(CNN) The ceremony for the 54th NAACP Image Awards will be held on Saturday.
The event recognizes achievements in the arts, entertainment and culture of people of color in more than 80 categories. Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Angela Bassett were among the first winners to be announced.
A list of nominees in multiple film and television categories follows below. The winners are in bold.
A look back at some of the NAACP Image Awards Entertainer of the Year winners
Jennifer Hudson was a two-time winner at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, winning Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress for her performance as Aretha Franklin in “Respect.” In her acceptance speech, she said the awards show was “where I saw so many legends that inspired me … the Arethas and the Patti LaBelles, the Halle Berrys, all these legends.”
Derrick Jones, aka “D-Nice”, has been named Entertainer of the Year in 2021 for his uplifting Instagram live dance parties during the Covid-19 pandemic. D-Nice, a native New Yorker, brought joy and great music into our homes with Club Quarantine.
Lizzo won the award in 2020, and the “Cuz I Love You” singer opened up about her mission to spread body positivity during her speech. “I just want to shout out to all the big black girls that I bring on stage with me. I’m doing this because I want them to know that they are the trophies.”
Ava DuVernay was named Entertainer of the Year at the 49th NAACP Image Awards. DuVernay, a prolific producer and director of films and television series like “Queen Sugar,” took the stage and joked, “I’m a director! I shouldn’t be up here!” Some of DuVernay’s other credits include Selma and the documentary 13th.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was named Entertainer of the Year in 2017. Johnson dedicated his speech to his late grandfather and father. “Two very proud people of color who came from nothing else broke color barriers and paved the way for me and so many others,” he wrote in a caption on Instagram after his win.
Michael B. Jordan received double awards in 2016, both for Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actor for his performance in Creed. During his speech, he modestly said, “I used to sneak into the Image Awards and now I’m standing here as Entertainer of the Year, which is mind-blowing.”
Taraji P. Henson was named 2015 NAACP Entertainer of the Year. She has received praise for her roles in both Empire and No Good Deed.
“What it represents to me is all the beautiful people and faces and lives that I get to touch through the gift that God has given me,” Henson said during her acceptance speech. “I take it very seriously. It means so much to me.”
Kevin Hart dedicated his award to his mother when he won Entertainer of the Year in 2014. He had several projects that year, including “Ride Along” and “About Last Night”.
“I’m on my toes right now,” the actor and comedian joked as he reached the mic, before getting more serious. “Right now I’m working hard on my own dream and the fact that that dream will come true is unreal.”
When Jamie Foxx took the stage to accept the Entertainer of the Year award at the 44th NAACP Image Awards, he sang Fred Hammond’s “No Weapon” as part of his acceptance speech. Foxx brought his daughter Corinne Bishop along for the memorable evening.
Beyoncé was named Entertainer of the Year at the 50th NAACP Image Awards. That same evening, her husband Jay-Z received the NAACP’s President’s Award. She also won the award in 2004.
Steve Harvey was the 2001 NAACP Entertainer of the Year. In his acceptance speech, he mentioned the loss of his parents and thanked them for teaching him where he came from.
“I was a country boy from West Virginia … I appreciate God for everything I have,” Harvey said.
When Halle Berry took the stage at the 2000 NAACP Awards to accept the Entertainer of the Year award, she thanked her mother.
“This year has been the best year of my entire life… thanks to my mother, although her skin is white, her heart is colorful and her soul is full of passion and compassion, understanding of all people. Thank you for allowing me to grow in this environment.”
Will Smith found fame as a teenager and hasn’t stopped. As a young man on the rise, Smith was named 1999’s Entertainer of the Year. Michael Jordan was also honored with the Jackie Robinson Sports Award in the same year. Harry Belafonte received the Chairman’s Award that evening and Lauryn Hill received the Presidential Award.
Singer, songwriter and producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds was named 1998 Entertainer of the Year. Edmonds has won 12 Grammy Awards throughout his career and is responsible for some of R&B’s biggest hits. He also co-founded LaFace Records with LA Reid and signed artists such as TLC, Usher and Toni Braxton.
Denzel Washington won the 1997 Entertainer of the Year Award. At this point in his career, he had just completed The Preacher’s Wife with Whitney Houston and had received his first Academy Award nomination for Cry Freedom a decade earlier.
Quincy Jones was named Entertainer of the Year in 1996. The music producer has won 28 Grammys throughout his career and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
The late Whitney Houston was named 1994 Entertainer of the Year. The award was presented to her by Denzel Washington. During the same ceremony, she was also recognized as an Outstanding Artist for her role in The Bodyguard. Her hit “I’m Every Woman” won Outstanding Music Video. She won the same award in 1995.
Michael Jackson was named Entertainer of the Year at the 1993 NAACP Image Awards. He took the stage and received a standing ovation, saying that the NAACP stands for two things he holds dear, freedom and equality. Jackson added that he accepted the award “in the name of healing the world when all of our brothers and sisters will be as free and equal as we are today.”
Just a few years after her Oscar-winning performance in The Color Purple, Whoopi Goldberg had another hit in Ghost. She won the 1990 NAACP Entertainer of the Year Award.
