46th NAACP Image Awards

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.^[1]

The nominees were announced on December 14, 2014.^[2] In Motion Picture categories Ava DuVernay's film Selma received the most nominations with eight, while in television the TV categories Black-ish, Orange Is the New Black and Scandal all scored six noms each.^[3] Pharrell Williams and Beyoncé scored the most music nominations, with four each.^[4]

Spike Lee was honored with the President's Award and former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder was honored with the Chairman's Award. Taraji P. Henson was recognized with the Entertainer of the Year.^[5]

All nominees are listed below with the winners listed in bold.^[6][7]

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

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

• 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

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

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

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

Amma Asante – Belle

Antoine Fuqua –The Equalizer

Ava DuVernay – Selma

Gina Prince-Bythewood – Beyond The Lights

John Ridley – JIMI: All Is By My Side

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

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

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

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

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

• NAACP Image Awards official site