NAACP Image Awards 2025

Die 56. NAACP Image Awards, die von der NAACP verliehen werden, wurden am 22. Februar 2025 im Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Kalifornien, verliehen. Ausgezeichnet wurden People of Color in verschiedenen Kategorien im Bereich Film, Fernsehen, Musik und Literatur für ihre Leistungen im Kalenderjahr 2022. Moderator war Deon Cole. Im Fernsehen wurden die Awards von BET sowie auf CBS übertragen.^[1]^[2] Kategorien, die nicht im Fernsehen übertragen wurden, wurden bereits im Livestream auf der Website des Awards am 21. Februar übertragen.^[3]

Die Nominierungen konnten zwischen dem 26. August und dem 8. November 2024 eingereicht werden. Über die Shortlist konnte vom 7. Januar bis zum 7. Februar 2025 abgestimmt werden. Die meisten Nominierungen konnte der Film The Piano Lesson von Malcolm Washington erreichen. Er erhielt insgesamt 14 Nominierungen.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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Bester Film	Beste Regie
The Six Triple Eight Bad Boys: Ride or Die Bob Marley: One Love The Piano Lesson Wicked	RaMell Ross — Die Nickel Boys (Nickel Boys) Jeymes Samuel – The Book of Clarence Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson Reinaldo Marcus Green – Bob Marley: One Love Steve McQueen – Blitz
Bester Hauptdarsteller	Beste Hauptdarstellerin
Martin Lawrence – Bad Boys: Ride or Die André Holland – Exhibiting Forgiveness Colman Domingo – Sing Sing John David Washington – The Piano Lesson Kingsley Ben-Adir – Bob Marley: One Love	Kerry Washington – The Six Triple Eight Cynthia Erivo – Wicked Lashana Lynch – Bob Marley: One Love Lupita Nyong'o – A Quiet Place: Tag Eins (A Quiet Place: Day One) Regina King – Shirley
Bester Nebendarsteller	Beste Nebendarstellerin
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II Brian Tyree Henry – The Fire Inside Corey Hawkins – The Piano Lesson David Alan Grier – The American Society of Magical Negroes Samuel L. Jackson – The Piano Lesson	Ebony Obsidian – The Six Triple Eight Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Exhibiting Forgiveness Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Die Nickel Boys (Nickel Boys) Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson Lynn Whitfield – Albany Road
Bester ausländischer Film	Bester Independentfilm
Emilia Pérez An ihrer Stelle (El lugar de la otra) Memoir of a Snail Die Saat des heiligen Feigenbaums (دانه‌ی انجیر معابد) The Wall Street Boy (Kipkemboi)	Sing Sing Albany Road Exhibiting Forgiveness Rob Peace We Grown Now
Bester Newcomer	Bestes Ensemble
Ebony Obsidian – The Six Triple Eight Brandon Wilson – Die Nickel Boys (Nickel Boys) Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson Ryan Destiny – The Fire Inside	The Six Triple Eight Bob Marley: One Love The Book of Clarence The Piano Lesson Wicked
Bester Animationsfilm	Beste Synchronisation – Film
Alles steht Kopf 2 (Inside Out 2) Kung Fu Panda 4 Vaiana 2 (Moana 2) Piece by Piece Der wilde Roboter (The Wild Robot)	Blue Ivy Carter – Mufasa: Der König der Löwen (Mufasa: The Lion King) Aaron Pierre – Mufasa: Der König der Löwen (Mufasa: The Lion King) Anika Noni Rose – Mufasa: Der König der Löwen (Mufasa: The Lion King) Ayo Edebiri – Alles steht Kopf 2 (Inside Out 2) Lupita Nyong'o – Der wilde Roboter (The Wild Robot)
Bester Kurzfilm	Bester Kurz-Animationsfilm
Superman Doesn't Steal Chocolate with Sprinkles Definitely Not a Monster If They Took Us Back My Brother & Me	Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz “Jackie Robinson” if(fy) Nate & John Self Walk in the Light
Kreativ-Newcomer (Motion Picture)	Bestes Drehbuch
Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson David Fortune – Color Book RaMell Ross – Die Nickel Boys (Nickel Boys) Titus Kaphar – Exhibiting Forgiveness Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice	RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes – Die Nickel Boys (Nickel Boys) Barry Jenkins – The Fire Inside Steve McQueen – Blitz Titus Kaphar – Exhibiting Forgiveness Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson
Bester jugendlicher Darsteller in einem Film	Beste Kamera
Skylar Aleece Smith – The Piano Lesson Anthony B. Jenkins – The Deliverance Blake Cameron James – We Grown Now Percy Daggs IV – Never Let Go – Lass niemals los(Never Let Go) Jeremiah Daniels – Color Book	Jomo Fray – Die Nickel Boys (Nickel Boys) Andrés Arochi – Longlegs Justin Derry – She Taught Love Lachlan Milne – Exhibiting Forgiveness Rob Hardy – The Book of Clarence

