Black Reel Awards of 2023

{{Infobox award

| name = 23rd Black Reel Awards

| date = February 6, 2023 (Film)
January 16, 2024 (Television)

| award1_type = Outstanding Film

| award1_winner = The Woman King

| most_wins = The Woman King (6)

| most_nominations = Black Panther: Wakanda Forever / The Woman King (14)

| previous = 22nd

| main = Black Reel Awards

| next = 24th

}}

The 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2022, took place on February 6, 2023, and streamed on blackreelawards.com at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/lsquothe-woman-kingrsquo-wins-big-at-the-23rd-annual-black-reel-award-1235251326/ |title='The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards |first=Valerie |last=Complex |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 6, 2023 |access-date=February 6, 2023}} During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 24 categories. The film nominations were announced on December 15, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.blackreelawards.com/23rdblackreelawardsnoms |title=2023 BOLT Nominations |publisher=Black Reel Awards |access-date=December 15, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-the-woman-king-lead-2023-black-reel-awards-nominations/ |title='Black Panther: Wakanda Forever', 'The Woman King' lead 2023 Black Reel Awards nominations |first=Erik |last=Anderson |publisher=AwardsWatch |date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=December 15, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/black-reel-awards-nominations-announced-for-23rd-annual-ceremony-the-woman-king-1235200476/ |title=Black Reel Awards Nominations Announced for 23rd Annual Ceremony; 'The Woman King' and 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Lead with 14 nominations |first=Valerie |last=Complex |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=December 22, 2022}}

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The Woman King led the film nominations with fourteen each, with the latter winning a total of six awards, the most wins by any film, including Outstanding Film.

With her third win for Outstanding Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ruth E. Carter became the most decorated technical award winner in Black Reel Awards history. Actress Angela Bassett also made history, becoming the first woman ever to win an acting and honorary award in the same year; she won for her work in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and also received the prestigious "Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award", recognizing her career of acting excellence.

The 7th Annual Black Reel Awards for Television nominations were announced on June 15, 2023; the performance categories were merged into gender neutral ones while five technical categories were added. The miniseries The Best Man: The Final Chapters received 18 nominations, becoming the most nominated program in a single year in the history of the awards.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/black-reel-television-awards-announces-nominations-the-best-man-final-chapters-leads-with-18-noms-1235418181/ |title=Black Reel 7th Annual Television Awards featuring Gender Neutral Categories Announces Nominations; 'The Best Man: Final Chapters' leads with 18 noms |first=Valerie |last=Complex |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 15, 2023 |access-date=July 3, 2023}} The ceremony was initially scheduled for August 14, but has been delayed and rescheduled. This temporary change is due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes; the ceremony will now be on January 13, 2024, combining both the film and television ceremonies.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/black-reel-awards-film-tv-honors-ceremony-january-1235672178/ |title=Black Reel Awards to Combine Film and TV Honors, Ceremony Rescheduled for January (EXCLUSIVE) |first=Angelique |last=Jackson |work=Variety |date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=July 18, 2023}}

Representatives for the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) explained that temporarily rescheduling the summer celebration "gives the opportunity for the resolution of the strikes to occur and allow for the presence and participation of all the honorees".

"The best part about recognizing excellence in anything is giving those who have done the work the opportunity to shine," stated Tim Gordon, the Black Reel Awards' founder and executive director. "We felt announcing the winners on our site or in a press release would not appropriately honor the fantastic work of those in our entertainment community," he concluded.

