View complete list of the 2015 NAACP Image Awards winners below: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR:
Taraji P. Henson
LITERATURE:
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
A Wanted Woman - Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House)
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau)
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
Forty Acres - Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books)
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Autobiography
Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine - Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University of Georgia Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life - Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau)
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Not-So Happily Ever After - Rachel Renee Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens:
Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books)
RECORDING:
Outstanding New Artist:
3 Winans Brothers (BMG)
Outstanding Male Artist:
Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Female Artist:
Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration:
"Stay With Me" - Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol)
Outstanding Jazz Album:
"My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke" - Al Jarreau (Concord)
Outstanding Gospel Album: (Traditional or Contemporary)
"Where My Heart Belongs" - Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records)
Outstanding Music Video:
"You and I (Nobody in the World)" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Song:
"We Are Here" - Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
Outstanding Album:
"Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" - Aretha Franklin (RCA Records)
ANIMATED OR COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE (CGI):
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance:
Loretta Devine - "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
TELEVISION:Outstanding Comedy Series:
black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Drama Series:
How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:
Sara Hess - Orange is the New Black - It Was the Change (Netflix)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series:
Erika Green Swafford - How to Get Away With Murder - Let's Get To Scooping (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie:
Shernold Edwards - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:
Ken Whittingham - Parks and Recreation - Prom (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:
Carl Franklin - House of Cards - Chapter 14 (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie:
Reggie Bythewood - Gun Hill (BET)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series:
Anthony Anderson - black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series:
Tracee Ellis Ross - black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Laurence Fishburne - black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Yara Shahidi - black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:
Shemar Moore - Criminal Minds (CBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series:
Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Joe Morton - Scandal (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Khandi Alexander - Scandal (ABC)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini- Series, or Dramatic Special:
The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini- Series, or Dramatic Special:
Blair Underwood- The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini- Series, or Dramatic Special:
Cicely Tyson- The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime Networks)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
Unsung (TV One)
Outstanding Talk Series:
Steve Harvey (Syndicated)
Outstanding Reality Series:
Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special):
Oprah's Master Class (OWN)
Outstanding Children's Program:
Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/ Children's Program (Series or Special):
Fatima Ptacek- Dora and Friends: Into the City! (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/Information, or Variety Series:
Steve Harvey- Steve Harvey (Syndicated)
DOCUMENTARY:
Outstanding Documentary - (Film)
Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.)
Outstanding Documentary - (Television)
Bad Boys (ESPN)
MOTION PICTURE:Outstanding Motion Picture:
Selma (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture:
Misan Sagay - Belle (Fox Searchlight Pictures/DJ Films)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture:
Antoine Fuqua - The Equalizer (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture:
David Oyelowo - Selma (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Taraji P. Henson - No Good Deed (Screen Gems)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
Common - Selma (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Carmen Ejogo - Selma (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture:
Belle (Fox Searchlight Pictures/DJ Films)