Beste Dramaserie
Alex Cross (Cross) 9-1-1 Bel-Air Found Reasonable Doubt
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie	Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie
Michael Rainey Jr. – Power Book II: Ghost Aldis Hodge – Alex Cross (Cross) Donald Glover – Mr. & Mrs. Smith Harold Perrineau – FROM Jabari Banks – Bel-Air	Queen Latifah – The Equalizer Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 Emayatzy Corinealdi – Reasonable Doubt Shanola Hampton – Found Zoe Saldaña – Special Ops: Lioness (Lioness)
Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Dramaserie	Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Dramaserie
Cliff Smith – Power Book II: Ghost Adrian Holmes – Bel–Air Isaiah Mustafa – Alex Cross (Cross) Jacob Latimore – The Chi Morris Chestnut – Reasonable Doubt	Lynn Whitfield – The Chi Adjoa Andoh – Bridgerton Coco Jones – Bel-Air Golda Rosheuvel – Bridgerton Lorraine Toussaint – The Equalizer
Beste Regie in einer Dramaserie	Bestes Drehbuch in einer Dramaserie
Rapman – Supacell Carl Franklin – Monster: Die Geschichte von Lyle und Erik Menendez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story) Marta Cunningham – Genius: MLK/X Marta Cunningham – Genius: MLK/X Paris Barclay – Monster: Die Geschichte von Lyle und Erik Menendez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)	Ben Watkins – Alex Cross (Cross) Azia Squire – Bridgerton Francesca Sloane, Donald Glover – Mr. & Mrs. Smith Geetika Lizardi – Bridgerton Lauren Gamble – Bridgerton

Beste Comedy-Serie
Abbott Elementary How to Die Alone Poppa's House The Neighborhood The Upshaws
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie	Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie
Damon Wayans – Poppa's House Cedric the Entertainer – The Neighborhood David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical Delroy Lindo – UnPrisoned Mike Epps – The Upshaws	Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary Ayo Edebiri – The Bear: King of the Kitchen (The Bear) Kerry Washington – UnPrisoned Natasha Rothwell – How to Die Alone Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood
Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie	Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie
Damon Wayans Jr. – Poppa's House Giancarlo Esposito – The Gentlemen Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary	Danielle Pinnock – Ghosts Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live Janelle James – Abbott Elementary Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws
Beste Regie in einer Comedy-Serie	Bestes Drehbuch in einer Comedy-Serie
Tiffany Johnson – How to Die Alone Ayo Edebiri – The Bear: King of the Kitchen (The Bear) Bentley Kyle Evans – Mind Your Business Robbie Countryman – The Upshaws William Smith – The Vince Staples Show	Crystal Jenkins – No Good Deed Ashley Nicole Black – Shrinking Brittani Nichols – Abbott Elementary Diarra Kilpatrick – Diarra From Detroit Jordan Temple – Abbott Elementary

