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The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards

Niecy Nash-Betts, Angela Bassett, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Ruth E. Carter were among the entertainers who took home honors Sunday night.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
Ruth Carter and Angela Bassett at the 28th Critics’ Choice Awards held at the Fairmont Century Plaza on January 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
By Brande Victorian · Updated January 15, 2023
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The 28th annual Critics Choice Awards took place at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles Sunday night. Hosted by Chelsea Handler, the ceremony honors the finest achievements in cinema and television and has come to be the greatest predictor of Academy Award nominations over the years.

If that legacy holds true, we’ll see a number of Black actresses take the stage to receive Oscars during the Academy Awards on March 12, as many accepted top honors during the Critics Choice Awards. Among them was singer and actress Janelle Monáe who received the seventh annual #Seeher Award following her role in the Netflix film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

Scroll below to see the Black actors and actresses who took home awards during the ceremony.

01
Janelle Monáe
Monáe received the #SeeHer Award on top of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery winning awards for Best Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
02
Abbott Elementary
The ABC sitcom won the award for Best Comedy Series.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
03
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Ralph won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Abbott Elementary.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
04
Angela Bassett
Bassett took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
05
Ruth E. Carter
Carter won the award for Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
06
Niecy Nash-Betts
The actress won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for her role in the Netflix series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
07
Giancarlo Esposito
Esposito won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Better Call Saul.
The Top Winners From The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
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