Below is a list of Black nominees and winners of Golden Globe Awards in various award categories. Sidney Poitier was both the first winner and nominee, winning in 1964 for Lilies of the Field.
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Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result |
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1962 | Claudia McNeil | A Raisin in the Sun | |
1973 | Diana Ross | Lady Sings the Blues (Academy Award nominee) | |
Cicely Tyson | Sounder (Academy Award nominee) | ||
1986 | Whoopi Goldberg | The Color Purple (Academy Award nominee) | |
2002 | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball (Academy Award winner) | |
2010 | Gabourey Sidibe | Precious (Academy Award nominee) | |
2011 | Halle Berry | Frankie and Alice | |
2012 | Viola Davis | The Help (Academy Award nominee) | |
2017 | Ruth Negga | Loving (Academy Award nominee) | |
2020 | Cynthia Erivo | Harriet (Academy Award nominee) | |
2021 | Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Academy Award nominee) | |
Andra Day | The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Academy Award nominee) | ||
2023 | Viola Davis | The Woman King | |
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Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result |
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1960 | Sidney Poitier | Porgy and Bess | |
1974 | Carl Anderson | Jesus Christ Superstar | |
1975 | James Earl Jones | Claudine | |
1984 | Eddie Murphy | Trading Places | |
1985 | Beverly Hills Cop | ||
1990 | Morgan Freeman | Driving Miss Daisy (Academy Award nominee) | |
1997 | Eddie Murphy | The Nutty Professor | |
1998 | Samuel L. Jackson | Jackie Brown | |
2005 | Jamie Foxx | Ray (Academy Award winner) | |
2007 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Kinky Boots | |
2018 | Daniel Kaluuya | Get Out (Academy Award nominee) | |
2020 | Eddie Murphy | Dolemite Is My Name | |
2024 | Jeffrey Wright | American Fiction (Academy Award nominee) | |
Notes:
Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result |
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1960 | Dorothy Dandridge[4] | Porgy and Bess | |
1975 | Diahann Carroll | Claudine (Academy Award nominee) | |
1981 | Irene Cara[5] | Fame | |
1984 | Jennifer Beals | Flashdance | |
1993 | Whoopi Goldberg[6] | Sister Act | |
1994 | Angela Bassett[7] | What's Love Got to Do With It (Academy Award nominee) | |
1998 | Pam Grier | Jackie Brown | |
2007 | Beyoncé | Dreamgirls | |
2009 | Rebecca Hall | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | |
2015 | Quvenzhané Wallis | Annie | |
2024 | Fantasia Barrino | The Color Purple | |
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Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result |
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1969 | Ossie Davis | The Scalphunters | |
1982 | Howard E. Rollins Jr. | Ragtime (Academy Award nominee) | |
1983 | Louis Gossett Jr.[8] | An Officer and a Gentleman (Academy Award winner) | |
1985 | Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Story (Academy Award nominee) | |
1988 | Morgan Freeman | Street Smart (Academy Award nominee) | |
1990 | Denzel Washington | Glory (Academy Award winner) | |
1995 | Samuel L. Jackson | Pulp Fiction (Academy Award nominee) | |
1997 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Jerry Maguire (Academy Award winner) | |
Samuel L. Jackson | A Time to Kill | ||
2000 | Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile (Academy Award nominee) | |
2005 | Jamie Foxx | Collateral (Academy Award nominee) | |
Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby (Academy Award winner) | ||
2007 | Eddie Murphy | Dreamgirls (Academy Award nominee) | |
2014 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips (Academy Award nominee) | |
2016 | Idris Elba | Beasts of No Nation | |
2017 | Mahershala Ali | Moonlight (Academy Award winner) | |
2019 | Green Book (Academy Award winner) | ||
2021 | Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah (Academy Award winner) | |
