PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX HONORED WITH THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD
WINNERS INCLUDE ANGELA BASSETT, ISSA RAE, JENNIFER HUDSON, NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES, STERLING K. BROWN, WILL SMITH, AND MORE
THE STAR-STUDDED EVENING FEATURED APPEARANCES FROM KERRY WASHINGTON, LIL NAS X, LL COOL J, MORGAN FREEMAN, REGINA KING, MEGAN THEE STALLION, PAULA PATTON, SIMU LIU, TIFFANY HADDISH, AND ZENDAYA
LOS ANGELES -- Following the week-long virtual experience, the NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” winners during a special LIVE broadcast on BET hosted by seven-time NAACP Image Awards winner Anthony Anderson and presented by Wells Fargo. (Watch an encore presentation of the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” on March 2 at 8:45 pm CEST, and MTV Brazil on Thursday, March 3. #NAACPImageAwards.)
Winners of the night included Jennifer Hudson (Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture – “Respect”), Angela Bassett (Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series - “9-1-1”), Will Smith (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture - “King Richard”), Sterling K. Brown (Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series – “This is Us”), Issa Rae (Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series – “Insecure”), Anthony Anderson (Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series – “black-ish”), Nikole Hannah-Jones (Social Justice Impact) and “The Harder They Fall” (Outstanding Motion Picture).
During the ceremony, NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, presented the President’s Award to Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex who together have heeded the call to social justice and have joined the struggle for equity both in the U.S. and around the world.
“Through the work of their foundation and their unwavering commitment to the causes we believe in and share, [The Duke and Duchess of Sussex] have demonstrated they are so deserving of this honor,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
NAACP Image Award winner and Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson was recognized with the prestigious Chairman’s Award during the ceremony. In his acceptance speech, Jackson quoting Marion Wright: “Service is the rent we pay for being. The very purpose of life and not something we do in our spare time,” prompted the audience to continue “to put [their] legs, [their] bodies, and our voices to work to make sure that people do get out and vote no matter what they do keep us from doing it.”
The ceremony also featured a spectacular performance by nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer and two-time Academy Award-nominated actress and producer Mary J. Blige. Additional guest appearances included Kerry Washington, Lil Nas X, LL Cool J, Megan Thee Stallion, Michael Strahan, Morgan Freeman, Regina King, Paula Patton, Simu Liu, Tiffany Haddish, and Zendaya.
53RD ANNUAL NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WINNERS LIST
Outstanding Comedy Series
Black-ish
Harlem
Insecure - WINNER
Run the World
The Upshaws
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish” - WINNER
Cedric the Entertainer, “The Neighborhood”
Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”
Elisha “EJ” Williams, “The Wonder Years”
Jay Ellis, “Insecure”
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Issa Rae, “Insecure” WINNER
Loretta Devine, “Family Reunion”
Regina Hall, “Black Monday”
Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish”
Yvonne Orji, “Insecure”
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1
All American
Godfather of Harlem
Pose
Queen Sugar - WINNER
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Billy Porter, “Pose”
Damson Idris, “Snowfall”
Forest Whitaker, “Godfather of Harlem”
Kofi Siriboe, “Queen Sugar”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us” - WINNER
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Angela Bassett, “9-1-1″ - WINNER
Dawn-Lyen Gardner, “Queen Sugar”
Octavia Spencer, “Truth Be Told”
Queen Latifah, “The Equalizer”
Rutina Wesley, “Queen Sugar”
Outstanding Motion Picture
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“King Richard”
“Respect”
“The Harder They Fall” - WINNER
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Jonathan Majors, “The Harder They Fall”
LaKeith Stanfield, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Mahershala Ali, “Swan Song”
Will Smith, “King Richard” - WINNER
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Halle Berry, “Bruised”
Jennifer Hudson, “Respect” - WINNER
Tessa Thompson, “Passing”
Zendaya, “Malcolm & Marie”
Entertainer of the Year
Jennifer Hudson - WINNER
Lil Nas X
Megan Thee Stallion
Regina King
Tiffany Haddish
Social Justice Impact
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Chairman’s Award
Samuel L. Jackson
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