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Home • NAACP Image Awards

Here's The Complete 2018 NAACP Image Awards Winner's List 

Here's The Complete NAACP Image Awards Winner's List
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By Rachaell Davis · Updated October 24, 2020

Black excellence was on full display in Hollywood as a host of our favorites in film, television, music and literature gathered for the 49th Annual NAACP Image Awards. 

Scroll through for a look at this year’s winners in each category.

01
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay
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02
New Edition Miniseries
The New Edition Story
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03
Clone of Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip, Legends of Chamberlain Heights

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Brad Barket

04
Naturi Naughton
Naturi Naughton – POWER
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05
Caleb McLaughlin
Caleb McLaughln – Stranger Things
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06
Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele – Get Out
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07
Marsai Martin
Marsai Martin – Black-ish
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08
Gina Prince Bythewood
Gina Prince Bythewood – Shots Fired (Hour One: Pilot)
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09
Joe Morton
Joe Morton – Scandal
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10
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish
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11
Jay Ellis
Jay Ellis – Insecure
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12
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
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13
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah – Flint
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14
Idris Elba
Idris Elba – Guerrilla; Thor
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15
Taraji tout
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FOX

16
The Real
The Real
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17
David Tamela mann
The Manns
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18
Lip Sync Battle
Lip Sync Battle, LL Cool J
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19
The Cast of Detroit
The Cast of Detroit smiles for the cameras as they attends the “Detroit” world premiere in Detroit, Michigan.
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20
Greenleaf
Greenleaf Soundtrack, Volume 2
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OWN
21
Baltimore Teens Step
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Jay L. Clendenin
22
Barack Obama

The 44th President: In His Own Words

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23
Allen Hughes
Allen Hughes – Defiant Ones
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24
Carl Franklin
Carl Franklin – 13 Reasons Why
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25
Doc McStuffins
Doc McStuffins
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26
Roland Martin
Roland Martin – News One Now
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27
Daniel Kaluuya
Daniel Kaluuya
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28
Omari Hardwick
Omari Hardwick – POWER
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29
Will Packer and Malcolm D. Lee
Girls Trip
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30
Cast of POWER
POWER
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31
Cast of Black-ish
Black-ish
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32
Sza
SZA
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33
Rihanna
Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna – Loyalty
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34
Clone of Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar
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Kevin Winter
35
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars
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36
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
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37
Clone of Claws cast
Janine Barrois – CLAWS
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TNT
38
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer – Gifted
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