Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress explained
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. The award recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role within the given eligible period.
Nia Long received the first award for The Best Man at the 1st Annual Black Reel Awards in 2000. Since its inception, the award has been given out to 21 actresses. With 6 nominations, Viola Davis hold the record for most nominations and tied with Sanaa Lathan for most wins with 2. Rosario Dawson is the most nominated actress in this category without a win. Gugu Mbatha-Raw is the only actress to earn multiple nominations in the same year for Belle & Beyond the Lights at the 14th Annual Black Reel Awards.
At age 9, Quvenzhane Wallis became the youngest actress to win this award for Beasts of the Southern Wild and at age 69, Irma P. Hall became the oldest winner in this category for The Ladykillers.
The award was discontinued at the 24th Black Reel Awards and merged with Outstanding Actor in favor of a single gender-neutral award, Outstanding Lead Performance.[1]
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple nominations and wins
Multiple wins
- 2 Wins
Multiple nominations
- 6 Nominations
- 5 Nominations
- 4 Nominations
- Rosario Dawson
- Queen Latifah
- 3 Nominations
- 2 Nominations
Multiple nominations from the same film
Age superlatives
Notes and References
- News: ‘The Color Purple’ at the Top in 2024 Black Reel Awards . Brenda C. . Siler . . January 23, 2024 . March 12, 2024 .
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2000 2000 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2001 2001 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2002 2002 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2003 2003 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2004 2004 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2005 2005 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2006 2006 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2007 2007 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2008 2008 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2010 2010 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2011 2011 Black Reel Awards
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2012 2012 Black Reel Awards
- Web site: Critics Wild About Beasts. Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. August 1, 2016.
- Web site: 2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees. Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. August 1, 2016.
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2015 2015 Black Reel Awards
- Web site: 17th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominations – the Black Reel Awards . December 28, 2016 . January 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210119233736/http://blackreelawards.com/17th-annual-black-reel-awards-nominations/ . dead .
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2017 2017 Black Reel Awards
- http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-dominate-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards
- http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-sinks-the-competition-at-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out “Sinks” the Competition at The Black Reel Awards
- http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-roars/
- http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-reigns-supreme/
- Web site: Black Reel Awards (2020). IMDb.
- Web site: A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards . February 22, 2021 . February 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210222074540/http://blackreelawards.com/a-special-night-in-miami/ . dead .
- Web site: 'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards . Black Girl Nerds . December 16, 2021 . BGN Staff . 2 January 2022.
- Web site: 'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards . Valerie . Complex . . February 6, 2023 . February 6, 2023.