Film winners and nominees

class=wikitable width="100%" ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Film ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Director
valign="top"\| The Woman King – Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Cathy Schulman and Julius Tennon, producers Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Kevin Feige and Nate Moore, producers Devotion – Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill and Trent Luckinbill, producers Nope – Jordan Peele and Ian Cooper, producers Till – Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Reilly and Thomas Levine, producers \| valign="top"\| Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King Elegance Bratton – The Inspection Chinonye Chukwu – Till Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Jordan Peele – Nope
width="50%"\| Outstanding Actor ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Actress
valign="top"\| *Jeremy Pope – The Inspection* as Ellis French** John Boyega – Breaking as Lance Corporal Brian Brown-Easley Sterling K. Brown – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Lee-Curtis Childs Daniel Kaluuya – Nope as Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr. Jonathan Majors – Devotion as Jesse L. Brown \| valign="top"\| *Danielle Deadwyler – Till* as Mamie Till-Mobley** Viola Davis – The Woman King as General Nanisca Anna Diop – Nanny as Aisha Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Trinitie Childs Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Shuri / Black Panther
width="50%"\| Outstanding Supporting Actor ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Supporting Actress
valign="top"\| *Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway* as James Aucoin** Micheal Ward – Empire of Light as Stephen Michael K. Williams – Breaking as Eli Bernard Bokeem Woodbine – The Inspection as Leland Laws Jeffrey Wright – The Batman as Lt. James Gordon \| valign="top"\| *Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* as Ramonda** Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King as Nawi Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Helen Brand / Cassandra "Andi" Brand Keke Palmer – Nope as Emerald "Em" Haywood Gabrielle Union – The Inspection as Inez French
width="50%"\| Outstanding Breakthrough Male ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Breakthrough Female
valign="top"\| *Jeremy Pope – The Inspection* as Ellis French** Jalyn Hall – Till as Emmett Till Daryl McCormack – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande as Leo Grande / Connor Quintessa Swindell – Black Adam as Maxine Hunkel / Cyclone Micheal Ward – Empire of Light as Stephen \| valign="top"\| *Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King* as Nawi** Sheila Atim – The Woman King as Amenza Charmaine Bingwa – Emancipation as Dodienne Anna Diop – Nanny as Aisha Dominique Thorne – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Riri Williams
width="50%"\| Outstanding Ensemble ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Screenplay
valign="top"\| The Woman King – Aisha Coley, casting director Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Sarah Finn, casting director Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Shannon Reis, casting director The Inspection – Kim Coleman, casting director Till – Kim Coleman, casting director \| valign="top"\| Till – Keith Beauchamp, Michael Reilly, and Chinonye Chukwu Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole The Inspection – Elegance Bratton Nanny – Nikyatu Jusu Nope – Jordan Peele
width="50%"\| Outstanding Documentary Feature ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Independent Film
valign="top"\| Sidney – Reginald Hudlin, director Aftershock – Paula Eislet and Tonya Lewis Lee, directors Descendant – Margaret Brown, director Is That Black Enough for You?!? – Elvis Mitchell, director [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14447458/ Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues] – Sacha Jenkins, director \| valign="top"\| The Inspection – Elegance Bratton, director Emergency – Carey Williams, director Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Adamma Ebo, director Master – Mariama Diallo, director Nanny – Nikyatu Jusu, director
width="50%"\| Outstanding Short Film ! width="50%"\| Outstanding International Film
valign="top"\| North Star – P.J. Palmer, director Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison – Cinque Northern, director Elegy: My Two Months in Harlem – Andre Lambertson, director Fannie – Christine Swanson, director New Moon – Jeremie Balais, Raúl Domingo and Jeffig Le Bars, directors \| valign="top"\| Saint Omer (France) – Alice Diop, director Neptune Frost (Rwanda) – Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, directors
width="50%"\| Outstanding Voice Performance ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Soundtrack
valign="top"\| *Zoe Saldaña – Avatar: The Way of Water* as Neytiri** Zazie Beetz – The Bad Guys as Diane Foxington / The Crimson Paw Idris Elba – Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Knuckles the Echidna Keke Palmer – Lightyear as Izzy Hawthorne Gabrielle Union – Strange World as Meridian Clade \| valign="top"\| *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* A Jazzman's Blues Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story Till The Woman King
width="50%"\| Outstanding Emerging Director ! width="50%"\| Outstanding First Screenplay
valign="top"\| Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny Elegance Bratton – The Inspection Adamma Ebo – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Elvis Mitchell – Is That Black Enough for You?!? Carey Williams – Emergency \| valign="top"\| The Inspection – Elegance Bratton Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Adamma Ebo Nanny – Nikyatu Jusu Master – Mariama Diallo On the Come Up – Kay Oyegun
width="50%"\| Outstanding Original Song ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Score
valign="top"\| *"Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* – Rihanna, performer; Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson and Tems, writers** "Born Again" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Rihanna, performer; Rihanna, The-Dream, Ludwig Göransson and James Fauntleroy, writers "Keep Rising" from The Woman King – Jessy Wilson and Angélique Kidjo, performers; Jessy Wilson, Angélique Kidjo and Jeremy Lutito, writers "Paper Airplanes" from A Jazzman's Blues – Ruth B., performer; Ruth B. and Terence Blanchard, writers "Stand Up" from Till – Jazmine Sullivan, performer; Jazmine Sullivan and D'Mile, writers \| valign="top"\| The Woman King – Terence Blanchard Alice – Common End of the Road – Craig Deleon Nanny – Tanerélle and Bartek Gliniak Nope – Michael Abels
width="50%"\| Outstanding Cinematography ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Costume Design
valign="top"\| Nope – Hoyte van Hoytema Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Autumn Durald Arkapaw Emancipation – Robert Richardson Till – Bobby Bukowski The Woman King – Polly Morgan \| valign="top"\| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Lorraine Coppin Nanny – Charlese Antoinette Jones Till – Marci Rodgers The Woman King – Gersha Phillips
width="50%"\| Outstanding Editing ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Production Design
valign="top"\| The Woman King – Terilyn A. Shropshire Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon, and Jennifer Lame [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14447458/ Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues] – Jason Pollard and Alma Herrera-Pazmino Thirteen Lives – James D. Wilcox Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Daysha Broadway \| valign="top"\| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Hannah Beachler Devotion – Wynn Thomas Nope – Ruth De Jong Till – Curtis Beech The Woman King – Akin Mckenzie

