NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

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

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1970s

Year	Actress	Movie / Series	Ref
1971
1971	Elena Verdugo	Marcus Welby, M.D.	^[1]
1972 – 79	—

1980s

Year	Actress	Movie / Series	Ref
1980 – 81	—
1982
1982	Irene Cara	Sister, Sister	^[2]
1983 – 87	—
1988
1988	Cicely Tyson	Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story	^{[citation needed]}
1989			^{[citation needed]}
1989	Alfre Woodard	Unnatural Causes	^[3]

1990s

Year	Actress	Movie / Series	Ref
1990
1990	Alfre Woodard	Mandela	^[4]
1991	—
1992
1992	Alfre Woodard	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	^{[citation needed]}
1993			^{[citation needed]}
1993	Lynn Whitfield	The Josephine Baker Story	^{[citation needed]}
1994			^{[citation needed]}
1994	Lynn Whitfield	I'll Fly Away	^[5]
1995			^[5]
1995	Halle Berry	Alex Haley's Queen	^[6]
1996			^[6]
	Alfre Woodard	The Piano Lesson	^[7]
	Halle Berry	Solomon & Sheba
	C. C. H. Pounder	Zooman
	Regina Taylor	Children of the Dust
	Vanessa Williams	Bye Bye Birdie
1997
	Cicely Tyson	The Road to Galveston	^[8]
	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
	Alfre Woodard	Miss Evers' Boys	^{[citation needed]}
	Brandy	Cinderella
	Whoopi Goldberg	Cinderella
	Lonette McKee	To Dance with Olivia
	Vanessa Williams	The Odyssey
1999
	Cicely Tyson	Mama Flora's Family	^[9]
	Vanessa Bell Calloway	The Temptations
	Halle Berry	The Wedding
	Queen Latifah	Mama Flora's Family
	Lynn Whitfield	The Wedding

2000s

Year	Actress	Movie / Series	Ref
2000
	Halle Berry	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	^{[citation needed]}
	Diahann Carroll	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
	Ruby Dee	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
	Cicely Tyson	A Lesson Before Dying
	Lynn Whitfield	Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
2001
	Natalie Cole	Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story	^{[citation needed]}
	Khandi Alexander	The Corner
	Loretta Devine	Freedom Song
	Nia Long	If These Walls Could Talk 2
	Alfre Woodard	Holiday Heart
2002
	Angela Bassett	Ruby's Bucket of Blood	^{[citation needed]}
	Carmen Ejogo	Boycott
	Kimberly Elise	Bojangles
	Pam Grier	3 A.M.
	Phylicia Rashad	The Old Settler
2003
	Angela Bassett	The Rosa Parks Story	^{[citation needed]}
	Gloria Reuben	Little John
	Jackie Richardson	Sins of the Father
	Vanessa Williams	Keep the Faith, Baby
	N'Bushe Wright	Widows
2004
	Whoopi Goldberg	Good Fences	^[10]
	Suzzanne Douglas	Sounder
	Vanessa Ferlito	Undefeated
	Mo'Nique	Good Fences
2005
	Lynn Whitfield	Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story	^{[citation needed]}
	Tyra Ferrell	NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
	Tangi Miller	Phantom Force
	Keke Palmer	The Wool Cap
	Gabrielle Union	Something the Lord Made
2006
	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lackawanna Blues	^{[citation needed]}
	Halle Berry	Their Eyes Were Watching God
	Carmen Ejogo	Lackawanna Blues
	Macy Gray
	Rosie Perez
2007
	Sophie Okonedo	Tsunami: The Aftermath	^{[citation needed]}
	Fantasia Barrino	Life Is Not a Fairy Tale
	Loretta Devine	Life Is Not a Fairy Tale
	Patti LaBelle	Why I Wore My Lipstick to My Mastectomy
	Aisha Tyler	For One Night
2008
	Queen Latifah	Life Support	^{[citation needed]}
	S. Epatha Merkerson	Girl, Positive
	Sydney Tamiia Poitier	The List
	Holly Robinson Peete	Matters of Life and Dating
	Anika Noni Rose	The Starter Wife
2009
	Phylicia Rashad	A Raisin in the Sun	^{[citation needed]}
	Sanaa Lathan	A Raisin in the Sun
	Audra McDonald	A Raisin in the Sun
	Vanessa Estelle Williams	Flirting with 40
	Chandra Wilson	Accidental Friendship

