The NAACP Image Awards has continued to announce winners in various non-televised categories ahead of the 2026 NAACP Image Awards ceremony taking place live on Saturday.
On Wednesday, the third and final night of a virtual event hosted by actress and writer Angel “ThatChickAngel” Laketa Moore and actor and rapper Khleo Thomas was streamed on the NAACP Image Awards’ YouTube channel, and Sinners, which leads this year’s NAACP Image Awards nominations with 18 nods, racked up three wins.
The Ryan Coogler-written and -directed Warner Bros. film, which scored a record–breaking 16 Oscar nominations, won best stunt ensemble, ensemble cast and cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw.
Other projects racking up multiple wins from Wednesday’s virtual ceremony include Gracie’s Corner, which won for best children’s program and animated series; Ironheart, which won best editing in a movie, TV series, movie or special and outstanding breakthrough creative (television); Celebrity Family Feud, which won best reality or game show, with host Steve Harvey named best host of a reality, variety or game show; and Netflix’s Straw, which saw Teyana Taylor and Glynn Turman win best supporting actress and actor, respectively, in a TV movie, limited series or dramatic special.
Another notable win Wednesday night went to the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died just this past summer, for best guest performance for Fox’s Murder in a Small Town.
Wednesday night’s awards in film, TV and writing categories come after two previous nights of winners being presented in non-televised categories during the virtual event. 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. Additional winners will be announced during Thursday’s Creative Honors, where Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant will be presented with theMildred 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 winners announced Wednesday night follows.
Outstanding Children’s Program
Eyes of Wakanda (Disney+)
Gracie’s Corner (YouTube TV) (WINNER)
Iyanu (Cartoon Network)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Reading Rainbow (Kidzuko)
Outstanding Animated Series
Disney Jr.’s Ariel (Disney Jr.)
Gracie’s Corner (YouTube TV) (WINNER)
Iyanu (Cartoon Network)
Lil Kev (BET+)
Weather Hunters (PBS KIDS)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)
Anika Noni Rose – The Mighty Nein (Prime Video)
Ayo Edebiri – Big Mouth (Netflix)
Cedric the Entertainer – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Graceyn Hollingsworth – Gracie’s Corner (YouTube TV)
Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+) (WINNER)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture
Anthony Mackie – Sneaks (Briarcliff Entertainment)
Craig Robinson – The Bad Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
Danielle Brooks – The Bad Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
Lil Rel Howery – Dog Man (DreamWorks Animation)
Quinta Brunson – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) (WINNER)
Outstanding Stunt Ensemble (TV or Film)
Butterfly – Yeonheon Jung (Prime Video)
F1 – Gary Powell (Apple TV)
G20 – Grant Powell (Prime Video)
Shadow Force – Dartenea Bryant (Starz)
Sinners – Andy Gill (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)
Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich Entertainment) (WINNER)
Magazine Dreams (Briarcliff Entertainment)
Opus (A24)
Unexpected Christmas (3 Diamonds Entertainment)
Outstanding International Motion Picture
40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)
My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)
Souleymane’s Story (Kino Lorber) (WINNER)
The Fisherman (Luu Vision Media)
The Secret Agent (NEON)
Outstanding Documentary (Film)
Being Eddie (Netflix) (WINNER)
Fatherless No More (First Gen Films)
Left Behind (Corso Films)
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Who in the Hell is Regina Jones?(Weigel Productions)
Outstanding Cinematography in a Motion Picture
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Kira Kelly – HIM (Universal Pictures)
Martim Vian – Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich)
Sean Bobbitt – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Shabier Kirchner – Materialists (A24)
Outstanding Editing in a Motion Picture or Television Series, Movie, or Special
Deanna Nowell, ACE – Ironheart (Disney+) (WINNER)
Maysie Hoy, ACE – Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ralph Jean-Pierre – The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Shaheed Qaasim – Poker Face (Peacock)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
Cassandra Mann – Unexpected Christmas (3 Diamonds Entertainment LLC) (WINNER)
Contessa Gayles – Songs from the Hole (Netflix)
Nnamdi Asomugha – The Knife (Relativity Media)
R.T. Thorne – 40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)