class=wikitable width="100%"

! width="50%"| Outstanding Film

! width="50%"| Outstanding Director

valign="top"|

The Woman King – Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Cathy Schulman and Julius Tennon, producers
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Kevin Feige and Nate Moore, producers
Devotion – Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill and Trent Luckinbill, producers
Nope – Jordan Peele and Ian Cooper, producers
Till – Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Reilly and Thomas Levine, producers

| valign="top"|

Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
Elegance Bratton – The Inspection
Chinonye Chukwu – Till
Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jordan Peele – Nope

width="50%"| Outstanding Actor

! width="50%"| Outstanding Actress

valign="top"|

Jeremy Pope – The Inspection as Ellis French
John Boyega – Breaking as Lance Corporal Brian Brown-Easley
Sterling K. Brown – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Lee-Curtis Childs
Daniel Kaluuya – Nope as Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr.
Jonathan Majors – Devotion as Jesse L. Brown

| valign="top"|

Danielle Deadwyler – Till as Mamie Till-Mobley
Viola Davis – The Woman King as General Nanisca
Anna Diop – Nanny as Aisha
Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Trinitie Childs
Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Shuri / Black Panther

width="50%"| Outstanding Supporting Actor

! width="50%"| Outstanding Supporting Actress

valign="top"|

Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin
Micheal Ward – Empire of Light as Stephen
Michael K. Williams – Breaking as Eli Bernard
Bokeem Woodbine – The Inspection as Leland Laws
Jeffrey Wright – The Batman as Lt. James Gordon

| valign="top"|

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Ramonda
Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King as Nawi
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Helen Brand / Cassandra "Andi" Brand
Keke Palmer – Nope as Emerald "Em" Haywood
Gabrielle Union – The Inspection as Inez French

width="50%"| Outstanding Breakthrough Male

! width="50%"| Outstanding Breakthrough Female

valign="top"|

Jeremy Pope – The Inspection as Ellis French
Jalyn Hall – Till as Emmett Till
Daryl McCormack – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande as Leo Grande / Connor
Quintessa Swindell – Black Adam as Maxine Hunkel / Cyclone
Micheal Ward – Empire of Light as Stephen

| valign="top"|

Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King as Nawi
Sheila Atim – The Woman King as Amenza
Charmaine Bingwa – Emancipation as Dodienne
Anna Diop – Nanny as Aisha
Dominique Thorne – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Riri Williams

width="50%"| Outstanding Ensemble

! width="50%"| Outstanding Screenplay

valign="top"|

The Woman King – Aisha Coley, casting director
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Sarah Finn, casting director
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Shannon Reis, casting director
The Inspection – Kim Coleman, casting director
Till – Kim Coleman, casting director

| valign="top"|

Till – Keith Beauchamp, Michael Reilly, and Chinonye Chukwu
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
The Inspection – Elegance Bratton
Nanny – Nikyatu Jusu
Nope – Jordan Peele

width="50%"| Outstanding Documentary Feature

! width="50%"| Outstanding Independent Film

valign="top"|

Sidney – Reginald Hudlin, director
Aftershock – Paula Eislet and Tonya Lewis Lee, directors
Descendant – Margaret Brown, director
Is That Black Enough for You?!? – Elvis Mitchell, director
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14447458/ Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues] – Sacha Jenkins, director

| valign="top"|

The Inspection – Elegance Bratton, director
Emergency – Carey Williams, director
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Adamma Ebo, director
Master – Mariama Diallo, director
Nanny – Nikyatu Jusu, director

width="50%"| Outstanding Short Film

! width="50%"| Outstanding International Film

valign="top"|

North Star – P.J. Palmer, director
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison – Cinque Northern, director
Elegy: My Two Months in Harlem – Andre Lambertson, director
Fannie – Christine Swanson, director
New Moon – Jeremie Balais, Raúl Domingo and Jeffig Le Bars, directors

