37th NAACP Image Awards

Special awards

Film

Outstanding Motion Picture

• Coach Carter
• ** Crash **
• Hitch
• Hustle & Flow
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Laurence Fishburne - Assault on Precinct 13
• ** Samuel L. Jackson - Coach Carter **
• Shemar Moore - Diary of a Mad Black Woman
• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Will Smith - Hitch

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• ** Kimberly Elise - Diary of a Mad Black Woman **
• Queen Latifah - Beauty Shop
• Rosario Dawson - Rent
• Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha
• Zoe Saldaña - Guess Who

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Anthony Anderson - Hustle & Flow
• Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Crash
• Don Cheadle - Crash
• Larenz Tate - Crash
• ** Terrence Howard - Crash **

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Ashanti - Coach Carter
• ** Cicely Tyson - Diary of a Mad Black Woman **
• Elise Neal - Hustle & Flow
• Taraji P. Henson - Hustle & Flow
• Thandie Newton - Crash

Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film

• ** The Boys of Baraka **
• Cape of Good Hope
• The Constant Gardener
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• Syriana

Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie

• George C. Wolfe – Lackawanna Blues
• **John Singleton – Four Brothers **
• Malcolm Lee – Roll Bounce
• Thomas Carter – Coach Carter
• Tim Story – Fantastic Four

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

• The Bernie Mac Show
• The Boondocks
• ** Everybody Hates Chris **
• Girlfriends
• Half & Half

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• '*Bernie Mac - *The Bernie Mac Show'''''
• Donald Faison - Scrubs
• George Lopez - George Lopez
• Omar Gooding - Barbershop: The Series
• Tyler James Williams - Everybody Hates Chris

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Holly Robinson Peete - Love, Inc.
• Jill Marie Jones - Girlfriends
• Rachel True - Half & Half
• **Tichina Arnold - Everybody Hates Chris **
• Tracee Ellis Ross - Girlfriends

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Chico Benymon - Half & Half
• Kenan Thompson - Saturday Night Live
• Mehcad Brooks - Desperate Housewives
• **Reggie Hayes - Girlfriends **
• Terry Crews - Everybody Hates Chris

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• **Camille Winbush - The Bernie Mac Show **
• Kellita Smith - The Bernie Mac Show
• Telma Hopkins - Half & Half
• Valarie Pettiford - Half & Half
• Wanda Sykes - Curb Your Enthusiasm

Outstanding Drama Series

• Commander In Chief
• CSI: Miami
• ** Grey's Anatomy **
• House
• Lost

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Hill Harper - CSI: NY
• Ice-T - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• **Isaiah Washington - Grey's Anatomy **
• Jesse L. Martin - Law & Order
• Omar Epps - House

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• CCH Pounder - The Shield
• Khandi Alexander - CSI: Miami
• Kimberly Elise - Close to Home
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Without A Trace
• **Vivica A. Fox - Missing **

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Dennis Haysbert - 24
• **Gary Dourdan - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation **
• Harry Lennix - Commander in Chief
• James Pickens Jr. - Grey's Anatomy
• Mekhi Phifer - ER

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Aisha Tyler - 24
• Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy
• Kerry Washington - Boston Legal
• Pam Grier - The L Word
• **S. Epatha Merkerson - Law & Order **

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special

• ** Lackawanna Blues **
• Mississippi Justice
• Sometimes in April
• The Reading Room
• Their Eyes Were Watching God

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special

• Idris Elba - Sometimes in April
• Jeffrey Wright - Lackawanna Blues
• Michael Ealy - Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Their Eyes Were Watching God
• **Terrence Dashon Howard - Lackawanna Blues **

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special

• Carmen Ejogo - Lackawanna Blues
• Halle Berry - Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Macy Gray - Lackawanna Blues
• Rosie Perez - Lackawanna Blues
• **S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues **

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Antonio Sabato Jr. - The Bold and the Beautiful
• Bryton McClure - The Young and the Restless
• Kristoff St. John - The Young and the Restless
• Michael B. Jordan - All My Children
• **Shemar Moore - The Young and the Restless **