Bester Fernsehfilm, Miniserie oder Special
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Genius: MLK/X Griselda Rebel Ridge The Madness
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie	Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge Colman Domingo – The Madness Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Genius: MLK/X Kevin Hart – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Laurence Fishburne – Clipped	Naturi Naughton – Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Sanaa Lathan – The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Sofía Vergara – Griselda Uzo Aduba – The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Miniserie oder einem Fernsehfilm	Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Miniserie oder einem Fernsehfilm
Samuel L. Jackson – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Don Cheadle – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Luke James – Them: The Scare Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X Terrence Howard – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist	Taraji P. Henson – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Brandy Norwood – Descendants: The Rise of Red Jayme Lawson – Genius: MLK/X Loretta Devine – Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted By Love Sanaa Lathan – Young. Wild. Free.
Beste Regie in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special	Bestes Drehbuch in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special
Tina Mabry – The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can Eat Kelley Kali – Kemba Marcelo Gama – BET Awards 2024 Shanta Fripp – Black Men's Summit Thembi L. Banks – Young. Wild. Free	Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Thembi L. Banks – Young. Wild. Free. Brandon Espy, Carl Reid – Mr. Crocket Bree West, Chazitear – A Wesley South African Christmas Rudy Mancuso, Dan Lagana – Música Tina Mabry, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Cee Marcellus – The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Beste Synchronisation (Fernsehen)	Bester Gastdarsteller
Cree Summer – Rugrats Angela Bassett – Orion und das Dunkel (Orion and the Dark) Cree Summer – The Legend of Vox Machina Dawnn Lewis – Star Trek: Lower Decks Keke Palmer – The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy	Marlon Wayans – Bel-Air Ayo Edebiri— Saturday Night Live Cree Summer – Abbott Elementary Keegan-Michael Key – Abbott Elementary Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live
Bester Kinderdarsteller
Leah Sava Jeffries – Percy Jackson: Die Serie (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) Caleb Elijah – Alex Cross (Cross) Graceyn Hollingsworth – Gracie's Corner Melody Hurd – Alex Cross (Cross) TJ Mixson – The Madness

Beste Talkshow	Beste Reality- oder Gameshow
The Jennifer Hudson Show Hart to Heart Sherri Tamron Hall The Shop (Staffel 7)	Celebrity Family Feud Password Rhythm + Flow The Real Housewives of Potomac Tia Mowry: My Next Act
Beste Nachrichtensendung	Bester Moderator einer Talkshow
The Reidout Black Men's Summit Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Laura Coates Live NewsNight with Abby Phillip	Jennifer Hudson – The Jennifer Hudson Show Abby Phillip – NewsNight with Abby Phillip Henry Louis Gates, Jr. – Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Joy Reid – The Reidout Sherri Shepherd – Sherri
Beste Varieté-Show (Series or Special)	Bester Moderator einer Reality-, Game- oder Varietée-Show
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... BET Awards 2024 Deon Cole: Ok, Mister Katt Williams: Woke Foke Saturday Night Live	Keke Palmer – Password Alfonso Ribeiro – Dancing with the Stars Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud Taraji P. Henson – BET Awards 2024

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Beste Kurzserie (Reality oder Fiktion)	Beste Animationsserie
The Prince of Death Row Records In the Margins NCAA Basketball on CBS Sports Roots of Resistance SC Featured	Gracie's Corner Arielle (Ariel) Everybody Still Hates Chris Iwájú Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Beste Kinderserie	Bester Kreativ-Newcomer (Fernsehen)
Gracie's Corner Craig of the Creek Descendants: The Rise of Red Sesamstraße (Sesame Street) Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin	Ayo Edebiri – The Bear: King of the Kitchen (The Bear) Diarra Kilpatrick – Diarra from Detroit Maurice Williams – The Madness Thembi L. Banks – Young. Wild. Free. Vince Staples – The Vince Staples Show
Bestes Stunt-Ensemble
Rebel Ridge Alex Cross (Cross) Grotesquerie Red One Them: The Scare

