The 46th

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, presented by the

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, honored outstanding representations and achievements of

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in motion pictures, television, music and literature during the 2014 calendar year. The 46th ceremony was hosted by

Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is known for his leading roles in television shows such as Andre "Dre" Johnson on the comedy series ''Black-ish'' (2014–2022), Marlin Boulet on the ...

and broadcast on TV One. The nominees were announced on December 14, 2014. In Motion Picture categories

Ava DuVernay Ava Marie DuVernay (; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, NAACP Image Awards, a British Academy Film Awards, ...

's film ''Selma'' received the most nominations with eight, while in television the TV categories '' Black-ish,

Orange Is the New Black ''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Pr ...

'' and ''Scandal'' all scored six noms each.

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...

and

Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. With a career spanning over three decades, she has established herself as one of the most Cultural impact of Beyoncé, ...

scored the most music nominations, with four each.

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary ...

was honored with the President's Award and former

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Eric Holder was honored with the Chairman's Award. Taraji P. Henson was recognized with the Entertainer of the Year.

Special Awards

Motion Picture

All nominees are listed below with the winners listed in bold.

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 David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo ( ; ; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awar ...

– '' Selma'' *

Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles Denzel Washington on screen and stage, on stage and screen, Washington has received List of awards and nominations ...

– '' The Equalizer'' *

Idris Elba Idrissa Akuna Elba Order of the British Empire, OBE ( ; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor and musician. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards. He w ...

– '' No Good Deed'' *

Nate Parker Nate Parker (born November 18, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in ''Beyond the Lights'', ''Red Tails'', ''The Secret Life of Bees (film), The Secret Life of Bees'', ''The Great Debaters'', Arbitrage (film), ''Arbitrage ...

– '' Beyond the Lights''

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

* Gugu Mbatha-Raw – '' Belle'' *

Quvenzhané Wallis Quvenzhané Wallis ( ; born August 28, 2003) is an American actress and author. In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becomi ...

– '' Annie'' * Taraji P. Henson – '' No Good Deed'' * Tessa Thompson – '' Dear White People'' *

Viola Davis Viola Davis ( ; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. List of awards and nominations received by Viola Davis, Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. ''Time (magazine), Time'' named her one of ...

– '' The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby''

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

* Andre Holland – '' Selma'' *

Cedric the Entertainer Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian, actor and television host. He hosted BET's '' ComicView'' during the 1993–1994 season and '' Def Comedy Jam'' ...

– '' Top Five'' *

Common Common may refer to: As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin. Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Com ...

– '' Selma'' *

Danny Glover Danny Glover ( ; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer, and political activist. Over his career he has received List of awards and nominations received by Danny Glover, numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian A ...

– '' Beyond the Lights'' * Wendell Pierce – '' Selma''

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

– '' Get On Up'' * Carmen Ejogo – '' Selma'' * Jill Scott – '' Get On Up'' *

Octavia Spencer Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy ...

– '' Get On Up'' *

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American television presenter, talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show' ...

– '' Selma''

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

* '' Belle'' * '' Dear White People'' * ''

Half of a Yellow Sun ''Half of a Yellow Sun'' is a 2006 novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It became instantly successful after its publication; in the United States and Nigeria, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''Half of a Y ...

'' * '' Jimi: All Is by My Side'' * ''

Life of a King ''Life of a King'' is a 2013 American drama film directed by Jake Goldberger. The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, and LisaGay Hamilton. Plot The film tells the true story of Eugene Brown ( Cuba Gooding Jr.), an ex-convict who st ...

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

* Amma Asante – ''Belle'' * Ava DuVernay – ''Selma'' * Antoine Fuqua –''The Equalizer'' * Gina Prince-Bythewood – ''Beyond The Lights'' * John Ridley – ''JIMI: All Is By My Side''

Television

Outstanding Drama Series

* '' Being Mary Jane'' * ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...

'' * ''

House of Cards A house of cards (also known as a card tower or card castle) is a structure created by stacking playing cards on top of each other, often in the shape of a pyramid. "House of cards" is also an expression that dates back to 1645 meaning a struc ...

'' * ''

How to Get Away with Murder ''How to Get Away with Murder'' is an American legal drama thriller television series that premiered on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 25, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2020. The series was created by Peter Nowalk and pro ...

'' * ''

Scandal A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way a ...

Outstanding Comedy Series

* '' black-ish'' * '' House of Lies'' * '' Key & Peele'' * ''

'' * '' Real Husbands of Hollywood''

Outstanding Talk Series

* '' Oprah Prime'' * ''

Steve Harvey Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr. Also aired August 16, 2015. (born January 17, 1957) is an American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and producer. He hosts ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'', ''Family Feud'', ''Celebrity Family Feud'', '' ...

'' * '' The Queen Latifah Show'' * '' The View'' * ''

The Wendy Williams Show ''The Wendy Williams Show'' (often shortened to ''Wendy'') is an American Broadcast syndication, syndicated talk show created and hosted by Wendy Williams, and produced by Wendy Williams Productions, along with Perler Productions. The show was d ...

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)

* '' BET Awards 2014'' * ''

Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. Two families compete on each episode to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, the ...

