2025 NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors List List

Prior to the main Naacp image Awards, the television ceremony begins on Saturday night, some of this year’s winners were named on Friday night at a non-adulthood creative honorary event.

Guys nickelSixth -time nominees, he took two awards, and director Ramell Ross won the best directing in the film picture, and Ross and co -authorist Joslyn Barnes won the best writing in a movie for their adaptation nominated for an Oscar nomination.

Another double winner was Jennifer Hudson, who saw that her daily talk show was a Best Talk Series win while winning the best host in the Talk series.

Other notable winners are included Sing (Best Independent Film Picture), Denzel Washington (Best Supporting Actor in the Film for his Work in Gladiator II,, Inside 2 (the best animated movie), Fighting Night: Robbing of a Million Dollar (the best limited series), Abbott elementary (Best Comedy series), Cross (Best Drama series), Luther Wandross Doc Luther: Never too much (Best Documentary) and Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay (Best Podcast of Society and Culture). Sharpe was also nominated for the top entertainment award for the year award for NAACP Image Awards, which will be awarded on Saturday night.

Earlier this week, winners in other non-thethicated categories were presented in virtual ceremonies on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The awards ceremony for the stuffing at the award of the painting 2025, hosted by Deon Cole, will broadcast on Bet -Ui CBS on Saturday at 8 pm from the Pasaden Civil Auditorium. Dave Chappelle, former Vice President of Kamal Harris, Family Wayans Family and Bet Media Group are among this year’s honors.

The awards will also support the Altadena communities, Pacific Palisades and Pasaden affected by the recent LA LA. Naacp, Bet Media Group, WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett and Kolek (JSSK) united with the LA and – in collaboration with organizations like the Aid Dena community, Altadena Heritage and Walkgood La – launched a Council of Altaden Community Conservation Fund. Owner of houses of displacement and preserving the cultural heritage of the community.

Read for a complete list of winners from creative honors NAACP Image Awards.

Extraordinary personality of the year on social media

Kai Cenat
Keith Lee
Raesanda Lias
Shirley Raines (winner)
Tony Baker

An extraordinary supporting actor in the movie

Brian Tyree Henry – Fire inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Corey Hawkins – Piano lesson (Netflix)
David Alan Gier – American Society of Magic Blacks (Focusing Features)
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II (Paramount Picture) (winner)
Samuel L. Jackson – Piano lesson (Netflix)

An extraordinary side actress in the movie

AUUNJANUE Ellis-Taylor- The release of forgiveness (Road attractions)
AUUNJANUE Ellis-Taylor- Guys nickel (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Danielle Deadwyler – Piano lesson (Netflix)
Ebony obsidian – Six triple eight (Netflix) (winner)
Lynn Whitfield – Albany road (Faith Filkworks)

Extraordinary independent film picture

Albany road (Faith Filkworks)
The release of forgiveness (Road attractions)
Plunder peace (Republican Pictures)
Sing (A24) (winner)
We have grown up now (Sony Pictures Classics)

Extraordinary animated film image

Inside 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture) (winner)
If Fu panda 4 (Animation Dreamworks)
Moana 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture)
Piece (Focusing Features)
Wild robot (Animation Dreamworks)

Extraordinary Youth Performance in the Film

Anthony B. Jenkins – Deliverance (Netflix)
Blake Cameron James – We have grown up now (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jeremiah Daniels – Color book (Tribeca Studios)
Percy Daggs IV – Never let go (Lionsgate)
Skylar Alece Smith – Piano lesson (Netflix) (winner)

Extraordinary Comedy series

Abbott elementary (ABC) (winner)
How to die alone (Hulu)
Poppa house (CBS)
Neighborhood (CBS)
Upshaws (Netflix)

Extraordinary Skipy Actor in the Comedy series

Damon Wayans Jr. – Poppa house (CBS) (winner)
Giancarlo Esposito – Gentlemen (Netflix)
Kenan Thompson – Saturday night live (Nbc)
Tyler James Williams – Abbott elementary (ABC)
William Stanford Davis – Abbott elementary (ABC)

An extraordinary side actress in comedy

Danielle Pinnock – Pentecost (CBS) (winner)
Monwadim – Saturday night live (Nbc)
Janelle James – Abbott elementary (ABC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott elementary (ABC)
Wanda Sykes – Upshaws (Netflix)

