2012 NAACP Image Award Nominees

The NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People – presents their annual Image Awards each spring to honour the outstanding achievements and performances by people of colour. This year the awards will be presented on March 17. The Image Awards consists of 53 catagories in film, television, writing, directing, literature, and recording.

The nominees for the 2012 NAACP Image Awards are…

Outstanding Comedy Series:
”Love that Girl”

“Modern Family”
”Reed Between the Lines”
”The Game”
”Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series:
Dule Hill in “Psych”
Malcolm-Jamal Warner in “Reed Between the Lines”
Phil Morris in “Love that Girl”
Pooch Hall in “The Game”
Terry Crews in “Are We there Yet?”

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series:
Tatyana Ali in “Love that Girl”
Tia Mowry=Hardrict in “The Game”
Tracee Ellis Ross in “Reed Between the Lines”
Vanessa Williams in “Desperate Housewives”
Wendy Raquel Robinson in “The Game”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Craig Robinson in “The Office”
Damon Wayans, Jr. in “Happy Endings”
J.B. Smoove in “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Nick Cannon in “Up All Night”
Tracy Morgan in “30 Rock”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Amber Riley in “Glee”
Gabourey Sidibe in “The Big C”
Keshia Knight Pulliam in “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”
Maya Rudolph in “Up All Night”
Sofia Vergara in “Modern Family”

Outstanding Drama Series:
”Boardwalk Empire”
”Grey’s Anatomy”
”Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
”The Good Wife”
”Treme”

Oustanding Actor in a Drama Series:
Andre Braugher in “Men of a Certain Age”
Hill Harper in “CSI:NY”LL Cool J in “NCIS: Los Angeles”
Taye Diggs in “Private Practice”
Wendell Pierce in “Treme”

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series:
Chandra Wilson in “Grey’s Anatomy”
Khandi Alexander in “Treme”
Regina King in “SouthLAnd”
Sandra Oh in “Grey’s Anatomy”
Taraji P. Henson in “Person of Interest”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Corey Reynolds in “The Closer”
Ice T in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
James Pickens, Jr. in “Grey’s Anatomy”
Nelson Ellis in “True Blood”
Omar Epps in “House M.D.”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Alfre Woodard in “Memphis Beat”
Aanika Noni Rose in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Archie Panjabi in “The Good Wife”
Diahann Carroll in “White Collar”
Loretta Devine in “Grey’s Anatomy”

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini Series, or Dramatic Special:
”Five”
”Hallmark Hall of Fame, Mitch Albom’s Have a Little Faith”
”Luther”
”The Least Among You”
”Thurgood”

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini Series, or Dramatic Special:
Esai Morales in “We Have Your Husband”
Idris Elba in “Luther”
Laurence Fishbourne in “Thurgood”
Louis Gossett, Jr. in “The Least Among You”
Samuel L. Jackson in “The Sunset Limited”

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini Series, or Dramatic Special:
Anika Noni Rose in the “Hallmark Hall of Fame, Mitch Albom’s Have a Little Faith”
Jennifer Lewis in “Five”
Rosario Dawson in “Five”
Taraji P. Henson in “Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story”
Tracee Ellis Ross in “Five”

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series:
Aaron D. Spears in “The Bold and the Beautiful”
Bryton James in “The Young and the Restless”
Emerson Brooks” in “All My Children”
James Reynolds in “Days of Our Lives”
Texas Battle in “The Bold and the Beautiful”

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series:
Christel Khalil in “The Young and the Restless”
Julia Pace Mitchell in “The Young and the Restless”
Tatyana Ali in “The Young and the Restless”
Tonya Lee Williams in “The Young and the Restless”
Yvette Freeman in “The Bold and the Beautiful”

Outstanding News or Information Series or Special:
”BET News Exclusive: The President Answers Black America’
”Judge Mathis”
”Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”
”Unsung”
”Washington Watch with Roland Martin”

Outstanding Talk Series:
”Anderson”
”Oprah’s Lifeclass”
”The Doctors”
”The View”
”The Wendy Williams Show”

Outstanding Reality Series”
”All American Muslim”
”American Idol”
”Dancing with the Stars”
”Sunday Best”
”Tia and Tamera”