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Christel Khalil - The Young and the Restless
• Marla Gibbs - Passions
• Tonya Lee Williams - The Young and the Restless
• Tracey Ross - Passions
• **Victoria Rowell - The Young and the Restless **

Outstanding Television News, Talk, or Information (Series or Special)

• CNN Coverage: Honoring Rosa Parks
• Judge Mathis
• ** Tavis Smiley **
• The Tyra Banks Show
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)

• 2005 Black Movie Awards – A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present, and Future
• 77th Academy Awards
• ** BET Awards 2005 **
• Mo'Nique's Fat Chance
• Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special

• Jo Marie Payton – The Proud Family Movie
• Kevin Clash – Sesame Street
• Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family Movie
• **Raven-Symoné – That's So Raven **
• Tommy Davidson – The Proud Family Movie

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• Janice Cooke-Leonard – Charmed
• Janice Cooke-Leonard – One Tree Hill
• Janice Cooke-Leonard – Summerland
• **Paris Barclay – Cold Case **
• Phillip G. Atwell – The Shield

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Eric Dean Seaton – That's So Raven
• James D. Wilcox – My Wife & Kids
• Ken Whittingham – Everybody Hates Chris
• Mattie C. Caruthers – My Wife & Kids
• '*Millicent Shelton – *The Bernie Mac Show'''''

Literature

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

• 72 Hour Hold – Bebe Moore Campbell
• Fledging – Octavia Butler
• ** Breaking the Cycle – Zane**
• Cinnamon Kiss – Walter Mosley
• Genevieve: A Novel – Eric Jerome Dickey

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction

• Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir by Stanley Tookie Williams – Stanley Tookie Williams
• ** Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has The Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? – Michael Eric Dyson**
• The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters and Speeches – Edited by Myrlie Evers-Williams and Manning Marable
• 50 Years After Brown: The State of Black Equality in America – Anthony Asadullah Samad
• Winning The Race: Beyond The Crisis In Black America – John McWhorter

Outstanding Literary Work – Children's

• ** Girls Hold Up This World – Jada Pinkett Smith**
• I Can Make A Difference – Marian Wright Edelman
• The School Is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement – Doreen Rappaport
• Honey Baby Sugar Child – Alice Faye Duncan
• Please, Puppy, Please – Spike Lee

Music

References:

Outstanding New Artist

• Bobby Valentino
• Chris Brown
• Keyshia Cole
• Leela James
• Omarion

Outstanding Male Artist

• Common
• Jamie Foxx
• Kanye West
• Kem
• Stevie Wonder

Outstanding Female Artist

• Alicia Keys
• India.Arie
• Mariah Carey
• Mary J. Blige
• Toni Braxton

Outstanding Duo or Group

• The Black Eyed Peas
• Destiny's Child
• Earth, Wind, & Fire
• Floetry
• Ray Charles and Various Artists

Outstanding Jazz Artist

• Billy Miles
• Jermaine Gardner
• Mike Phillips
• Najee
• Onaje Allan Gumbs

Outstanding Gospel Artist (Traditional or Contemporary)

• CeCe Winans – Purified
• Donnie McClurkin – Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs
• Kirk Franklin – Hero
• Mary Mary – Mary Mary
• **Yolanda Adams – Day by Day **

Outstanding Music Video

• **Alicia Keys – Unbreakable **
• Common – Testify
• Destiny's Child – Stand Up For Love
• Kanye West – Diamonds From Sierra Leone
• Mariah Carey – We Belong Together

Outstanding Song

• Be Without You – Mary J. Blige
• Diamonds From Sierra Leone – Kanye West
• I Can’t Stop Loving You – Kem
• ** Unbreakable – Alicia Keys**
• We Belong Together – Mariah Carey

Outstanding Album

• Alicia Keys Unplugged – Alicia Keys
• The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige
• ** Emancipation of Mimi – Mariah Carey**
• Late Registration – Kanye West
• So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross – Luther Vandross and Various Artists

References

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