| valign="top"|

Saint Omer (France) – Alice Diop, director
Neptune Frost (Rwanda) – Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, directors

width="50%"| Outstanding Voice Performance

! width="50%"| Outstanding Soundtrack

valign="top"|

Zoe Saldaña – Avatar: The Way of Water as Neytiri
Zazie Beetz – The Bad Guys as Diane Foxington / The Crimson Paw
Idris Elba – Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Knuckles the Echidna
Keke Palmer – Lightyear as Izzy Hawthorne
Gabrielle Union – Strange World as Meridian Clade

| valign="top"|

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
A Jazzman's Blues
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Till
The Woman King

width="50%"| Outstanding Emerging Director

! width="50%"| Outstanding First Screenplay

valign="top"|

Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny
Elegance Bratton – The Inspection
Adamma Ebo – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Elvis Mitchell – Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Carey Williams – Emergency

| valign="top"|

The Inspection – Elegance Bratton
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Adamma Ebo
Nanny – Nikyatu Jusu
Master – Mariama Diallo
On the Come Up – Kay Oyegun

width="50%"| Outstanding Original Song

! width="50%"| Outstanding Score

valign="top"|

"Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Rihanna, performer; Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson and Tems, writers
"Born Again" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Rihanna, performer; Rihanna, The-Dream, Ludwig Göransson and James Fauntleroy, writers
"Keep Rising" from The Woman King – Jessy Wilson and Angélique Kidjo, performers; Jessy Wilson, Angélique Kidjo and Jeremy Lutito, writers
"Paper Airplanes" from A Jazzman's Blues – Ruth B., performer; Ruth B. and Terence Blanchard, writers
"Stand Up" from Till – Jazmine Sullivan, performer; Jazmine Sullivan and D'Mile, writers

| valign="top"|

The Woman King – Terence Blanchard
Alice – Common
End of the Road – Craig Deleon
Nanny – Tanerélle and Bartek Gliniak
Nope – Michael Abels

width="50%"| Outstanding Cinematography

! width="50%"| Outstanding Costume Design

valign="top"|

Nope – Hoyte van Hoytema
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Emancipation – Robert Richardson
Till – Bobby Bukowski
The Woman King – Polly Morgan

| valign="top"|

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. – Lorraine Coppin
Nanny – Charlese Antoinette Jones
Till – Marci Rodgers
The Woman King – Gersha Phillips

width="50%"| Outstanding Editing

! width="50%"| Outstanding Production Design

valign="top"|

The Woman King – Terilyn A. Shropshire
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon, and Jennifer Lame
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14447458/ Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues] – Jason Pollard and Alma Herrera-Pazmino
Thirteen Lives – James D. Wilcox
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Daysha Broadway

| valign="top"|

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Hannah Beachler
Devotion – Wynn Thomas
Nope – Ruth De Jong
Till – Curtis Beech
The Woman King – Akin Mckenzie

=Honorary awards=

Vanguard Award – Effie T. Brown
Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award – Angela Bassett
Ruby Dee Humanitarian Award – Kerry Washington
Oscar Micheaux Impact Award – Debra Martin Chase{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/angela-bassett-kerry-washington-black-reel-awards-special-honorees-1235489469/ |title=Angela Bassett, Kerry Washington, Effie T. Brown, and Debra Martin Chase Named Special Honorees at 2023 Black Reel Awards (EXCLUSIVE) |first=Angelique |last=Jackson |work=Variety |date=January 16, 2023 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" background: #f6e39c;

! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 14

| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The Woman King

style="text-align:center"| 11

| Till

style="text-align:center"| 10

| The Inspection

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 8

| Nanny

Nope

style="text-align:center"| 7

| Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

style="text-align:center"| 3

| Devotion

rowspan="8" style="text-align:center"| 2

| Breaking

Emancipation

Emergency

Empire of Light

Master

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

A Jazzman's Blues

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14447458/ Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues]

The following films received multiple awards:

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" background: #f6e39c;
scope="col" style="width:55px;"\| Wins ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Film
style="text-align:center"\| 6 \| The Woman King
style="text-align:center"\| 5 \| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
style="text-align:center"\| 4 \| The Inspection
style="text-align:center"\| 2 \| Till