Rachael Abigail Holder – Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich Entertainment)
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Buddy Guy, Delroy Lindo, Peter Dreimanis, Lola Kirke, Li Jun Li, Saul Williams, Yao – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Keke Palmer, SZA, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Lil Rel Howery, Katt Williams – One Of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Coleman Domingo, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
Tiny Desk Concerts Celebrates Black Music Month 2025 (NPR)
HBCU Honors (BET Networks)
BET Awards 2025 (BET Networks)
Wicked: One Wonderful Night (NBC)
Ali Siddiq: My Two Sons (YouTube/Moment PPV) (WINNER)
Outstanding Guest Performance
Brandee Evans – Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Janet Hubert – Bel-Air (Peacock)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner – Murder in a Small Town (Fox) (WINNER)
Morris Chestnut – Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Aisha Muharrar – Hacks – “Clickable Face” (HBO Max) (WINNER)
Frida Perez – The Studio – “The War” (Apple TV)
Lizzy Darrell – Abbott Elementary – “100th Day of School” (ABC)
Monique D. Hall – Sesame Street – “Tamir’s Art Show” (MAX)
Naomi Ekperigin – St. Denis Medical – “Buffalo Bruce and the Matty Kid” (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Ajani Jackson – Law & Order – “Episode 10” (NBC)
Bryce Ahart, Stephanie McFarlane – FBI – “Episode 12” (CBS)
C.A. Johnson – The Beast in Me – “Thanatos” (Netflix)
Cynthia Adarkwa – The Pitt -“12:00 P.M.” (HBO Max) (WINNER)
Walter Mosley – The Lowdown – “Tulsa Turnaround” (FX/Hulu)
Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie, Documentary or Special
Aireka Muse – Friends & Lovers (Lifetime Movie Network) (WINNER)
Jas Summers – Stay (Hulu)
Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael: Don’t Be Gay (HBO Max)
Michael Elliot, Cory Tynan – Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Roye Okupe and Brandon Easton – Iyanu: The Age of Wonders (Cartoon Network)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Amy Aniobi – Survival of the Thickest – “It’s Not A MoMent, It’s A Movement, Bitch!” (Netflix)
Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons – “Ultimate Frisbee” (Netflix)
Paul Hunter – Government Cheese – “Father Facts, Figures, and Failures” (Apple TV)
Theodore Witcher – Demascus – “The Thanksgiving Episode” (Tubi)
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary – “The Science Fair” (ABC) (WINNER)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Angela Barnes – Ironheart – “The Past Is the Past” (Disney+)
Anton Cropper – Reasonable Doubt – “Feelin’ It” (Hulu)
Jet Wilkinson – The Copenhagen Test – “Copenhagen” (Peacock)
Mario Van Peebles – Power Book III: Raising Kanan – “Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself” (Starz) (WINNER)
Salli Richardson-Whitfield – The Gilded Age – “My Mind Is Made Up” (HBO Max)
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie, Documentary or Special
Alanna Brown – Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Nicole G. Leier – Trapped in the Spotlight (Lifetime)
Olatunde Osunsanmi – Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount+) (WINNER)
Tailiah Breon – Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story (A&E)
Troy A. Scott – I’ll Never Let You Go (Lifetime)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)
Chinaka Hodge – Ironheart (Disney+) (WINNER)
Daniel Lawrence Taylor – Boarders (Tubi)
Haolu Wang – Black Mirror (Netflix)
Jas Summers – Stay (Hulu)
Tearrance Averelle Chisolm – Demascus (Tubi)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Television (Series, Special, or Movie)
Angela Bassett – Zero Day (Netflix)
Lyric Ross – Ironheart (Disney+)
Marsai Martin – G20 (Prime Video)
Sherri Shepherd– Straw (Netflix)
Teyana Taylor – Straw (Netflix) (WINNER)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Television (Series, Special, Movie)
Glynn Turman – Straw (Netflix) (WINNER)
Jay Ellis – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Rockmond Dunbar – Straw (Netflix)
Sterling K. Brown – Washington Black (Hulu)
Ving Rhames – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough – Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Barbara Corcoran, Lorie Grenier, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Daniel Lubetzky, Kevin O’Leary – Shark Tank (ABC)
Bozoma St. John and Jimmy Fallon – On Brand with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Kevin Hart – BET Awards 2025 (BET Networks)
Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) (WINNER)
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition/Game Show
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) (WINNER)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Full Court Press (ESPN, ESPN+)
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Ready to Love (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)