The NAACP Image Awards has revealed even more winners ahead of Saturday’s 2026 NAACP Image Awards ceremony.
During Thursday’s non-televised Creative Honors event, the NAACP Image Awards presented awards in various TV and film categories.
Sinners, which leads this year’s NAACP Image Awards nominations with 18 nods, racked up four more wins with Ryan Coogler winning best writing and directing for a film and Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo named best supporting actress and actor, respectively, in a motion picture. Thursday night’s Sinners accolades come after the Warner Bros. film, which scored a record–breaking 16 Oscar nominations, won three awards during Wednesday’s non-televised virtual event.
Abbott Elementary won three awards Thursday, taking home best comedy series and comedy supporting actor (William Stanford Davis) and actress (Janelle James), respectively.
Double winners Thursday included Don Lemon, Number One on the Call Sheet and Straw, which also won multiple awards in the non-televised virtual ceremonies earlier in the week.
Other notable winners on Thursday night included Zootopia 2 (best animated motion picture), The Jennifer Hudson Show (best talk series), Cedric The Entertainer (best actor in a comedy series for The Neighborhood), Reasonable Doubt (best drama series), Sterling K. Brown (best actor in a drama series for Paradise) and Caleb McLaughlin (best supporting actor in a drama series for Stranger Things).
The NAACP Image Awards presented trophies in various categories during three virtual ceremonies on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Michelle Obama, Will Packer and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show were among the winners on night one. Lamar, SZA and Cardi B were among the night two winners. And Sinners, Gracie’s Corner, Ironheart, Celebrity Family Feud and Straw were among the multiple award winners on night three. During Thursday’s Creative Honors, Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant was presented with the Mildred Bond Roxborough Social Justice Impact Award. And Friday, A$AP Rocky will be honored with the Vanguard Award for Fashion at the NAACP Image Awards’ Reception & Fashion Show, hosted by Meagan Good.
The 2026 NAACP Image Awards, hosted by Deon Cole, will air live on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET and CBS from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Special honorees include Chairman’s Award recipient Viola Davis and President’s Award recipient Colman Domingo. Additionally, Salt-n-Pepa and DJ Spinderella will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards’ Hall of Fame.
A complete list of the NAACP Image Awards’ Creative Honors winners follows.
Outstanding Talk Series
House Guest (YouTube TV)
Sherri (Syndicated)
Tamron Hall Show (ABC)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated)
The View (ABC)
Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Sneaks (Briarcliff Entertainment)
The Bad Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) (WINNER)
Outstanding Actor in a Limited Television (Series, Special or Movie)
Brian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Giancarlo Esposito – Please Don’t Feed The Children (Tubi)
Idris Elba – Heads of State (Prime Video)
Taye Diggs – Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours (Lifetime)
Tyler Lepley – Ruth & Boaz (Netflix) (WINNER)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Edwina Finley – The Residence (Netflix)
Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC) (WINNER)
Jerrie Johnson – Harlem (Prime Video)
Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons (Netflix)
Giancarlo Esposito – The Residence (Netflix)
Josh Johnson – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Wendell Pierce – Elsbeth (CBS)
William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary (ABC) (WINNER)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC) (WINNER)
Harlem (Prime Video)
Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
The Residence (Netflix)
The Upshaws (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Aisha Hinds – 9-1-1 (ABC) (WINNER)
Audra McDonald – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
Karen Pittman – Forever (Netflix)
Karen Pittman – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Outstanding Digital Content Creator – Art/Comedy
Darren Watkins Jr. – @IShowSpeed
Jordan Howlett – @jordan_the_stallion8
Joshua Neal – @joshuadneal
Lou Young – @Louuuyoung
Tee Sanders – @teesanderscomedy (WINNER)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Janelle James – One Of Them Days (Sony)
Jayme Lawson – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Regina Hall – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Damson Idris – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Delroy Lindo – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Jeffrey Wright – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood (CBS) (WINNER)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
David Oyelowo – Government Cheese (Apple TV)
Mike Epps – The Upshaws (Netflix)
Vince Staples – The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Walter Mosley, Nadia Latif – The Man in My Basement (Andscape)
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Nora Garrett – After the Hunt (Amazon MGM Studios)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Syreeta Singleton – One of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Elijah Bynum – Magazine Dreams (Briarcliff Entertainment)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Lawrence Lamont – One of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)
R.T. Thorne – 40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Film)
Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson – Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Hulu)
Andre Gaines – Boo-Yah – A Portrait of Stuart Scott (ESPN)
Contessa Gayles – Songs from the Hole (Netflix)
Reginald Hudlin, Shola Lynch – Number One on the Call Sheet (Apple TV) (WINNER)
Yemi Oyediran – King of Them All: The Story of King Records (PBS)
Outstanding Documentary (Television)
A Star Without A Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (Apple TV)
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 (HBO Max)
Great Migrations: A People on the Move (PBS)
High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Peacock)
Number One On the Call Sheet (Apple TV) (WINNER)
Outstanding Actress in a Limited Television (Series, Special or Movie)
Brandy Norwood – Christmas Everyday (Lifetime)
Dominique Thorne – Ironheart (Disney+)
Serayah – Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Taraji P. Henson – Straw (Netflix) (WINNER)
Viola Davis – G20 (Prime Video)
Outstanding Limited Television (Series, Special, or Movie)
G20 (Prime Video)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Straw (Netflix) (WINNER)
Washington Black (Hulu)
Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Abby Phillip – CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (CNN)
Don Lemon – The Don Lemon Show (YouTube) (WINNER)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. – Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates. Jr. (PBS)
Scott Evans – House Guest (YouTube TV)
Sherri Shepherd — Sherri (Syndicated)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (CNN)
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)
Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm With Robin Roberts (ABC)
Michelle Obama: The Style, The Power, The Look: A Conversation with Robin Roberts (ABC)
The Don Lemon Show (YouTube) (WINNER)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Adrian Holmes – Bel-Air (Peacock)
Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Caleb McLaughlin – Stranger Things (Netflix) (WINNER)
Jacob Latimore – The Chi (Showtime)
Wood Harris – Forever (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Motion Picture
Amari Price – The Knife (Relativity Media)
Estella K. Kahiha – The Woman in the Yard (Athena Studios)
Jahleel Kamara – Shadow Force (Lionsgate)
Naya Desir-Johnson – Sarah’s Oil (Amazon MGM Studios) (WINNER)
Peyton Jackson – The Woman in the Yard (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited–Series)
Amanda Christine – IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO Max)
Blake Cameron James – IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO Max)
Jeremiah Felder – The Residence (Netflix)
Leah Sava Jeffries – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+) (WINNER)
Percy Daggs IV – Paradise (Hulu)
Outstanding Drama Series
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Beyond The Gates (CBS)
Forever (Netflix)
Paradise (Hulu)
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu) (WINNER)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Forest Whitaker – Godfather of Harlem (MGM+)
Jabari Banks – Bel-Air (Peacock)
Michael Cooper Jr. – Forever (Netflix)
Morris Chestnut – Watson (CBS)
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (ABC) (WINNER)
Outstanding Digital Content Creator – Political/Culture
Elizabeth Booker Houston – @bookersquared
Garrison Hayes – @garrisonh
George Lee Jr. – @theconsciouslee
Joshua Doss – @doss.discourse
Lynae Vanee – @lynaevanee (WINNER)
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