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" background: #f6e39c;

scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film

style="text-align:center"| 6

| The Woman King

style="text-align:center"| 5

| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

style="text-align:center"| 4

| The Inspection

style="text-align:center"| 2

| Till

Television winners and nominees

=Comedy=

width="50%"\| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
class=wikitable width="100%" ! width="50%" colspan="2"\| Outstanding Comedy Series
valign="top" colspan="2"\| Abbott Elementary – Quinta Brunson, showrunner (ABC) Atlanta – Donald Glover, showrunner (FX) Harlem – Tracy Oliver, showrunner (Prime Video) Unprisoned – Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner (Hulu) The Upshaws – Regina Y. Hicks, showrunner (Netflix)
valign="top"\| *Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary* as Janine Teagues (ABC)** Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood as Tina Butler (CBS) Cedric the Entertainer – The Neighborhood as Calvin Butler (CBS) Donald Glover – Atlanta as Earnest "Earn" Marks (FX) Meagan Good – Harlem as Camille Parks (Prime Video) Jasmine Cephas Jones – Blindspotting as Ashley Rose (Starz) Delroy Lindo – Unprisoned as Edwin Alexander (Hulu) Robin Thede – A Black Lady Sketch Show as Various Characters (HBO) Kerry Washington – Unprisoned as Paige Alexander (Hulu) Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams – The Ms. Pat Show as Patricia "Pat" Ford Carson (BET+) \| valign="top"\| *Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary* as Barbara Howard (ABC)** Zazie Beetz – Atlanta as Vanessa "Van" Kiefer (FX) William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary as Mr. Johnson (ABC) Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX on Hulu) Brian Tyree Henry – Atlanta as Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles (FX) Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC) Toheeb Jimoh – Ted Lasso as Samuel "Sam" Obisanya (Apple TV+) Danielle Pinnock – Ghost as Alberta Haynes (CBS) LaKeith Stanfield – Atlanta as Darius Epps (FX) Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary as Gregory Eddie (ABC)
width="50%" colspan="2"\| Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series
valign="top" colspan="2"\| *Taraji P. Henson – Abbott Elementary* as Vanetta Teagues (ABC)** Quinta Brunson – Saturday Night Live as Host (NBC) Don Cheadle – Dave as Himself (FXX) Zach Fox – Abbott Elementary as Tariq Temple (ABC) Whoopi Goldberg – Harlem as Dr. Elise Pruitt (Prime Video) Lil Rel Howery – Poker Face as Taffy Boyle (Peacock) Orlando Jones – Abbott Elementary as Martin Eddie (ABC) S. Epatha Merkerson – Poker Face as Joyce Harris (Peacock) Leslie Odom Jr. – Abbott Elementary as Draemond Winding (ABC) Issa Rae – A Black Lady Sketch Show as Various Characters (HBO)
width="50%"\| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
valign="top"\| Atlanta ("The Goof Who Sat By the Door") – Directed by Donald Glover (FX) Abbott Elementary ("Mom") – Directed by Ken Whittingham (ABC) Abbott Elementary ("Read-A-Thon") – Directed by Dime Davis (ABC) Ted Lasso ("Big Week") – Directed by Destiny Ekaragha (Apple TV+) Unprisoned ("Nigrescence") – Directed by Numa Perrier (Hulu) \| valign="top"\| Atlanta ("It Was All a Dream") – Written by Donald Glover (FX) Abbott Elementary ("Educator of the Year") – Written by Jordan Temple (ABC) Abbott Elementary ("Franklin Institute") – Written by Brittani Nichols (ABC) Abbott Elementary ("Mom") – Written by Ava Coleman (ABC) Atlanta ("The Most Atlanta") – Written by Stephen Glover (FX)