Outstanding Variety Series or Special:
”2011 BET Awards”
”Black Girls Rock!”
”Prince! Behind the Symbol”
”UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Chaka Khan”

Outstanding Children’s Program:
”A.N.T. Farm”
”Dora the Explorer”
”Go, Diego! Go!”
”I Can Be President: A Kid’s Eye View”
”My Family Tree”

Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children’s Program Series or Special:
China Anne McClain in “A.N.T. Farm”
Keke Palmer in “True Jackson, VP”
Lance Robertson in “Yo Gabba Gabba”
Leon Thomas III in “Victorious”
Zendaya Coleman in “Shake it Up”

Outstanding New Artist:
Committed
Diggy Simmons
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
Mindless Behavior
Wynter Gordon

Outstanding Male Artist:
Anthony Hamilton
Bruno Mars
Cee Lo Green
Chris Brown
Common

Outstanding Female Artist:
Beyonce
Jennifer Hudson
Jill Scott
Ledisi
Mary J Blige

Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration:
Boyz II Men
Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona
Mry J Blige and Drake
Sound of Blackness
The Roots

Outstanding Jazz Album:
”Chano y Dizzy” by Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sanchez
”Friends” by Stanley Jordan
”Guitar Man” by George Benson
”Legacy” by Gerald Wilson
”Road Show vol. 2” by Sonny Rollins

Outstanding Gospel Album:
”Becoming” by Yolanda Adams
”Church on the Moon” by Deitrick Haddon
”Hello Fear” by Kirk Franklin
”Something Big” by Mary Mary
”The Journey” by Andrae Crouch

Outstanding World Music Album:
”Afrodiaspora” by Susana Baca
”Carnival Fever” by Brother B
”Live at 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival “by Boukman Eksperyans
”Sounds of Blackness” by Sounds of Blackness
”The First Grader” by Alex Heffes

Outstanding Music Video:
”25/8” by Mary J Blige
”Hear My Call” by Jill scott
”I Was Here” by Beyonce
”Someone Like You” by Adele
”Where You At” by Jennifer Hudson

Outstanding Song:
”Best Thing I Never Had” by Beyonce
”Fool for You” by Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona
”I Smile” by Kirk Franklin
”So in Love” by Jill Scott and Anthony Hamilton
”Someone Like You” by Adele

Outstanding Album:
”4” by Beyonce
”F.A.M.E.” by Chris Brown
”I Remember Me” by Jennifer Hudson
”Lasers” by Lupe Fiasco
”The Light of the Sun” by Jill Scott

Outstanding Literary Fiction Work:
”A Silken Thread” by Brenda Jackson
”Boundaries” by Elizabeth Munez
”Say Amen, Again” by Reshonda Tate Billingsley
”Silver Sparrow” by Tayari Jones
”The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel” by Nelson George

Outstanding Literary Non Fiction Work:
”Sister Citizens: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America” by Melissa Harris-Perry
”Super Rich” by Russell Simmons
”The Cosmopolitan Canopy” by Elijah Anderson
”The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in its Place” by Hill Harper
”Who’s Afraid of Post-Balckness?: What it Means to be Black Now” by Toure

Outstanding Debut Author Literary Work:
”2Grieve 2Gether: A Journal from the Heart Helping Survivors & Supporters Navigate the Healing Process” by Denise Hall Brown
”A Defining Moment” by Patricia Duncan
”The Loom” by Shella Gillus
”The Strawberry Letter “by Shirley Strawberry and Lyah Le Flore
”We the Animals” by Justin Torres

Outstanding Biography or Autobiography Literary Work:
”A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother” by Jenny Scott
”Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention” by Manning Marable
”My Song” by Harry Belafonte
”No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington” by Condoleezza Rice
”The John Carlos Story” by John Carlos and Dave Zirin

Outstanding Instructional Literary Work:
”A Year to Wellness and Other Weight Loss Secrets” b y Bertice Berry
”Living My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing” by Synthia Saint James
”Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, and Social Justice in Classroom and community: by Quraysh Ali Lansana
”The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God” by T. D. Jakes
”Top Impportant to Fail: Saving America’s Boys” by Tavis Smiley and Juan Roberts

