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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Currently, Alfre Woodard holds the record for most wins in this category with six.

Winners and nominees

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1970s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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1971

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Elena Verdugo| Marcus Welby, M.D.

HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000345/1971>TITLE=1971 IMAGE AWARD WINNERS	ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 27, 2016,

1972 – 79| colspan="3" {{n/a}}

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1980s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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1980 – 81| colspan="3" {{n/a}}

1982

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Irene Cara

Sister, Sister (1982 film)>Sister, Sister	HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=X7ZYSNTPIHWC&PG=PA67>TITLE=ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESSES IN FILM AND TELEVISION	FIRST=BOB	PAGES=68	ISBN=978-0-7864-5804-2, November 27, 2022,

1983 – 87| colspan="3" {{n/a}}

1988

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Cicely Tyson| (Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

1989

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Alfre Woodard| Unnatural Causes

SNOW>FIRST=SHAUNA	URL=HTTPS://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1988-11-11/ENTERTAINMENT/CA-885_1_IMAGE-AWARDS	ACCESS-DATE=21 JANUARY 2017, 11 November 1988,

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1990s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"! style="width:11%;"| Year! style="width:42%;"| Actress! style="width:42%;"| Movie / Series! style="width:5%;"| Ref

1990

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Alfre Woodard

Mandela (1987 film)>Mandela	HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000345/1990>TITLE=1990 IMAGE AWARD WINNERS	ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 2, 2016,

1991| colspan="3" {{n/a}}

1992

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Alfre Woodard| A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

1993

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Lynn Whitfield| The Josephine Baker Story

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

1994

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Lynn Whitfield

I'll Fly Away (TV series)>I'll Fly Away	HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000345/1994>TITLE=1994 IMAGE AWARD WINNERS	ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 2, 2016,

1995

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Halle Berry| Alex Haley's Queen

HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000345/1995>TITLE=1995 IMAGE AWARD WINNERS	ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 2, 2016,

1996

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Alfre Woodard| The Piano Lesson

SNOW>FIRST=SHAUNA	URL=HTTPS://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1996-02-22/ENTERTAINMENT/CA-38541_1_NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS	ACCESS-DATE=21 JANUARY 2017, 22 February 1996,

| Halle Berry

Solomon & Sheba (1995 film)>Solomon & Sheba

| C. C. H. Pounder| Zooman| Regina Taylor

Children of the Dust (miniseries)>Children of the Dust

| Vanessa Williams

Bye Bye Birdie#1995 TV-movie>Bye Bye Birdie

1997

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Cicely Tyson| The Road to Galveston

HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000345/1997>TITLE=1997 IMAGE AWARD WINNERS	ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 2, 2016,

| Vanessa Bell Calloway| America's Dream| Ruby Dee| Captive Heart: The James Mink Story| Jasmine Guy| America's Dream| Jada Pinkett Smith| If These Walls Could Talk

1998

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Alfre Woodard| Miss Evers' Boys

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Brandy Norwood>Brandy	Cinderella

| Whoopi Goldberg| Lonette McKee| To Dance with Olivia| Vanessa Williams

The Odyssey (miniseries)>The Odyssey

1999

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Cicely Tyson| Mama Flora's Family

THE CRISIS>URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=UVKEAAAAMBAJ&DQ=NAACP+IMAGE+AWARDS+MUSIC+1999+OUTSTANDING+ACTOR+IN+A+MOTION+PICTURE&PG=PA37	PUBLISHER=THE CRISIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.	LANGUAGE=EN,

| Vanessa Bell Calloway

The Temptations (miniseries)>The Temptations

| Halle Berry

The Wedding (miniseries)>The Wedding

| Queen Latifah| Mama Flora's Family| Lynn Whitfield

The Wedding (miniseries)>The Wedding

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2000s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"! style="width:11%;"| Year! style="width:42%;"| Actress! style="width:42%;"| Movie / Series! style="width:5%;"| Ref

2000

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Halle Berry| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Diahann Carroll

(Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (film)|Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years)

| Ruby Dee| Cicely Tyson

A Lesson Before Dying (film)>A Lesson Before Dying

| Lynn Whitfield| Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

2001

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Natalie Cole| Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Khandi Alexander| The Corner| Loretta Devine

Freedom Song (film)>Freedom Song

| Nia Long| If These Walls Could Talk 2| Alfre Woodard| Holiday Heart

2002

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Angela Bassett| Ruby's Bucket of Blood