=Drama=

width="50%"\| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
class=wikitable width="100%" ! width="50%" colspan="2"\| Outstanding Drama Series
valign="top" colspan="2"\| Snowfall – Dave Andron, showrunner (FX) Bel-Air – Carla Banks Waddles, showrunner (Peacock) Godfather of Harlem – Chris Brancato, showrunner (MGM+) P-Valley – Katori Hall, showrunner (Starz) Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Shonda Rhimes, showrunner (Netflix)
valign="top"\| *Damson Idris – Snowfall* as Franklin Saint (FX)** Jacob Anderson – Interview with the Vampire as Louis de Pointe du Lac (AMC) Nicco Annan – P-Valley as Uncle Clifford Sayles (Starz) Jabari Banks – Bel-Air as Will Smith (Peacock) Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 as Athena Grant-Nash (FOX) Queen Latifah – The Equalizer as Robyn McCall (CBS) Patina Miller – Power Book III: Raising Kanan as Raquel Thomas (Starz) Harold Perrineau – From as Boyd Stevens (MGM+) Octavia Spencer – Truth Be Told as Poppy Parnell (Apple TV+) Forest Whitaker – Godfather of Harlem as Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (MGM+) \| valign="top"\| *Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul* as Gus Fring (AMC)** Adjoa Andoh – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as Lady Agatha Danbury (Netflix) Brandee Evans – P-Valley as Mercedes Woodbine (Starz) Aisha Hinds – 9-1-1 as Henrietta "Hen" Wilson (FOX) Amin Joseph – Snowfall as Jerome Saint (FX) Angela Lewis – Snowfall as Louanne "Louie" Saint (FX) J. Alphonse Nicholson – P-Valley as LaMarques / Lil Murda (Starz) Sarah Niles – Riches as Claudia Richards (Prime Video) Golda Rosheuvel – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as Queen Charlotte (Netflix) Arsema Thomas – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as Young Agatha (Netflix)
width="50%" colspan="2"\| Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series
valign="top" colspan="2"\| *Storm Reid – The Last of Us* as Riley Abel (HBO)** Loretta Devine – P-Valley as Ernestine Sayles (Starz) Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian as Moff Gideon (Disney+) Lamar Johnson – The Last of Us as Henry Burrell (HBO) DeVaughn Nixon – Snowfall as Kane Hamilton (FX) Nico Parker – The Last of Us as Sarah (HBO) Phylicia Rashad – The Good Fight as Renetta Clark (Paramount+) Glynn Turman – Queen Sugar as Ernest Bordelon (OWN) Forest Whitaker – Andor as Saw Gerrera (Disney+) Keivonn Woodard – The Last of Us as Sam (HBO)
width="50%"\| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
valign="top"\| Reasonable Doubt ("Can't Knock the Hustle") – Directed by Kerry Washington (Hulu) P-Valley ("Mississippi Rule") – Directed by Katori Hall (Starz) Queen Sugar ("For They Existed") – Directed by Ava DuVernay (OWN) Snowfall ("Ballad of the Bear") – Directed by Amin Joseph (FX) The Umbrella Academy ("Pocket Full of Lightning") – Directed by Cheryl Dunye (Netflix) \| valign="top"\| Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story ("Queen to Be") – Written by Shonda Rhimes (Netflix) Godfather of Harlem ("Captain Fields") – Written by Moises Verneau and Dean Imperial (MGM+) Queen Sugar ("For They Existed") – Written by Ava DuVernay (OWN) Snowfall ("Charnel House") – Written by Walter Mosley (FX) Snowfall ("The Sit Down") – Written by Jeanine Daniels and Dave Andron (FX)

=Television Movie or Limited Series=

class=wikitable width="100%" ! width="50%" colspan="2"\| Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series
valign="top" colspan="2"\| The Best Man: The Final Chapters – Malcolm D. Lee, showrunner (Peacock) Black Girl Missing (Lifetime) Entergalatic – Michael Penketh and Mike Moon, producers (Netflix) Praise This – Will Packer, Tim Story and James Lopez, producers (Peacock) Swarm – Janine Nabers, showrunner (Prime Video)
width="50%"\| Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Supporting Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series
valign="top"\| *Dominique Fishback – Swarm* as Andrea "Dre" Greene (Prime Video)** Taye Diggs – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Harper Stewart (Peacock) Giancarlo Esposito – Kaleidoscope as Leo Pap / Ray Vernon (Netflix) Regina Hall – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Candace "Candy" Sparks (Peacock) Brian Tyree Henry – Class of '09 as Tayo Michaels (FX on Hulu) Terrence Howard – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Quentin Spivey (Peacock) Sanaa Lathan – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Robyn Stewart (Peacock) Nia Long – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Jordan Armstrong (Peacock) Harold Perrineau – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Julian "Murch" Murchison (Peacock) Zoe Saldaña – From Scratch as Amy Wheeler (Netflix) \| valign="top"\| *Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* as Glenda Cleveland (Netflix)** Morris Chestnut – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Lance Sullivan (Peacock) Keith David – From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler (Netflix) Danielle Deadwyler – From Scratch as Zora Wheeler (Netflix) Melissa De Sousa – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Shelby Taylor (Peacock) Tati Gabrielle – Kaleidoscope as Hannah Kim (Netflix) Russell Hornsby – Mike as Don King (Hulu) Lance Reddick – White Men Can't Jump as Benji (Hulu) Trevante Rhodes – Bruiser as Porter (Hulu) Aisha Tyler – The Last Thing He Told Me as Jules Taylor (Apple TV+)
width="50%"\| Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Writing in a TV Movie or Limited Series
valign="top"\| The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("Brown Girl Dreaming") – Directed by Robert Townsend (Peacock) The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Party") – Directed by Charles Stone III (Peacock) The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Wedding") – Directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Peacock) From Scratch ("Aftertastes") – Directed by Nzingha Stewart (Netflix) Swarm ("Running Scared") – Directed by Ibra Ake (Prime Video) \| valign="top"\| Swarm ("Running Scared") – Written by Ibra Ake and Stephen Glover (Prime Video) The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Audacity of Hope") – Written by James Bland and Malcolm D. Lee (Peacock) The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("Brown Girl Dreaming") – Written by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (Peacock) The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Invisible Man") – Written by Ayanna Floyd Davis (Peacock) Swarm ("Fallin' Through the Cracks") – Written by Karen Joseph Adcock and Stephen Glover (Prime Video)

