NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:

Stats

Performances that earned Oscar nominations or wins

• Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
• Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls [won Image Award]
• Ruby Dee - American Gangster
• Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [won Image Award]
• Mo'Nique - Precious
• Octavia Spencer- The Help (2011 film)

Most Wins

• Angela Bassett - 3 wins

Most Nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Artist	Alfre Woodard Angela Bassett Loretta Devine	Queen Latifah Thandie Newton	Jada Pinkett Smith Kimberly Elise Cicely Tyson	Mo'Nique Taraji P. Henson Jennifer Hudson Sophie Okonedo Sanaa Lathan Nicole Ari Parker Regina Taylor Whoopi Goldberg Anika Noni Rose
Total Nominations	5 nominations	4 nominations	3 nominations	2 nominations

Winners/Nominees

Year	Winner	Nominees
1989	Traci Wolfe (Lethal Weapon)
1990	Juanita Waterman (Cry Freedom)
1995	Angela Bassett (Malcolm X)
1996	Loretta Devine (Waiting to Exhale)	Lela Rochon (Waiting to Exhale) Regina Taylor (Clockers) Maya Angelou (How to Make an American Quilt) Alfre Woodard (How to Make an American Quilt)
1997	Loretta Devine (The Preacher's Wife)	Jenifer Lewis (The Preacher's Wife) Alfre Woodard (Star Trek: First Contact) Tonea Stewart (A Time to Kill) Regina Taylor (Courage Under Fire)
1998	Irma P. Hall (Soul Food)	Angela Bassett (Contact) Debbi Morgan (Eve's Bayou) Cicely Tyson (Hoodlum) Esther Rolle (Rosewood)
1999	Whoopi Goldberg (How Stella Got Her Groove Back)	Thandie Newton (Beloved) Queen Latifah (Living Out Loud) Beah Richards (Beloved) Kimberly Elise (Beloved)
2000	Angela Bassett (Music of the Heart)	Melissa De Sousa (The Best Man) Sanaa Lathan (The Best Man) Queen Latifah (The Bone Collector) Vanessa Williams (Light It Up)
2001	Alfre Woodard (Love and Basketball)	Nicole Ari Parker (Remember the Titans) Aunjanue Ellis (Men of Honor) Marla Gibbs (The Visit) Thandie Newton (Mission: Impossible II)
2002	Angela Bassett (The Score)	Jada Pinkett Smith (Ali) Mo'Nique (Two Can Play That Game) Vivica A. Fox (Kingdom Come) Loretta Devine (Kingdom Come)
2003	Halle Berry (Die Another Day)	Eve (BarberShop) Queen Latifah (Brown Sugar) Nicole Ari Parker (Brown Sugar) Kimberly Elise (John Q)
2004	Alfre Woodard ( Radio)	Nona Gaye (The Matrix Revolutions) Sanaa Lathan (Out of Time) Jada Pinkett Smith (The Matrix Revolutions) Gabrielle Union (Bad Boys II)
2005	Regina King (Ray)	Sharon Warren (Ray) Jada Pinkett Smith (Collateral) Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) Loretta Devine (Woman Thou Art Loosed)
2006	Cicely Tyson (Diary of a Mad Black Woman)	Taraji P. Henson (Hustle & Flow) Elise Neal (Hustle & Flow) Thandie Newton (Crash) Ashanti (Coach Carter)
2007	Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)	Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) Angela Bassett (Akeelah and the Bee) Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness) Kerry Washington (The Last King of Scotland)
2008	Janet Jackson (Why Did I Get Married?)	Ruby Dee (American Gangster) Loretta Devine (This Christmas) Meagan Good (Stomp the Yard) Queen Latifah (Hairspray)
2009	Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)	Jennifer Hudson (The Secret Life of Bees (film)) Alicia Keys (The Secret Life of Bees (film)) Sophie Okonedo (The Secret Life of Bees (film)) Beyoncé Knowles (Cadillac Records)
2010	Mo'Nique (Precious)	Alfre Woodard (American Violet) Paula Patton (Precious) Mariah Carey (Precious) Zoe Saldana (Avatar)
2011	Kimberly Elise (For Colored Girls)	Anika Noni Rose (For Colored Girls) Phylicia Rashad (For Colored Girls) Jill Scott (Why Did I Get Married Too?) Whoopi Goldberg (For Colored Girls)
2012	TBA	Bryce Dallas Howard - (The Help) Cicely Tyson - (The Help) Kim Wayans - (Pariah) Maya Rudolph - (Bridesmaids) Octavia Spencer - (The Help)