Leslie Odom Jr. | One Night in Miami... (Academy Award nominee) | ||
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Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result |
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1960 | Estelle Hemsley | Take a Giant Step | |
Juanita Moore | Imitation of Life (Academy Award nominee) | ||
1968 | Beah Richards | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Academy Award nominee) | |
1969 | Abbey Lincoln | For Love of Ivy | |
1986 | Oprah Winfrey | The Color Purple (Academy Award nominee) | |
1987 | Cathy Tyson | Mona Lisa | |
1991 | Whoopi Goldberg | Ghost (Academy Award winner) | |
1993 | Alfre Woodard[9] | Passion Fish | |
1997 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste[10] | Secrets & Lies (Academy Award nominee) | |
2003 | Queen Latifah | Chicago (Academy Award nominee) | |
2007 | Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls (Academy Award winner) | |
2009 | Viola Davis | Doubt (Academy Award nominee) | |
2010 | Mo'Nique | Precious (Academy Award winner) | |
2012 | Octavia Spencer | The Help (Academy Award winner) | |
2014 | Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave (Academy Award winner) | |
2017 | Viola Davis | Fences (Academy Award winner) | |
Naomie Harris | Moonlight (Academy Award nominee) | ||
Octavia Spencer | Hidden Figures (Academy Award nominee) | ||
2018 | Mary J. Blige | Mudbound (Academy Award nominee) | |
Octavia Spencer | The Shape of Water (Academy Award nominee) | ||
2019 | Regina King | If Beale Street Could Talk (Academy Award winner) | |
2022 | Ariana DeBose | West Side Story (Academy Award winner) | |
Aunjanue Ellis | King Richard (Academy Award nominee) | ||
Ruth Negga | Passing | ||
2023 | Angela Bassett | (Academy Award nominee) | |
2024 | Danielle Brooks | The Color Purple (Academy Award nominee) | |
Da’Vine Joy Randolph | The Holdovers (Academy Award winner) | ||
Notes:
Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result | |
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2012 | Peter Ramsey | Rise of the Guardians | ||
2019 | (Academy Award winner) | |||
2024 | Kemp Powers | (Academy Award nominee) |
Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result |
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1990 | Spike Lee | Do The Right Thing | |
2014 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave (Academy Award nominee) | |
2015 | Ava DuVernay | Selma | |
2017 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight (Academy Award nominee) | |
2019 | Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman (Academy Award nominee) | |
2021 | Regina King | One Night in Miami... | |
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Year | Nominee | Motion Picture | Result |
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1985 | Charles Fuller | A Soldier's Story (Academy Award nominee) | |
1990 | Spike Lee | Do The Right Thing (Academy Award nominee) | |
2014 | John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave (Academy Award winner) | |
2017 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight (Academy Award winner) | |
2019 | If Beale Street Could Talk (Academy Award nominee) | ||
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Year | Name | Country | Motion Picture | Result |
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1972 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft (Academy Award nominee) | ||
1973 | Quincy Jones | The Getaway | ||
1986 | The Color Purple (Academy Award nominee) | |||
1987 | Herbie Hancock | Round Midnight (Academy Award winner) | ||
1988 | Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom (Academy Award nominee) | ||
2017 | Pharrell Williams | Hidden Figures | ||
2021 | Jon Batiste | Soul (Academy Award winner) | ||
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Year | Nominee | Series | Result |
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1986 | Philip Michael Thomas | Miami Vice | |