2010s

Year	Actress	Movie / Series	Ref
2010
	Kimberly Elise	Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story	^{[citation needed]}
	Ruby Dee	America
	Aunjanue Ellis	Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
	Rosie O'Donnell	America
	Cicely Tyson	Relative Stranger
2011
	Jill Scott	Sins of the Mother	^{[citation needed]}
	Lucy Liu	Marry Me
	Tamera Mowry	Double Wedding
	Tia Mowry	Double Wedding
	Rosie Perez	Lies in Plain Sight
2012
	Taraji P. Henson	Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story	^{[citation needed]}
	Rosario Dawson	Five
	Tracee Ellis Ross
	Jenifer Lewis
	Anika Noni Rose	Have a Little Faith
2013
	Alfre Woodard	Steel Magnolias	^[11]
	Queen Latifah	Steel Magnolias
	Keke Palmer	Abducted: The Carlina White Story
	Phylicia Rashad	Steel Magnolias
	Jill Scott	Steel Magnolias
2014
	Gabrielle Union	Being Mary Jane	^[12]
	Angela Bassett	American Horror Story: Coven
	Angela Bassett	Betty & Coretta
	Keke Palmer	CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story
	Gabourey Sidibe	American Horror Story: Coven
2015
	Cicely Tyson	The Trip to Bountiful	^[13]
	Angela Bassett	American Horror Story: Freak Show
	Regina King	The Gabby Douglas Story
	Keke Palmer	The Trip to Bountiful
	Vanessa Williams	The Trip to Bountiful
2016
	Queen Latifah	Bessie	^[14]
	Angela Bassett	American Horror Story: Hotel
	Aunjanue Ellis	The Book of Negroes
	LaTanya Richardson Jackson	Show Me a Hero
	Jill Scott	With This Ring
2017
	Regina King	American Crime	^[15]
	Emayatzy Corinealdi	Roots
	Audra McDonald	Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
	Anika Noni Rose	Roots
	Kerry Washington	Confirmation
2018
	Queen Latifah	Flint
	Regina King	American Crime
	Sanna Lathan	Shots Fired
	Jill Scott	Flint
	Oprah Winfrey	The Immortal Life it Henrietta Lacks
2019
	Regina King	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

Year	Actress	Movie / Series	Ref
2020
	Neicy Nash	When They See Us
	Aunjanue Ellis	When They See Us
	Octavia Spencer	Truth Be Told
	Gabrielle Union	Being Mary Jane
	Kerry Washington	American Son
2021
	Octavia Spencer	Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
	Michaela Coel	I May Destroy You
	Aunjanue Ellis	The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
	Tessa Thompson	Sylvie's Love
	Kerry Washington	Little Fires Everywhere
2022
	Taraji P. Henson	Annie Live!	^[16]
	Danielle Brooks	Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
	Cynthia Erivo	Genius: Aretha
	Betty Gabriel	Clickbait
	Jodie Turner-Smith	Anne Boleyn
2023
	Niecy Nash	Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
	Viola Davis	The First Lady
	Regina Hall	The Best Man: The Final Chapters
	Sanaa Lathan	The Best Man: The Final Chapters
	Zoe Saldaña	From Scratch
2024
	Chlöe Bailey	Praise This
	Ali Wong	Beef
	Dominique Fishback	Swarm
	Gabrielle Union	The Perfect Find
	Meagan Good	Buying Back My Daughter

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

6 wins

Alfre Woodard

4 wins

Cicely Tyson

3 wins

2 wins

Nominations

7 nominations

Alfre Woodard

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "1971 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
^ McCann, Bob (December 8, 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and television. McFarland. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
^ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "1990 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1994 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1995 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.

[1] "1971 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved February 27, 2016.

[2] McCann, Bob (December 8, 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and television. McFarland. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2. Retrieved November 27, 2022.

[3] Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[4] "1990 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[5] "1994 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[6] "1995 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[7] Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[8] "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[9] "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[10] "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[11] Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[12] Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[13] Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[14] "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[15] Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[16] "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.

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v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
1970s	Elena Verdugo (1971) No Award (1972–1979)
1980s	No Award (1980–1981) Irene Cara (1982) No Award (1983–1986) Cicely Tyson (1987) Alfre Woodard (1988) Alfre Woodard (1989)
1990s	No Award (1990) Alfre Woodard (1991) Lynn Whitfield (1992) Lynn Whitfield (1993) Halle Berry (1994) Alfre Woodard (1995) Cicely Tyson (1996) Alfre Woodard (1997) Cicely Tyson (1998) Halle Berry (1999)
2000s	Natalie Cole (2000) Angela Bassett (2001) Angela Bassett (2002) Whoopi Goldberg (2003) Lynn Whitfield (2004) S. Epatha Merkerson (2005) Sophie Okonedo (2006) Queen Latifah (2007) Phylicia Rashad (2008) Kimberly Elise (2009)
2010s	Jill Scott (2010) Taraji P. Henson (2011) Alfre Woodard (2012) Gabrielle Union (2013) Cicely Tyson (2014) Queen Latifah (2015) Regina King (2016) Queen Latifah (2017) Regina King (2018) Niecy Nash (2019)
2020s	Octavia Spencer (2020) Taraji P. Henson (2021) Niecy Nash (2022) Chlöe Bailey (2023)