherri Shepherd Sherri 2011 Vanessa Williams Desperate Housewives Tatyana Ali Love That Girl! Essence Atkins Are We There Yet? Cassi Davis Tyler Perry's House of Payne Salli Richardson-Whitfield Eureka 2012 Tracee Ellis Ross Reed Between the Lines Tatyana Ali Love That Girl! Tia Mowry The Game Wendy Raquel Robinson Vanessa Williams Desperate Housewives 2013 Cassi Davis Tyler Perry's House of Payne Tatyana Ali Love That Girl! Amber Riley Glee Wendy Raquel Robinson The Game Kellita Smith The First Family 2014 Wendy Raquel Robinson The Game Mindy Kaling The Mindy Project Niecy Nash The Soul Man Tasha Smith Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse Aisha Tyler Archer 2015 Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Uzo Aduba Orange Is the New Black Mindy Kaling The Mindy Project Niecy Nash The Soul Man Wendy Raquel Robinson The Game 2016 Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Uzo Aduba Orange Is the New Black Loretta Devine The Carmichael Show Wendy Raquel Robinson The Game Gina Rodriguez Jane the Virgin 2017 Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Uzo Aduba Orange Is the New Black Niecy Nash The Soul Man Issa Rae Insecure Keesha Sharp Lethal Weapon 2018 Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Danielle Brooks Orange Is the New Black Issa Rae Insecure Loretta Devine The Carmichael Show Niecy Nash Claws 2019 Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Danielle Brooks Orange Is the New Black Logan Browning Dear White People Issa Rae Insecure Yara Shahidi Grown-ish
2020s Year Actress Series Ref 2020 Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Logan Browning Dear White People Tiffany Haddish The Last O.G. Jill Scott First Wives Club Yara Shahidi Grown-ish 2021 Issa Rae Insecure Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Regina Hall Black Monday Folake Olowofoyeku Bob Hearts Abishola Yara Shahidi Grown-ish 2022 Issa Rae Insecure Loretta Devine Family Reunion Regina Hall Black Monday Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish Yvonne Orji Insecure
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
9 wins Tracee Ellis Ross
4 wins Mo'Nique Jasmine Guy
3 wins Phylicia Rashad
2 wins Cassi Davis Tamera Mowry Tia Mowry Issa Rae
Nominations
17 nominations Tracee Ellis Ross
7 nominations Wendy Raquel Robinson
6 nominations Tisha Campbell-Martin Jasmine Guy
5 nominations Tichina Arnold Mo'Nique Tia Mowry Issa Rae Phylicia Rashad Holly Robinson Peete
4 nominations Brandy Cassi Davis America Ferrera Niecy Nash Kellita Smith
3 nominations Uzo Aduba Erika Alexander Tatyana Ali Kim Coles Loretta Devine Queen Latifah Yara Shahidi
2 nominations Golden Brooks Logan Browning Pam Grier Regina Hall Mindy Kaling Tamera Mowry Elise Neal Raven-Symoné Vanessa Williams
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