NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

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

Number of Performances that won or nominated for Oscars

• 1. Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
• 2. Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do With It?
• 3. Keisha Castle Hughes - Whale Rider
• 4. Penelope Cruz - Volver
• 5. Sandra Bullock- The Blind Side
• 6. Gabourey Sidibe- Precious

Stats

Most Wins
Actress	Number of Wins
Whoopi Goldberg	5 wins

Most Nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artist	Whoopi Goldberg	Angela Bassett	Queen Latifah Halle Berry	Sanaa Lathan Alfre Woodard Nia Long Vivica A. Fox Rosario Dawson	Taraji P. Henson Beyonce Knowles Jada Pinkett Smith Kimberly Elise Vanessa L. Williams Zoe Saldana Kerry Washington Whitney Houston Jennifer Beals
Total Nominations	8 nominations	7 nominations	6 nominations	3 nominations	2 nominations

Winners/Nominees

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Year	Actress	Film	Other Nominees
1982	Jayne Kennedy	Body and Soul
1984	Jennifer Beals	Flashdance
1986	Tina Turner	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1988	Whoopi Goldberg	The Color Purple
1990	Whoopi Goldberg	Fatal Beauty
1991	Ruby Dee	Do the Right Thing
1992	Whoopi Goldberg	Ghost
1993	Whoopi Goldberg	The Long Walk Home
1994	Whoopi Goldberg	Sister Act
1995	Angela Bassett	What's Love Got to Do with It
1996	Angela Bassett	Waiting to Exhale	Whoopi Goldberg - Boys on the Side Jennifer Beals - Devil in a Blue Dress Halle Berry - Losing Isaiah Whitney Houston - Waiting to Exhale
1997	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife	Jada Pinkett Smith - Set It Off Queen Latifah - Set It Off Phylicia Rashad - Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored Whoopi Goldberg - Ghosts of Mississippi
1998	Vanessa L. Williams	Soul Food	Lynn Whitfield - Eve's Bayou Nia Long - Love Jones Vivica A. Fox - Soul Food Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
1999	Angela Bassett	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Halle Berry - Bulworth Regina King - Enemy of the State Alfre Woodard - Down in the Delta Oprah Winfrey - Beloved
2000	Nia Long	The Best Man	Monica Calhoun - The Best Man Debbi Morgan - The Hurricane Lisa Gay Hamilton - True Crime Rosario Dawson - Light It Up
2001	Sanaa Lathan	Love and Basketball	Jada Pinkett Smith - Bamboozled Nia Long - Big Momma's House Angela Bassett - Boesman and Lena Vanessa L. Williams - Shaft
2002	Halle Berry	Swordfish	Regina King - Down to Earth Alfre Woodard - K-PAX Vivica A. Fox - Two Can Play That Game Whoopi Goldberg - Kingdom Come
2003	Angela Bassett	Sunshine State	Jennifer Lopez - Maid in Manhattan Sanaa Lathan - Brown Sugar Vivica A. Fox - Juwanna Mann Thandie Newton - The Truth About Charlie
2004	Queen Latifah	Bringing Down the House	Beyonce Knowles - The Fighting Temptations Halle Berry - Gothika Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider Gabrielle Union - Deliver Us from Eva
2005	Kerry Washington	Ray	Irma P. Hall - The Ladykillers Kimberly Elise - Woman Thou Art Loosed Gabrielle Union - Breakin' All the Rules Angela Bassett - Mr. 3000
2006	Kimberly Elise	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Rosario Dawson - Rent Zoe Saldana - Guess Who Queen Latifah - Beauty Shop Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha
2007	Keke Palmer	Akeelah and the Bee	Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls Sanaa Lathan - Something New Queen Latifah - Last Holiday Penelope Cruz - Volver
2008	Jurnee Smollett	The Great Debaters	Taraji P. Henson - Talk to Me Halle Berry - Things We Lost in the Fire Jill Scott - Why Did I Get Married? Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
2009	Rosario Dawson	Seven Pounds	Angela Bassett - Meet the Browns Queen Latifah - The Secret Life of Bees Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees Alfre Woodard - The Family That Preys
2010	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious	Taraji P. Henson - I Can Do Bad All By Myself Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side Anika Noni Rose - The Princess and the Frog Sophie Okonedo- Skin
2011	Halle Berry	Frankie and Alice	Janet Jackson - Why Did I Get Married Too? Queen Latifah - Just Wright Kerry Washington- Night Catches Us Zoe Saldana- The Losers

(1) "Out of 12 films which featured Blacks in leading roles in 1980, Cicely Tyson was the only female in that category. She played opposite Richard Pryor in "Bustin' Loose". Because of this, she and officials at the annual NAACP image Awards program decided that she should not accept the award."