46th NAACP Image Awards

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46th NAACP Image Awards
Date	February 6, 2015
Site	Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Anthony Anderson
Official website	NAACPImageAwards.net
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The 46th NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music and literature during the 2014 calendar year. The 46th ceremony was hosted by Anthony Anderson and broadcast on TV One. All nominees are listed below with the winners listed in bold.

Motion Picture[]

Outstanding Motion Picture[]

• Belle
• Beyond the Lights
• Dear White People
• Get On Up
• Selma

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture[]

• Chadwick Boseman – Get On Up
• David Oyelowo – Selma
• Denzel Washington – The Equalizer
• Idris Elba – No Good Deed
• Nate Parker – Beyond the Lights

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture[]

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie
• Taraji P. Henson – No Good Deed
• Tessa Thompson – Dear White People
• Viola Davis – The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture[]

• Andre Holland – Selma
• Cedric the Entertainer – Top Five
• Common – Selma
• Danny Glover – Beyond the Lights
• Wendell Pierce – Selma

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture[]

• Viola Davis – Get On Up
• Carmen Ejogo – Selma
• Jill Scott – Get On Up
• Octavia Spencer – Get On Up
• Oprah Winfrey – Selma

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture[]

• Belle
• Dear White People
• Half of a Yellow Sun
• Jimi: All Is by My Side
• Life of a King

Television[]

Outstanding Drama Series[]

• Being Mary Jane
• Grey's Anatomy
• House of Cards
• How to Get Away with Murder
• Scandal

Outstanding Comedy Series[]

• black-ish
• House of Lies
• Key & Peele
• Orange Is the New Black
• Real Husbands of Hollywood

Outstanding Talk Series[]

• Oprah Prime
• Steve Harvey
• The Queen Latifah Show
• The View
• The Wendy Williams Show

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)[]

• BET Awards 2014
• Family Feud
• On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z
• Oprah's Master Class
• UNCF An Evening of Stars

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series[]

• LL Cool J – NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
• Shemar Moore – Criminal Minds (CBS)
• Omar Epps – Resurrection (ABC)
• Omari Hardwick – Being Mary Jane (BET)
• Taye Diggs – Murder in the First (TNT)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series[]

• Nicole Beharie – Sleepy Hollow (FOX)
• Kerry Washington – Scandal (ABC)
• Octavia Spencer – Red Band Society (FOX)
• Gabrielle Union – Being Mary Jane (BET)
• Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[]

• Alfred Enoch – How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
• Courtney B. Vance – Masters of Sex (Showtime)
• Guillermo Diaz – Scandal (ABC)
• Jeffrey Wright – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
• Joe Morton – Scandal (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[]

• Aja Naomi King – How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
• Alfre Woodard – State Of Affairs (NBC)
• Chandra Wilson – Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
• Jada Pinkett Smith – Gotham (FOX)
• Khandi Alexander – Scandal (ABC)

Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/ Information or Variety (Series or Special)[]

• Steve Harvey – Steve Harvey (Syndicated)
• Queen Latifah – The Queen Latifah Show (Syndicated)
• Chris Rock – BET Awards 2014 (BET)
• Gwen Ifill – America After Ferguson (PBS)
• Melissa Harris-Perry – Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special[]

• American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
• Drumline: A New Beat (VH1)
• The Gabby Douglas Story (Lifetime)
• A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime)
• The Trip To Bountiful (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special[]

• Blair Underwood – The Trip To Bountiful (Lifetime)
• Charles S. Dutton – Comeback Dad (UP)
• Larenz Tate – Gun Hill (BET)
• Mekhi Phifer – A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime)
• Ving Rhames – A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime)

In Memoriam[]

The song "Jesus is Love" by the Commodores was played during the "In Memoriam" segment.

External links[]

• NAACP Image Awards official site