Bester Dokumentarfilm	Bester Dokumentarfilm (Fernsehen)
Luther: Never Too Much Daughters Frida King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones The Greatest Night in Pop	Black Barbie: A Documentary Black Twitter: A People's History Gospel Simone Biles Rising Sprint
Beste Regie in einer Dokumentation	Bester Kurz-Dokumentarfilm
Dawn Porter – Luther: Never Too Much Bao Nguyen – The Greatest Night in Pop Deborah Riley Draper – James Brown: Say It Loud Jason Pollard and Sam Pollard – Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys Nneka Onuorah – Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words	How to Sue the Klan Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps Danielle Scott: Ancestral Call Judging Juries Silent Killer

Bestes Kostümdesign	Bestes Make-up
Paul Tazewell – Wicked Ernesto Martinez – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Megan Coates – Shirley Gersha Phillips – The Big Cigar Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – The Piano Lesson	Debi Young – Shirley Carol Rasheed – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Rebecca Lee – Shōgun Matiki Anoff – The Book of Clarence Para Malden – The Piano Lesson
Beste Frisuren
Lawrence Davis – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Terry Hunt – Bel-Air Nakoya Yancey – Shirley Brian Badie – The Penguin Andrea Mona Bowman – The Piano Lesson

Bestes Album	Bester Newcomer
Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii Cape Town to Cairo – PJ Morton Coming Home – Usher Glorious – GloRilla	Doechii Myles Smith Samoht Shaboozey Tyla
Bester Sänger	Beste Sängerin
Chris Brown J. Cole Kendrick Lamar October London Usher	Beyoncé Coco Jones Doechii GloRilla H.E.R.
Beste Band, Duo oder Kollaboration (Traditional)	Beste Band, Duo oder Kollaboration (Contemporary)
Summertime – Adam Blackstone & Fantasia Watcha Done Now – Leela James feat. Kenyon Dixon God Problems (Not by Power) – Maverick City Music feat. Miles Minnick Made for Me— Muni Long & Mariah Carey Thankful – Sounds of Blackness feat. Jamecia Bennett & Buddy McLain	Piece of My Heart – Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz In My Bag – FLO & GloRilla Rain Down on Me – GloRilla feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City Music, Kierra Sheard & Chandler Moore Coming Home – Usher & Burna Boy SOS (Sex on Sight) – Victoria Monét feat. Usher
Bestes Soundtrack-Album	Bester Score
Wicked: The Soundtrack Bob Marley: One Love (Soundtrack) Genius: MLK/X (Songs from the Original Series) Reasonable Doubt (Season 2) (Original Soundtrack) The Book of Clarence (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Star Wars: The Acolyte (Original Soundtrack) Challengers (Original Score) Dune: Part Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) The American Society of Magical Negroes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) The Book of Clarence (Original Motion Picture Score)
Bestes Gospel- oder christliches Album	Bester Gospel- oder christlicher Song
Live Breathe Fight – Tamela Mann Heart of a Human – DOE Still Karen – Karen Clark Sheard Sunny Days – Yolanda Adams The Maverick Way Reimagined – Maverick City Music	Working for Me – Tamela Mann Church Doors – Yolanda Adams Do It Anyway – Tasha Cobbs Leonard God Problems (Not by Power) – Maverick City Music feat. Miles Minnick I Prayed for You (Said a Prayer) – Major.
Bester Soul-/R&B-Song	Bester Hip-Hop-/Rap-Song
Residuals – Chris Brown 16 Carriages – Beyoncé Here We Go (Uh Oh) – Coco Jones I Found You – PJ Morton Saturn – SZA	Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar Mamushi – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba Murdergram Deux – LL Cool J feat. Eminem Noid – Tyler, the Creator Yeah Glo! – GloRilla
Bester internationaler Song	Bestes Musik- oder Konzertvideo
Hmmm – Chris Brown feat. Davido Close – Skip Marley Jump – Tyla Love Me JeJe – Tems Piece of My Heart – Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz	Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar Alright – Victoria Monét Alter Ego (ALTERnate Version) – Doechii, JT Boy Bye – Chloe Bailey Yeah Glo! – GloRilla
Bestes Jazzalbum
Portrait – Samara Joy Creole Orchestra – Etienne Charles Epic Cool – Kirk Whalum Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies – Javon Jackson and Nikki Giovanni On Their Shoulders: An Organ Tribute – Matthew Whitaker