'' * '' 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 James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip ho ...

– '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' (CBS) * Shemar Moore – ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...

'' (CBS) *

Omar Epps Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, and producer. Epps's film roles include ''Juice (1992 film), Juice'', ''Higher Learning'', ''The Wood'', ''In Too Deep (1999 film), In Too Deep'', and ''Love & Basketball''. His ...

– ''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions involving the same person or deity returning to another body. The disappearance of a body is anothe ...

'' (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 Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) SidebarCertificate of Live Birth: Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha(County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health). Gives Kerry Washington birth dateArchivedfrom the original on May 2, 2016.Note: Fil ...

– ''

'' (ABC) *

– ''

Red Band Society ''Red Band Society'' is an American Teen drama, teen Medical drama, medical comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from September 17, 2014, to February 7, 2015. It was developed by Margaret Nagle. Cast and ...

'' (FOX) *

Gabrielle Union Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade ( Union; born October 29, 1972) is an American actress. Her career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on television sitcoms, prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films '' She's All That ...

– '' Being Mary Jane ''(BET) *

– ''

'' (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Alfred Enoch Alfred Lewis Enoch (born 2 December 1988) is a British and Brazilian actor. He is best known for playing Dean Thomas (Harry Potter), Dean Thomas in the fantasy film series Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' and List of How to Get Away ...

– ''

'' (ABC) * Courtney B. Vance – '' Masters of Sex'' (Showtime) * Guillermo Diaz – ''

'' (ABC) * Jeffrey Wright – ''

Boardwalk Empire ''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter for the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. The series sta ...

'' (HBO) *

Joe Morton Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. (born October 18, 1947) is an American actor. Known as a character actor for his numerous roles on stage, television and film, he has received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for ...

– ''

'' (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

* Aja Naomi King – ''

'' (ABC) *

Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard ( ; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Scree ...

– '' State Of Affairs'' (NBC) * Chandra Wilson – ''

'' (ABC) *

Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress, businesswoman, and talk show host. She is co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show ''Red Table Talk'', for which she has won a Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytim ...

– '' Gotham'' (FOX) * Khandi Alexander – ''

'' (ABC)

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

– ''

'' (Syndicated) *

Queen Latifah Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, singer, and actress. She has received various accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe ...

– '' The Queen Latifah Show'' (Syndicated) *

Chris Rock Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He first gained prominence for his stand-up routines in the 1980s in which he tackled subjects including race relations, human sexuality, and obse ...

– '' BET Awards 2014'' (BET) *

Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn L. Ifill ( ; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program ...

– ''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 ''The Trip to Bountiful'' is a 1985 American road drama film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. It was adapted by Horton Foote from his 1953 play. Th ...

'' (Lifetime)

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

* Blair Underwood – ''

'' (Lifetime) * Charles S. Dutton – ''Comeback Dad'' (UP) *

Larenz Tate Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as O-Dog in ''Menace II Society'', Anthony Curtis in ''Dead Presidents'', and as Councilman Rashad Tate in '' Power''. Tate's other fi ...

– ''Gun Hill'' (BET) *

Mekhi Phifer Mekhi Phifer ( ; born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. Beginning his career in the mid-1990s, Phifer was known for a few notable roles in films including ''Clockers (film), Clockers'', ''Soul Food (film), Soul Food'', ''High School High' ...

– '' A Day Late and a Dollar Short'' (Lifetime) *

Ving Rhames Irving Rameses Rhames ( ; born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying IMF Agent Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible (film series), ''Mission: Impossible'' film series (1996–2025) and crime boss Marsellus Wal ...

– '' A Day Late and a Dollar Short ''(Lifetime)

In Memoriam

The song "Jesus is Love" by the

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was played during the "In Memoriam" segment. *

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credi ...

Tony Gwynn Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr. (May 9, 1960 – June 16, 2014), nicknamed "Mr. Padre", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played 20 seasons (1982–2001) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. The left-handed hi ...

Mario Cuomo Mario Matthew Cuomo ( , ; June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ...

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, whose name was shortened to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained a p ...

* Chester Nez * Bobby Womack *

Anna Gordy Gaye Anna Ruby Gaye (née Gordy; January 28, 1922 – January 31, 2014) was an American businesswoman, composer and songwriter. An elder sister of Motown Records, Motown founder Berry Gordy, she became a record executive in the mid-to-late 1950s dist ...

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio presenter who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably ''American Top 40'', as well as the weekly syndicated televi ...

* Lowell Steward *

Rubin Carter Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was a Black American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for Murder (United States law), murder, until released following a petition of Habeas corpus in the ...

* Yuri Kochiyama * Alice Coachman * Andraé Crouch * Meshach Taylor * Ernie Banks * Big Bank Hank * Dollree Mapp * Joe Wilder * Ruby Dee * Marion Barry * William G. Mays * Frankie Knuckles * Edward Brooke * Jonathan Hicks * Jimmy Ellis (boxer), Jimmy Ellis * Geoffrey Holder * Charlie Sifford * Jimmy Ruffin * Stuart Scott

References

External links

NAACP Image Awards official site
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