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! width="50%" colspan="2"| Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series

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The Best Man: The Final Chapters – Malcolm D. Lee, showrunner (Peacock)
Black Girl Missing (Lifetime)
Entergalatic – Michael Penketh and Mike Moon, producers (Netflix)
Praise This – Will Packer, Tim Story and James Lopez, producers (Peacock)
Swarm – Janine Nabers, showrunner (Prime Video)

width="50%"| Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series

! width="50%"| Outstanding Supporting Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series

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Dominique Fishback – Swarm as Andrea "Dre" Greene (Prime Video)
Taye Diggs – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Harper Stewart (Peacock)
Giancarlo Esposito – Kaleidoscope as Leo Pap / Ray Vernon (Netflix)
Regina Hall – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Candace "Candy" Sparks (Peacock)
Brian Tyree Henry – Class of '09 as Tayo Michaels (FX on Hulu)
Terrence Howard – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Quentin Spivey (Peacock)
Sanaa Lathan – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Robyn Stewart (Peacock)
Nia Long – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Jordan Armstrong (Peacock)
Harold Perrineau – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Julian "Murch" Murchison (Peacock)
Zoe Saldaña – From Scratch as Amy Wheeler (Netflix)

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Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story as Glenda Cleveland (Netflix)
Morris Chestnut – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Lance Sullivan (Peacock)
Keith David – From Scratch as Hershel Wheeler (Netflix)
Danielle Deadwyler – From Scratch as Zora Wheeler (Netflix)
Melissa De Sousa – The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Shelby Taylor (Peacock)
Tati Gabrielle – Kaleidoscope as Hannah Kim (Netflix)
Russell Hornsby – Mike as Don King (Hulu)
Lance Reddick – White Men Can't Jump as Benji (Hulu)
Trevante Rhodes – Bruiser as Porter (Hulu)
Aisha Tyler – The Last Thing He Told Me as Jules Taylor (Apple TV+)

width="50%"| Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series

! width="50%"| Outstanding Writing in a TV Movie or Limited Series

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The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("Brown Girl Dreaming") – Directed by Robert Townsend (Peacock)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Party") – Directed by Charles Stone III (Peacock)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Wedding") – Directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Peacock)
From Scratch ("Aftertastes") – Directed by Nzingha Stewart (Netflix)
Swarm ("Running Scared") – Directed by Ibra Ake (Prime Video)

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Swarm ("Running Scared") – Written by Ibra Ake and Stephen Glover (Prime Video)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Audacity of Hope") – Written by James Bland and Malcolm D. Lee (Peacock)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("Brown Girl Dreaming") – Written by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (Peacock)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters ("The Invisible Man") – Written by Ayanna Floyd Davis (Peacock)
Swarm ("Fallin' Through the Cracks") – Written by Karen Joseph Adcock and Stephen Glover (Prime Video)

=Other programs=

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! width="50%"| Outstanding Documentary

! width="50%"| Outstanding Variety, Sketch, or Talk – Series or Special

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Dear Mama – Allen Hughes, director (FX)
The 1619 Project – Roger Ross Williams, Phil Bertelsen, Jonathan Clasberry, Kamilah Forbes, Shoshana Guy, Naimah Jabali-Nash and Christina Turner, directors (Hulu)
Bill Russell: Legend – Sam Pollard, director (Netflix)
Love to Love You, Donna Summer – Brooklyn Sudano and Roger Ross Williams, directors (HBO)
Surviving R. Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter – Nigel Bellis and Astral Finnie, directors (Lifetime)

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A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndication)
Marvel Studios: Assembled – The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney+)
Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me (Max)