Extraordinary drama series

9-1-1 (ABC)
Air (Peacock)
Cross (Amazon Prime video) (winner)
Found (Nbc)
Reasonable doubt (Hulu)

An extraordinary supporting actor in the drama series

Adrian Holmes – Air (Peacock)
Cliff “MAN” Smith Method – Book of Power II: The Spirit (Starz) (winner)
Isaiah Mustafa – Cross (Amazon Prime Video)
Jacob Latimore – Chi (Paramount+)
Morris chestnut – Reasonable doubt (Hulu)

An extraordinary side actress in the drama series

Neighbus Andoh – Bridgerton (Netflix)
Coco Jones – Air (Peacock)
Golda Roshevel – Bridgerton (Netflix)
Lorraine Toussaint – Equalizer (CBS)
Lynn Whitfield – Chi (Paramount+) (winner)

Extraordinary limited television (series, special or film)

Fighting Night: Robbing of a Million Dollar (Peacock) (winner)
Genius: mlk/x (National Geographic)
Griselda (Netflix)
Rebel reef (Netflix)
Madness (Netflix)

Extraordinary actor on limited television (series, special or movie)

Aaron Pierre – Rebel reef (Netflix) (winner)
Colman Sunday – Madness (Netflix)
Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Genius: mlk/x (National Geographic)
Kevin Hart – Fighting Night: Robbing of a Million Dollar (Peacock)
Laurence Fishburne – Trimmed (Fx/upstream)

Extraordinary actress on limited television (series, special or movie)

AUUNJANUE Ellis-Taylor- Supremes at Earl’s All-Youu-Can-EaT (Pictures of Hulu/Searchlight)
Natura Nauighton – Abducted on HBCU: a movie black girl who misses (Life span) (winner)
Sanaa Lathan – Supremes at Earl’s All-Youu-Can-Eat (Hulu/Searchlight image)
Sofia Vergara – Griselda (Netflix)
The path of natural – Supremes at Earl’s All-Youu-Can-Eat (Hulu/Searchlight image)

An extraordinary series of conversations

Hart to the heart (Peacock)
Sherry (Unique)
Tamron Hall Show (Unique)
Jennifer Hudson’s show (Unique) (winner)
Trade Season 7 (YouTube)

Outstanding host in conversation or news/information (series or special) – an individual or ensemble

Abby Phillip – Newsight with Abby Phillip (Cnn)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. – Finding root with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)
Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson’s show (Unique) (winner)
Joy Reid – Reidout (MSNBC)
Sherri Shepherd – Sherry (Unique)

Extraordinary documentary (movie)

Daughters (Netflix)
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
King of Kings: The persecution of Edward Jones (Freestyle digital media)
Luther: Never too much (Sony Music Entertainment/Sony Music Publishing/CNN Movies) (winner)
The biggest night in the pop (Netflix)

Extraordinary documentary (television)

Black Barbie: documentary movie (Netflix) (winner)
Black Twitter: History of People (Hulu)
The gospel (PBS)
Simone Biles Rising (Netflix)
Sprint (Netflix)

Extraordinary writing on film

Barry Jenkins – Fire inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Ramell Ross, Joslyn Barnes – Guys nickel (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) (winner)
Steve McQueen – Flash (Apple Original Movies)
Titus Kaphar – Showing forgiveness (Road attractions)
Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington – Piano lesson (Netflix)

An extraordinary directing in the movie

Jeymes Samuel – The book of Clarence (Sony pictures)
Malcolm Washington – Piano lesson (Netflix)
Ramell Ross – Guys nickel (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) (winner)
Reinaldo Marcus Green – Bob Marley: one love (Paramount of Pictures)
Steve McQueen – Flash (Apple Original Movies)

An extraordinary subcastation of society and culture

Honey, this is Keke Palmer (Miracle)
Club Shay Shay (Shay Shay Media & The Volume) (winner)
High learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (Bell)
We do not always agree with Ryan and Sterling (ABF Creative & Indian Meadows Productions)
What now? With Trevor Noah (Spotify Studios in partnership with Day Zero Productions and Fulwell 73)

Extraordinary Podcast Sport, Arts and Fun

Naked Sport with Cari Champion (Black Effect Podcast network)
Nightcap (Shay Shay Media and Volume)
Questl’s supreme (iHeartpodcasts)
R&B money podcast (R&B money)
Two funny moms (Mocha Podcasts Network) (winner)