Outstanding Poetry Work:
”Afro Clouds and Nappy Rain: The Curtis Brown Poems” by James Golden
”Head Off and Split” by Nikky Finney
”Honoring Genius: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice” by Haki Madhubuti
”Intimate Thoughts” by Darrin Henson and Anna Saunders
”Last Seen” by Jacqueline Jones Lamon

Outstanding Literary Work for Children:
”Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band” by Kwame Alexander and Tim Bowers
”Before There was Mozart” b y Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
”Heart and Soul” by Kadir Nelson
”White Water” by Michael S. Bandy and Shadra Strickland
”You Can be a Friend” by Tony Dungy, Lauren Dungy, and Ron Mazellan

Outstanding Literary Work for Youth and Teens:
”Camo Girl” by Kekla Magoon
”Eliza’s Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary” by Jerdine Nolan and Sadra Strickland
”Jese Owens: I Always Loved Running” by Jeff Burlingame
”Kick” by Walter Dean
”Planet Middle School” by Nikki Grimes

Outstanding Motion Picture:
”Jumping the Broom”
”Pariah”
”The First Grader”
”The Help”
”Tower Heist”

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture:
Eddie Murphy in “Tower Heist”
Laurence Fishbourne in “Contagion”
Las Alonso in “Jumping the Broom”
Oliver Litondo in “The First Grader”
Vin Diesel in “Fast Five”

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture:
Adepero Oduye in “Pariah”

Emma stone in “The Help”
Paula Patton in “Jumping the Broom”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Zoe Saldana in “Colombiana”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
Anthony Mackie in “The Adjustment Bureau”
Charles Parnell in “Pariah”
Don Cheadle in ”The Guard”
Jeffrey Wright in “The Ides of March”
Mike Epps in “Jumping the Broom”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Bryce Dalls Howard in “The Help”
Cicely Tyson in “The Help”
Kim Wayans in “Pariah”
Maya Rudolph in “Bridesmaids”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture:
”I Will Follow”
”Kinyarwanda”
”MOOZ-lum”
”Pariah”
”The First Grader”

Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture:
”A Separation”
”Attack the Block”
”In the Land of Blood and Honey”
”Le Havre”
”Life, After All”

Outstanding Documentary:
”Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest”
”Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey”
”Sing Your Song”
”The Rescuers”
”Thunder Soul”

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:
Arthur Harris for “Reed Between the Lines – Let’s Talk About Ms. Helen’s Son part 1”
Prentice Penny for “Happy Endings – The Girls with ehDavid Tattoo”
Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil for “The Game – Parachuters…Beach Chairs”
Vali Chandrasekaran for “30 Rock – It’s Never too Late for Now”
Vnce Cheung and Ben Montanio for “Wizard of Waverly Place - Wizards vs. Angels”

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series:
Cheo Hodari Coker for “SouthLAnd – Punching Water”
Jainine Sherman Barrios for “Criminal Minds – The Bittersweet Science”
Lolis Eric Elie for “Treme – Santa Claus, Do You Ever get the Blues?”
Pam Veasey for “Ringer – Oh Gawd, There’s Two of Them?”
Zoanne Clack for “Grey’s Anatomy – I Will Survive”

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture:
Alrick Brown for “Kinyarwanda”
Ann Peacock for “The First Grader”
Dee Rees for “Pariah”
Elizabeth Hunger and Arlene Gibbs for “Jumping the Broom”
Tate Taylor for “The Help”

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:
Jay Chandrasekhar for “Happy Endings – The Girls with the David Tattoo”
Kevin Hooks for “Drop Dead Diva – Mother’s Day”
Leonard R. Garner Jr. for “Rules of Engagement – The Set Up”
Miguel Arteta for “How to Make in in America – Mofongo”
Salim Akil for “The Game – Parachutes…Beach Chairs”

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series:
Ernest Dickerson for “Treme – Do Watcha Wanna”
Ken Whittingham for “Parenthood – Opening Night”
Kevin Sullivan for “NCIS – Tell-All”
Paris Barclay for “Sons of Anarchy – Out”
Seith Mann for “Dexter – Get Gellar”

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture:
Alrick Brown for “Kinyarwanda”
Angelina Jolie for “In the Land of Love and Honey”
Dees Rees for “Pariah”
Salim Akil for “Jumping the Broom”
Tate Taylor for “The Help”