The Queen of Daytime Talk, Oprah Winfrey, received the prestigious Entertainer of the Year Award in 1989 and 1991 for her work on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Winfrey ended her talk show in 2011, but she still brings millions of people together to talk on AppleTV+
Eddie Murphy won Entertainer of the Year at the 1988 NAACP Image Awards. Murphy began his career as a stand-up comedian and joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” He has acted in hit films such as 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America and The Nutty Professor. In 2021 he was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.
Lionel Richie won the 1987 Entertainer of the Year award. The singer-songwriter is the man behind “Easy,” “Hello,” and dozens of other hits we “really” love.
Dionne Warwick received the award in 1986, but we sang with her long before that on hits like “Walk on By”, “That’s What Friends Are For”, “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Don’t Make”. I’m over.” Beyond her music career, Warwick is known for her philanthropic work as a UN Goodwill Ambassador and her brilliant wit on Twitter.
Patti LaBelle won Entertainer of the Year at the 1985 and 1992 NAACP Image Awards. LaBelle began her career in the ’60s as the frontwoman for the group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. The “Godmother of Soul” has a singing and acting career spanning seven decades and has sold more than 50 million records.
Entertainer of the Year
Angela Bassett
Mary J Blige
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Outstanding Movie
“The Blues of a Jazzman”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Emancipation”
“The Woman King”
“UNTIL”
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Daniel Kaluuya – “No”
Jonathan Majors – “Devotion”
Joshua Boone – “The Blues of a Jazzman”
Sterling K. Brown – “Horn for Jesus. save your soul”
Will Smith – “Emancipation”
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Danielle Deadwyler – “BIS”
Keke Palmer – “Alice”
Letitia Wright – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Regina Hall – “Honk for Jesus. save your soul”
Viola Davis – “The Woman King”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Aldis Hodge – “Black Adam”
Cliff “Method Man” Smith – “On The Come Up”
Jalyn Hall – “BIS”
John Boyega – “The Woman King”
Tenoch Huerta – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” *WINNER
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” *WINNER
Danai Gurira – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Janelle Monae – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Lashana Lynch – “The Lady King”
Lupita Nyong’o – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Outstanding comedy series
“Abbott Elementary School”
“Atlanta”
“black”
“rap shit”
“The Wonderful Years”
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson – “black”
Cedric the Entertainer – “The Neighborhood” *WINNER
Donald Glover – “Atlanta”
Dulé Hill – “The Miracle Years”
Mike Epps – “The Upshaws”
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Loretta Devine – “Family Reunion”
Maya Rudolph – “Loot”
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary School” *WINNER
Tichina Arnold – “The Neighborhood”
Tracee Ellis Ross – “black”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Brian Tyree Henry – “Atlanta”
Deon Cole – “black”
Kenan Thompson – “Saturday Night Live”
Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary” *WINNER
William Stanford Davis – “Abbott Elementary”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary School” *WINNER
Jenifer Lewis – “black”
Marsai Martin – “black”
Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Abbott Elementary School”
Wanda Sykes – “The Upshaws”
Outstanding drama series
“Bel Air”
“Bridgeton”
“Euphoria”
“P Valley”
“Queen Sugar”
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Damson Idris – “Snowfall”
Jabari Banks – “Bel Air”
Kofi Siriboe – “Queen Sugar”
Nicco Annan – “P Valley” *WINNER
Sterling K. Brown – “That’s Us”
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Angela Bassett – “9-1-1”
Brandee Evans – “P Valley”
Queen Latifah – “The Equalizer”
Rutina Wesley – “Queen Sugar”
Zendaya – “euphoria”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Adrian Holmes – “Bel Air”
Amin Joseph – “Snowfall”
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Cliff “Method Man” Smith – “Power Book II: Ghost” *WINNER
J. Alphonse Nicholson – “P Valley”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Adjoa Andoh – “Bridgerton”
Bianca Lawson – “Queen Sugar”
Loretta Devine – “P Valley” *WINNER
Susan Kelechi Watson – “That’s Us”
Tina Lifford – “Queen Sugar”
Outstanding TV Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special
“Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons”
“Completely new”
“The Best Man: The Final Chapters” *WINNER
“The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey”
“Women of the Movement”
Outstanding Actor in a Movie, Limited Series, or Dramatic Special
Morris Chestnut – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” *WINNER
Samuel L. Jackson – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey”
Terrence Howard – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters”
Trevante Rhodes – “Mike”
Wendell Pierce – “Don’t Hang Up”
Outstanding Actress in a Movie, Limited Series, or Dramatic Special
Niecy Nash-Betts — “Dahmer – Monsters: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” *WINNER
Regina Hall – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters”
Sanaa Lathan – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters”
Viola Davis – “The First Lady”
Zoe Saldana – “From Scratch”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special
Glynn Turman – “Women of the Movement”
Keith David – “From Scratch” *WINNER
Omar Benson Miller – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey”
Russell Hornsby – “Mike”
Terrence “TC” Carson – “A Wesley Christmas”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special
Alexis Floyd – “Inventing Anna”
Danielle Deadwyler – “From Scratch”
Melissa De Sousa – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters”
Nia Long – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” *WINNER
Phylicia Rashad – “Little America”