NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
{{Infobox award
| name = NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
| image = Ebony Obsidian 2024 (cropped).jpg
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption = The 2025 recipient: Ebony Obsidian
| awarded_for = Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
| location = Pasadena, California
| presenter = NAACP
| holder = Ebony Obsidian for The Six Triple Eight (2024)
| year = Beah Richards for The Great White Hope (1970)
}}
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. The award was introduced in 1970 and was awarded sporadically until its permanent feature from 1995 onwards. Angela Bassett currently holds the record for most wins in this category, with four.
Winners and nominees
For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.
=1970s=
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!scope="row"| 1970 |style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| scope="row"| 1971–1979
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=1980s=
=1990s=
=2000s=
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2000 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Melissa De Sousa
| rowspan="2"| The Best Man |
| Sanaa Lathan |
| Queen Latifah |
| Vanessa L. Williams |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2001 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Nicole Ari Parker |
| Aunjanue Ellis |
| Marla Gibbs |
| Thandiwe Newton |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2002 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Loretta Devine
| rowspan="2"| Kingdom Come |
| Vivica A. Fox |
| Mo'Nique |
| Jada Pinkett Smith
| Ali |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2003 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Nicole Ari Parker |
| Kimberly Elise
| John Q |
| Eve |
| Queen Latifah |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2004 | Radio | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/2004|title=2004 Image Award Winners|website=IMDb|access-date=August 2, 2016}} |
| Nona Gaye |
| Sanaa Lathan |
| Jada Pinkett Smith |
| Gabrielle Union |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2005 | Ray | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Loretta Devine |
| Sophie Okonedo |
| Jada Pinkett Smith |
| Sharon Warren
| Ray |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2006 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Ashanti |
| Taraji P. Henson
| rowspan="2"| Hustle & Flow |
| Elise Neal |
| Thandiwe Newton
| Crash |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2007 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Angela Bassett |
| Thandiwe Newton |
| Anika Noni Rose |
| Kerry Washington |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2008 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Ruby Dee |
| Loretta Devine |
| Meagan Good |
| Queen Latifah |
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!scope="row" rowspan="5"| 2009 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Beyoncé |
| Jennifer Hudson
| rowspan="3"| The Secret Life of Bees |
| Alicia Keys |
| Sophie Okonedo |
=2010s=
=2020s=
Multiple wins and nominations
=Wins=
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; 4 wins
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; 2 wins
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=Nominations=
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; 7 nominations
; 5 nominations
; 4 nominations
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Taraji P. Henson
- Queen Latifah
- Thandiwe Newton
- Lupita Nyong'o
- Phylicia Rashad
- Aunjanue Ellis
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; 3 nominations
; 2 nominations
- Nicole Ari Parker
- Viola Davis
- Danai Gurira
- Regina Hall
- Sanaa Lathan
- Jenifer Lewis
- Janelle Monáe
- Sophie Okonedo
- Jill Scott
- Regina Taylor
- Kerry Washington
- Oprah Winfrey
- Danielle Deadwyler
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References
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