=Music categories=

class=wikitable width="100%" ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Musical Score ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Music Supervision
valign="top"\| Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Kris Bowers Entergalatic – Dot da Genius and Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds (Netflix) Praise This – Jermaine Stegall, composer Swarm – Michael Uzowuru (Prime Video) Unprisoned – Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (Hulu) \| valign="top"\| The Best Man: The Final Chapters – Erica Grayson and Toko Nagata (Peacock) BMF – Derryck "Big Tank" Thornton (Starz) P-Valley – Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Sarah Bromberg, and Katori Hall (Starz) Queen Sugar – Aamina Gant (OWN) Rap Sh!t – Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, and Phillippe Pierre (Max)
width="50%" colspan="2"\| Outstanding Original Song
valign="top" colspan="2"\| *"Get It on the Floor" from P-Valley* – Written and performed by Megan Thee Stallion and J. Alphonse Nicholson (Starz)** "A Feeling I've Never Been" from Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Written by Kris Bowers and Tayla Parx; Performed by Kris Bowers "Angel" from Entergalatic – Written by Kid Cudi, Jean Baptiste, SADPONY, and Justin Raisen; Performed by Kid Cudi (Netflix) "Hustle, Repeat" from Godfather of Harlem – Written and performed by Jadakiss and Swizz Beatz (MGM+) "Something Like That" from Swarm – Written by Riley Mackin, KIRBY, and Childish Gambino; Performed by Ni'Jah

class=wikitable width="100%"

! width="50%"| Outstanding Musical Score

! width="50%"| Outstanding Music Supervision

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Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Kris Bowers
Entergalatic – Dot da Genius and Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds (Netflix)
Praise This – Jermaine Stegall, composer
Swarm – Michael Uzowuru (Prime Video)
Unprisoned – Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (Hulu)

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The Best Man: The Final Chapters – Erica Grayson and Toko Nagata (Peacock)
BMF – Derryck "Big Tank" Thornton (Starz)
P-Valley – Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Sarah Bromberg, and Katori Hall (Starz)
Queen Sugar – Aamina Gant (OWN)
Rap Sh!t – Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, and Phillippe Pierre (Max)

width="50%" colspan="2"| Outstanding Original Song

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"Get It on the Floor" from P-Valley – Written and performed by Megan Thee Stallion and J. Alphonse Nicholson (Starz)

"A Feeling I've Never Been" from Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Written by Kris Bowers and Tayla Parx; Performed by Kris Bowers

"Angel" from Entergalatic – Written by Kid Cudi, Jean Baptiste, SADPONY, and Justin Raisen; Performed by Kid Cudi (Netflix)

"Hustle, Repeat" from Godfather of Harlem – Written and performed by Jadakiss and Swizz Beatz (MGM+)

"Something Like That" from Swarm – Written by Riley Mackin, KIRBY, and Childish Gambino; Performed by Ni'Jah

=Technical categories=

width="50%"\| Outstanding Editing ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Makeup & Hairstyling
class=wikitable width="100%" ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Cinematography ! width="50%"\| Outstanding Costume Design
valign="top"\| Kindred – Cybel Martin (FX on Hulu) A Black Lady Sketch Show – Kevin Atkinson (HBO) The Equalizer – Terrence Laron Burke (CBS) Random Acts of Flyness – Shawn Peters (HBO) Rise – Kabelo Thathe (Disney+) \| valign="top"\| P-Valley – Tiffany Hasbourne (Starz) The Best Man: The Final Chapters – Danielle Hollowell (Peacock) A Black Lady Sketch Show – Michelle Page Collins (HBO) Kindred – Jaclyn Banner (FX on Hulu) Swarm – Dominique Dawson (Prime Video)
valign="top"\| Power Book II: Ghost – Spenser Reich (Starz) Kindred – Shannon Baker Davis (FX on Hulu) Random Acts of Flyness – Jonathan Proctor and Terence Nance (HBO) Rap Sh!t – Lynarion Hubbard (Max) Unprisoned – Christine Armstrong (Hulu) \| valign="top"\| P-Valley – J. Denelle and Arlene Martin (Starz) Abbott Elementary – Alisha L. Baijounas and Moira Fraizer (ABC) The Best Man: The Final Chapters – Ashunta Sheriff and Shellie Biviens (Peacock) A Black Lady Sketch Show – Jacqueline Knowlton and Shavonne Brown (HBO) Kindred – Geno Freeman and Elizabeth Robinson (FX on Hulu)
width="50%" colspan="2"\| Outstanding Production Design
valign="top" colspan="2"\| Kindred – Nora Mendis (FX on Hulu) Praise This – Keith Brian Burns (Peacock) Random Acts of Flyness – Nora Mendis (HBO)