53rd NAACP Image Awards Nominees Announced

The Annual NAACP Image Awards have announced their 2022 nominees.

The nominees for the “53^rd NAACP Image Awards” were announced during a virtual event on NAACP’s Instagram channel, hosted by actress and musician Kyla Pratt, “Black-ish” actor Marcus Scribner and singer-songwriter Tinashe. Recognized as the nation’s preeminent multicultural awards show from an African-American perspective, the “53^rd NAACP Image Awards” celebrates the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color across more than 80 competitive categories spanning film, television + streaming, music, literature, and podcasts. Winners will be revealed during the two-hour LIVE TV special, which will be hosted by seven-time NAACP Image Awards Winner Anthony Anderson, airing Saturday, February 26^th, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on BET.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Jennifer Hudson

Lil Nas X

Megan Thee Stallion

Regina King

Tiffany Haddish

MOTION PICTURE 

Outstanding Motion Picture

Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)

The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films)

TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series

• `black-ish (ABC)
• Harlem (Amazon Studios)
• Insecure (HBO)
• Run the World (Starz)
• The Upshaws (Netflix)

Outstanding Drama Series

• 9-1-1 (FOX)
• All American (The CW)
• Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)
• Pose (FX Network)
• Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

NETFLIX LEADS WITH 52 NOMINATIONS. Check out The NAACP Awards for a full list of nominees.

BET and the NAACP place the health and safety of attendees, staff, vendors, and partners first. Due to the ever-changing developments with COVID-19 and variants, the powerful night in Black excellence will continue to move forward without an in-person audience in a not-to-be-missed event.

Voting is now open to the public to determine the winners of the “53^rd NAACP Image Awards” by visiting www.naacpimageawards.net – Voting closes on February 5, 2022.