Bester Nachrichten-Podcast	Bester Lifestyle-Podcast
Native Land Pod #SundayCivics After the Uprising Into America: Uncounted Millions The Assignment with Audie Cornish	We Don't Always Agree with Ryan & Sterling Balanced Black Girl Is This Going to Cause An Argument The R Spot with Iyanla Therapy for Black Girls
Bester Kultur-Podcast	Bester Kunst- und Entertainment-Podcast
Club Shay Shay Baby, This is Keke Palmer Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay We Don't Always Agree with Ryan & Sterling What Now? with Trevor Noah	Two Funny Mamas Naked Sports with Cari Champion Nightcap Questlove Supreme R&B Money Podcast
Social-Media-Person des Jahres
Shirley Raines Kai Cenat Keith Lee RaeShanda Lias Tony Baker

Bester Autor (Belletristik)	Bester Autor (Nonfiktion)
One of Us Knows: A Thriller – Alyssa Cole A Love Song for Ricki Wilde – Tia Williams Grown Woman – Sarai Johnson Neighbors and Other Stories – Diane Oliver, Tayari Jones What You Leave Behind – Wanda M. Morris	Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest – Fawn Weaver A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune – Noliwe Rooks Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories that Changed the World – Daniela Edmeier, Damarius Johnson, Nicholas B. Breyfogle and Steven Conn The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience – Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America – Larry Tye
Bester Debütautor	Bestes biografisches Werk
Grown Woman – Sarai Johnson A Kind of Madness – Uche Okonkwo AfroCentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture – Shirley Neal Masquerade – O.O. Sangoyomi Swift River – Essie Chambers	Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America – JoyAnn Reid Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me – Whoopi Goldberg By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness ― Her Story in Her Own Words – Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins Do It Anyway: Don't Give Up Before It Gets Good – Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Sarah Jakes Roberts Lovely One: A Memoir – Ketanji Brown Jackson
Bester Ratgeber	Beste Gedichtsammlung
Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair – Tomesha Faxio Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight – Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggets I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free (A Feeding the Soul Book) – Tabitha Brown Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us – Chanté Griffin Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience – Rebecca Moore and Amberlee Green	This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets – Kwame Alexander Bluff: Poems – Danez Smith Good Dress – Brittany Rogers Load in Nine Times: Poems – Frank X Walker Song of My Softening – Omotara James
Bestes Kinderbuch	Bestes Jugendbuch
You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil TJ Book – Taraji P. Henson and Paul Kellam All I Need to Be – Rachel Ricketts, Tiffany Rose and Luana Horry Cicely Tyson – Renée Watson and Sherry Shine Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair – Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes My Hair Is a Book – Maisha Oso and London Ladd	Brushed Between Cultures: A YA Coming of Age Novel Set in Brooklyn, New York – Samarra St. Hilaire American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky – Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers The Story of the Last Black Cargo – Zora Neale Hurston, Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Ibram X. Kendi (Adapted by) Black Star: The Door of No Return – Kwame Alexander Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel (Shot Clock, 2) – Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds
Bestes Comic
Punk Rock Karaoke – Bianca Xunise Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined – David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson Black Defender: The Awakening – Dr. David Washington, Mr. Zhengis Tasbolatov and Mr. Billy Blanks Gamerville – Johnnie Christmas Ghost Roast – Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs and Emily Cannon

President's Award
Dave Chappelle
Chairman's Award
Kamala Harris
Founder's Award
BET
Vanguard Award
Essence Communications Inc.
Entertainer of the Year
Keke Palmer Cynthia Erivo Kendrick Lamar Kevin Hart Shannon Sharpe
The Mildred Bond Roxborough Social Justice Impact Award
Jotaka Eaddy
NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award
Alondra Nelson