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Carmen Ejogo

Boycott (2001 film)>Boycott

| Kimberly Elise

Bojangles (film)>Bojangles

| Pam Grier

3 A.M. (2001 film)>3 A.M.

| Phylicia Rashad| The Old Settler

2003

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Angela Bassett| The Rosa Parks Story

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Gloria Reuben| Little John| Jackie Richardson

Sins of the Father (2002 film)>Sins of the Father

| Vanessa Williams| Keep the Faith, Baby| N'Bushe Wright

Widows (TV series)#In other media>Widows

2004

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Whoopi Goldberg| Good Fences

HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000345/2004>TITLE=2004 IMAGE AWARD WINNERS	ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 2, 2016,

| Suzzanne Douglas

Sounder (film)>Sounder

| Vanessa Ferlito

Undefeated (2003 film)>Undefeated

| Mo'Nique| Good Fences

2005

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Lynn Whitfield| (Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Tyra Ferrell| NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323| Tangi Miller| Phantom Force| Keke Palmer| The Wool Cap| Gabrielle Union| Something the Lord Made

2006

style="background:#B0C4DE"| S. Epatha Merkerson

Lackawanna Blues (film)>Lackawanna Blues	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Halle Berry

Their Eyes Were Watching God (film)>Their Eyes Were Watching God

| Carmen Ejogo

Lackawanna Blues

| Macy Gray| Rosie Perez

2007

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Sophie Okonedo| (Tsunami: The Aftermath)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Fantasia Barrino

Life Is Not a Fairy Tale

| Loretta Devine| Patti LaBelle| Why I Wore My Lipstick to My Mastectomy| Aisha Tyler| For One Night

2008

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Queen Latifah

Life Support (film)>Life Support	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| S. Epatha Merkerson| Girl, Positive| Sydney Tamiia Poitier

The List (2007 film)>The List

| Holly Robinson Peete| Matters of Life and Dating| Anika Noni Rose

The Starter Wife (miniseries)>The Starter Wife

2009

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Phylicia Rashad| A Raisin in the Sun

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Sanaa Lathan

A Raisin in the Sun

| Audra McDonald| Vanessa Estelle Williams

Flirting with Forty>Flirting with 40

| Chandra Wilson| Accidental Friendship">

2010s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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2010

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Kimberly Elise| (Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Ruby Dee

America (2009 film)>America

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor>Aunjanue Ellis| (Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story)

| Rosie O'Donnell

America (2009 film)>America

| Cicely Tyson| Relative Stranger

2011

style="background:#B0C4DE"

Jill Scott (singer)>Jill Scott| Sins of the Mother	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Lucy Liu

Marry Me (miniseries)>Marry Me

| Tamera Mowry

Double Wedding

| Tia Mowry| Rosie Perez| Lies in Plain Sight

2012

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Taraji P. Henson| (Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Rosario Dawson

Five

| Tracee Ellis Ross| Jenifer Lewis| Anika Noni Rose

Have a Little Faith (film)>Have a Little Faith

2013

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Alfre Woodard

Steel Magnolias (2012 film)>Steel Magnolias	HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/NEWS/NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-WINNERS-ANNOUNCED-417553>TITLE=2013 IMAGE WINNERS	FIRST=AARON	WEBSITE=THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, August 2, 2016,

| Queen Latifah

Steel Magnolias (2012 film)>Steel Magnolias

| Keke Palmer| (Abducted: The Carlina White Story)| Phylicia Rashad

Steel Magnolias

Jill Scott (singer)>Jill Scott

2014

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Gabrielle Union| Being Mary Jane

HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/NEWS/NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-WINNERS-682585>TITLE=2014 IMAGE WINNERS	FIRST=AARON	WEBSITE=THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, August 2, 2016,

Angela Bassett| (American Horror Story: Coven)

| Betty & Coretta| Keke Palmer| (CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story)| Gabourey Sidibe| (American Horror Story: Coven)

2015

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Cicely Tyson

The Trip to Bountiful (play)#2014 Television film>The Trip to Bountiful	HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/NEWS/NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-2015-WINNERS-771018>TITLE=2015 IMAGE WINNERS	FIRST=ARLENE	WEBSITE=THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, August 2, 2016,

| Angela Bassett| (American Horror Story: Freak Show)| Regina King| The Gabby Douglas Story| Keke Palmer

