47th NAACP Image Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 47th annual NAACP Image Awards were announced earlier this week. Some of the big hitters that racked up on the nominations were films Creed, Straight Outta Compton, Beasts of No Nation, and Chi-Raq as well as television shows Empire and Black-ish.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Michael B. Jordan
Misty Copeland
Pharrell Williams
Shonda Rhimes
Viola Davis

Outstanding Motion Picture

Beasts of No Nation
Concussion
Creed
Dope
Straight Outta Compton

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Secret in Their Eyes
Michael B. Jordan, Creed
Michael Ealy, The Perfect Guy
Will Smith, Concussion

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Lauren Keke Palmer, Brotherly Love
Sanaa Lathan, The Perfect Guy
Teyonah Parris, Chi-Raq
Viola Davis, Lila and Eve
Zoe Saldana, Infinitely Polar Bear

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Martian
Corey Hawkins, Straight Outta Compton
Forest Whitaker, Southpaw
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
O’Shea Jackson Jr., Straight Outta Compton

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Angela Bassett, Chi-Raq
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Concussion
Jennifer Hudson, Chi-Raq
Phylicia Rashad, Creed
Tessa Thompson, Creed

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

Beasts of No Nation
Brotherly Love
Chi-Raq
Infinitely Polar Bear
Secret in Their Eyes

Outstanding Comedy Series

black-ish
House of Lies
Key & Peele
Orange Is the New Black
Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Dwayne Johnson, Ballers
RonReaco Lee, Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Loretta Devine, The Carmichael Show
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Wendy Raquel Robinson, The Game

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

David Alan Grier, The Carmichael Show
Laurence Fishburne, black-ish
Mike Epps, Survivor’s Remorse
Miles Brown, black-ish
Terry Crews, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Anna Deavere Smith, Nurse Jackie
Danielle Brooks, Orange Is the New Black
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black
Marsai Martin, black-ish
Tichina Arnold, Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Drama Series

Being Mary Jane
Empire
How to Get Away with Murder
Power
Scandal

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

LL Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles
Morris Chestnut, Rosewood
Omari Hardwick, Power
Terrence Howard, Empire
Wesley Snipes, The Player

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Gabrielle Union, Being Mary Jane
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Nicole Beharie, Sleepy Hollow
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Alfred Enoch, How to Get Away With Murder
Bryshere Y. Gray, Empire
Guillermo Diaz, Scandal
Joe Morton, Scandal
Jussie Smollett, Empire

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder
Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead
Grace Gealey, Empire
Naturi Naughton, Power
Regina King, American Crime

Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special

American Crime
Bessie
Luther
The Book of Negroes
The Wiz Live!

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special

Cuba Gooding, The Book of Negroes
David Alan Grier, The Wiz Live!
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Idris Elba, Luther
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special

Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Hotel
Aunjanue Ellis, The Book of Negroes
Jill Scott, With This Ring
LaTonya Richardson Jackson, Show Me a Hero
Queen Latifah, Bessie

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Alan Yang, Aziz Ansari, Master of None — “Parents”
Jennie Snyder Urman, Jane the Virgin — “Chapter Twenty-Three”
Jill Soloway, Transparent — “Kina Hora”
Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysda>, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico, Key & Peele — “Y’all Ready For This?”
Kenya M. Barris, black-ish — “The Word”

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Erika Green Swafford, Doug Stockstill, How to Get Away with Murder — “Mama’s Here Now”
John Ridley, American Crime — “Episode 1”
LaToya Morgan, Turn: Washington’s Spies — “False Flag”
Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Empire — “Pilot”
Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff, Being Mary Jane — “Sparrow”

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Dee Rees, Bessie
Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo, The Book of Negroes
Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein, White Water
Nzingha Stewart, With This Ring
Shem Bitterman, Whitney

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, Straight Outta Compton
Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson, McFarland USA
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside Out
Rick Famuyiwa,Dope
Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington, Creed

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Aziz Ansari, Master of None — “Parents”
Brad Silberling, Jane the Virgin — “Chapter Twenty-Three”
Don Cheadle, House of Lies — “The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule”
Peter Atencio, Key & Peele — “The End”
Stan Lathan, Real Husbands of Hollywood — “Cabin Pressure”

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series