Colman Domingo & Ayo Edebiri Continue to Dominate Awards Season With NAACP Image Award Nominations

Actors Colman Domingo and Ayo Edebiri continue to dominate this awards season with the pair, who have now received their first Academy Award and Emmy nominations respectively, lead the way at this year’s 55th NAACP Image Awards. Domingo, who has seen his star rise rapidly thanks to his acclaimed role as Bayard Rustin in the biographical drama Rustin, has been nominated for three awards, including Outstanding Actor in a motion picture for Rustin and Entertainer of the Year.

Ayo Edebiri, meanwhile, continues to see success for her performance as talented young chef Sydney Adamu in the FX and Hulu series, The Bear. Edebiri recently won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in the hit series and has now been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress for The Bear and for her performance as Guest Actress in the sitcom Abbott Elementary at the NAACP Image Awards.

Other names up for the top prize of NAACP’s Entertainer of the Year Award include Fantasia Barrino, Halle Bailey, Keke Palmer, and Usher, who has earned five nominations overall.

The NAACP Image Awards is presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. The 55th NAACP Image Awards are due to take place on March 16, 2024.

The Nominees at the 55th Naacp Image Awards

Where movies and television are concerned, the likes of The Color Purple, Origin, American Fiction (which recently earned five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor), and the Netflix sci-fi comedy They Cloned Tyrone are up for Outstanding Motion Picture. Meanwhile, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, and Johnn Boyega are up for Outstanding Actor, with Fantasia Barrino, Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor, and Halle Bailey get the nod for Outstanding Actress.

On the small screen side of things, the likes of Abbott Elementary, Harlem, Survival of the Thickest, and The Neighborhood are among the nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series, while the Outstanding Drama list includes Bel–Air, Found, and Snowfall.

You can check out the nominees for some of the major categories below and see a full list here.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Colman Domingo
• Fantasia Barrino
• Halle Bailey
• Keke Palmer
• Usher

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture

• “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
• “Origin” (NEON)
• “Rustin” (Netflix)
• “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “They Cloned Tyrone” (Netflix)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Colman Domingo – “Rustin”
• Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer 3”
• Jamie Foxx – “The Burial”
• Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction”
• John Boyega – “They Cloned Tyrone”

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor – “Origin”
• Fantasia Barrino – “The Color Purple”
• Halle Bailey – “The Little Mermaid”
• Teyana Taylor – “A Thousand And One”
• Yara Shahidi – “Sitting in Bars with Cake”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Colman Domingo – “The Color Purple”
• Corey Hawkins – “The Color Purple”
• Glynn Turman – “Rustin”
• Jamie Foxx – “They Cloned Tyrone”
• Sterling K. Brown – “American Fiction”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Danielle Brooks – “The Color Purple”
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “The Holdovers”
• Erika Alexander – “American Fiction”
• Halle Bailey – “The Color Purple”
• Taraji P. Henson – “The Color Purple”

Outstanding International Motion Picture

• “Anatomy of a Fall”
• “Brother”
• “Mami Wata”
• “Rye Lane”
• “Society of the Snow”

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

• Aaron Pierre – “Brother”
• Laya DeLeon Hayes – “The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster”
• Mila Davis–Kent – “Creed III”
• Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – “The Color Purple”
• Teyana Taylor – “A Thousand And One”

The Color Purple

Director

Blitz Bazawule

Writers

Marcus Gardley , Alice Walker , Marsha Norman

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

• “Elemental”
• “Lil’ Ruby”
• “Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse”
• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
• “Wish”

Outstanding Youth Performance in a Motion Picture

• Aaron Kingsley Adetola – “A Thousand And One”
• Aven Courtnery – “A Thousand And One”
• Calah Lane – “Wonka”
• Lennox Simms – “Origin”
• Mila Davis–Kent – “Creed III”

Creed III

Writers

Zach Baylin , Keenan Coogler

TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series

• “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
• “Harlem” (Amazon Prime Video)
• “Survival of the Thickest” (Netflix)
• “The Neighborhood” (CBS)
• “UnPrisoned” (Hulu/Onyx)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Cedric The Entertainer – “The Neighborhood”
• Delroy Lindo – “UnPrisoned”
• Dulé Hill – ”The Wonder Years”
• Mike Epps – “The Upshaws”
• Tone Bell – “Survival of the Thickest”

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kerry Washington – “UnPrisoned”
• Meagan Good – “Harlem”
• Michelle Buteau – “Survival of the Thickest”
• Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary”
• Tichina Arnold – “The Neighborhood”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kenan Thompson – “Saturday Night Live”
• Roy Wood Jr. – “The Daily Show”
• Tyler Lepley – “Harlem”
• Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary”
• William Stanford Davis – “Abbott Elementary”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear”
• Ego Nwodim – “Saturday Night Live”
• Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary”
• Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Abbott Elementary”
• Shoniqua Shandai – “Harlem”

Outstanding Drama Series

• “Bel–Air” (Peacock)
• “Black Cake” (Hulu)
• “Found” (NBC)
• “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” (Netflix)
• “Snowfall” (FX)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Damson Idris – “Snowfall”
• Forest Whitaker – “Godfather of Harlem”
• Idris Elba – “Hijack”
• Jabari Banks – “Bel–Air”
• Jesse L. Martin – “The Irrational”

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Angela Bassett – “9–1–1”
• India Ria Amarteifio – “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”
• Octavia Spencer – “Truth Be Told”
• Queen Latifah – “The Equalizer”
• Zoe Saldaña – “Special Ops: Lioness”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Adrian Holmes – “Bel–Air”
• Amin Joseph – “Snowfall”
• Giancarlo Esposito – “Godfather of Harlem”
• LaRoyce Hawkins – “Chicago PD”
• Wendell Pierce – “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Adjoa Andoh – “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”
• Arsema Thomas – “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”
• Golda Rosheuvel – “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”
• Gail Bean – “Snowfall”
• Nicole Beharie – “The Morning Show”

Outstanding Animated Series

• “Big Mouth” (Netflix)
• “Gracie’s Corner” (YouTube TV)
• “Marvel’s Spidey & His Amazing Friends” (Disney Junior)
• “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” (Disney Channel)
• “Young Love” (HBO Max)

RECORDING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Male Artist

• Burna Boy
• Chris Brown
• Davido
• Jon Batiste
• Usher

Outstanding Female Artist

• Ari Lennox
• H.E.R.
• Janelle Monáe
• Tems
• Victoria Monét

Outstanding Album

• “Clear 2: Soft Life” – Summer Walker
• “For All The Dogs” – Drake
• “I Told Them…” – Burna Boy
• “Jaguar II” – Victoria Monét
• “The Age of Pleasure” – Janelle Monáe

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

• “Creed III: The Soundtrack” – Michael B. Jordan, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis, Frank Brim
• “Godfather of Harlem: Season 3 (Original Series Soundtrack)” – Swizz Beatz & Avery Chambliss
• “Metro Boomin Presents Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture/Deluxe Edition)” – Metro Boomin
• “The Color Purple–Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” – Various Producers
• “The Little Mermaid Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” – Alan Menken, Mike Higham and Lin–Manuel Miranda