The Trip to Bountiful

| Vanessa Williams

2016

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Queen Latifah

Bessie (film)>Bessie	HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2016/FILM/NEWS/NAACP-AWARDS-WINNERS-LIST-IMAGE-CREED-QUEEN-LATIFAH-1201698809/>TITLE=2016 IMAGE WINNERS	VARIETY (MAGAZINE)>VARIETY, August 2, 2016,

| Angela Bassett| (American Horror Story: Hotel)

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor>Aunjanue Ellis	The Book of Negroes (miniseries)>The Book of Negroes

| LaTanya Richardson Jackson| Show Me a Hero

Jill Scott (singer)>Jill Scott	With This Ring (2015 film)>With This Ring

2017

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Regina King

American Crime (TV series)>American Crime	HTTPS://DEADLINE.COM/2016/12/IMAGE-AWARDS-NOMINEES-BEYONCE-NATE-PARKER-DONALD-GLOVER-48TH-NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-1201869526/>TITLE=RUTH NEGGA, ANGELA BASSETT AND TARAJI P. HENSON NOMINATED	FIRST=PATRICK	WEBSITE=DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD	>ACCESS-DATE=JANUARY 2, 2017,

| Emayatzy Corinealdi

Roots (2016 miniseries)>Roots

| Audra McDonald| Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill| Anika Noni Rose

Roots (2016 miniseries)>Roots

| Kerry Washington

Confirmation (film)>Confirmation

2018

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Queen Latifah

Flint (film)>Flint

| Regina King

American Crime (TV series)>American Crime

| Sanna Lathan

Shots Fired (TV series)>Shots Fired

Jill Scott (singer)>Jill Scott | Flint

| Oprah Winfrey

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (film)>The Immortal Life it Henrietta Lacks

2019

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Regina King

Seven Seconds (TV series)>Seven Seconds

| Anna Deavere Smith | Notes from the Field| Gabrielle Dennis | The Bobby Brown Story| Jeanté Godlock | The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar | Toni Braxton | Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story">

2020s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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2020

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Neicy Nash| When They See Us

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor>Aunjanue Ellis | When They See Us

| Octavia Spencer

Truth Be Told (2019 TV series)>Truth Be Told

| Gabrielle Union | Being Mary Jane| Kerry Washington

American Son (2019 film)>American Son

2021

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Octavia Spencer

(Self Made (miniseries)>Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker)

| Michaela Coel| I May Destroy You

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor>Aunjanue Ellis| (The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel)

| Tessa Thompson| Sylvie's Love| Kerry Washington

Little Fires Everywhere (miniseries)>Little Fires Everywhere

2022

style="background:#B0C4DE" | Taraji P. Henson| Annie Live!

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS>URL=HTTPS://NAACPIMAGEAWARDS.NET/NOMINEES/	DATE=FEBRUARY 26, 2022,

| Danielle Brooks| (Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia)| Cynthia Erivo| (Genius: Aretha)| Betty Gabriel

Clickbait (miniseries)>Clickbait

| Jodie Turner-Smith

Anne Boleyn (TV series)>Anne Boleyn

2023

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Niecy Nash| (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)| Viola Davis

The First Lady (American TV series)>The First Lady

| Regina Hall| (The Best Man: The Final Chapters)| Sanaa Lathan| (The Best Man: The Final Chapters)| Zoe Saldaña

From Scratch (TV series)>From Scratch

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

6 wins

• Alfre Woodard

4 wins

• Cicely Tyson

3 wins

• Lynn Whitfield
• Queen Latifah

2 wins

• Angela Bassett
• Halle Berry
• Niecy Nash
• Taraji P. Henson
• Regina King

Nominations

7 nominations

• Alfre Woodard

6 nominations

• Angela Bassett
• Cicely Tyson

5 nominations

• Halle Berry
• Lynn Whitfield

4 nominations

• Regina King
• Queen Latifah
• Keke Palmer
• Jill Scott
• Vanessa Williams
• Aunjanue Ellis

3 nominations

• Ruby Dee
• Phylicia Rashad
• Anika Noni Rose
• Gabrielle Union
• Kerry Washington

2 nominations

• Vanessa Bell Calloway
• Loretta Devine
• Carmen Ejogo
• Kimberly Elise
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Taraji P. Henson
• Audra McDonald
• S. Epatha Merkerson
• Rosie Perez
• Octavia Spencer

References

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