1991 | James Earl Jones | Gabriel's Fire | |
1992 | Pros & Cons | ||
2001 | Andre Braugher | Gideon's Crossing | |
2006 | Wentworth Miller | Prison Break | |
2018 | Sterling K. Brown | This Is Us | |
2019 | Stephan James | Homecoming | |
Billy Porter | Pose | ||
2020 | |||
2022 | |||
Omar Sy | Lupin | ||
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Year | Nominee | Series | Result |
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1970 | Denise Nicholas | Room 222 | |
1971 | |||
1972 | |||
1973 | Gail Fisher | Mannix | |
1975 | Teresa Graves | Get Christie Love! | |
1978 | Leslie Uggams | Roots | |
1993 | Regina Taylor | I'll Fly Away | |
2014 | Kerry Washington | Scandal | |
2015 | Viola Davis | How to Get Away with Murder | |
2016 | |||
Taraji P. Henson | Empire | ||
2022 | Uzo Aduba | In Treatment | |
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez | Pose | ||
2023 | Zendaya | Euphoria | |
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Year | Name | Series | Status |
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1971 | Flip Wilson | The Flip Wilson Show | |
1972 | |||
1973 | |||
Bill Cosby | The New Bill Cosby Show | ||
Redd Foxx | Sanford and Son | ||
1974 | |||
1975 | |||
1976 | |||
1977 | Sammy Davis Jr. | Sammy & Company | |
1983 | Robert Guillaume | Benson | |
1984 | |||
1985 | |||
Sherman Hemsley | The Jeffersons | ||
Bill Cosby | The Cosby Show | ||
1986 | |||
1987 | |||
1993 | Will Smith[11] | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | |
1994 | |||
2003 | Bernie Mac | The Bernie Mac Show | |
2004 | |||
2013 | Don Cheadle | House of Lies | |
2014 | |||
2015 | |||
2017 | Anthony Anderson | black-ish | |
Donald Glover | Atlanta | ||
2018 | Anthony Anderson | black-ish | |
2019 | Donald Glover | Atlanta | |
2021 | Don Cheadle | Black Monday | |
2022 | Anthony Anderson | black-ish | |
2023 | Donald Glover | Atlanta | |
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Year | Nominee | Series | Result |
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1970 | Diahann Carroll | Julia | |
1975 | Esther Rolle | Good Times | |
1977 | Isabel Sanford | The Jeffersons | |
1978 | |||
1983 | |||
Nell Carter | Gimme a Break! | ||
Debbie Allen | Fame | ||
1984 | |||
Isabel Sanford | The Jeffersons | ||
1985 | |||
Debbie Allen | Fame | ||
Nell Carter | Gimme a Break! | ||
2017 | Tracee Ellis Ross | black-ish | |
Issa Rae | Insecure | ||
2018 | |||
2022 | |||
Tracee Ellis Ross | black-ish | ||
2023 | Quinta Brunson | Abbott Elementary | |
2024 | |||
Ayo Edebiri | The Bear | ||
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Notes:
Year | Name | Series | Status |
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1992 | Lynn Whitfield | The Josephine Baker Story | |
1995 | Diana Ross | Out of Darkness | |
1998 | Alfre Woodard[12] | Miss Evers' Boys | |
2000 | Halle Berry | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | |
2001 | Alfre Woodard | Holiday Heart | |
2006 | S. Epatha Merkerson[13] | Lackawanna Blues | |
Halle Berry | Their Eyes Were Watching God | ||
2007 | Sophie Okonedo | ||
2008 | Queen Latifah | Life Support | |
2016 | Bessie | ||
2017 | Kerry Washington | Confirmation | |
2019 | Regina King | Seven Seconds | |
2022 | Cynthia Erivo | ||
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Year | Name | Series | Status |
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1975 | Whitman Mayo | Sanford and Son | |
Jimmie Walker | Good Times | ||
1976 | |||
1985 | Ben Vereen | Ellis Island | |
1991 | Blair Underwood | L.A. Law | |
1992 | Louis Gossett Jr. | The Josephine Baker Story | |
1998 | Eriq La Salle | ER | |
1999 | Don Cheadle | The Rat Pack | |
2003 | Dennis Haysbert | 24 | |
2004 | Jeffrey Wright | Angels in America | |
2009 | Blair Underwood | In Treatment | |
2017 | Sterling K. Brown | ||
2021 | John Boyega | Small Axe | |
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Year | Name | Series | Status |
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1971 | Gail Fisher | Mannix | |
1972 | |||
1974 | |||
1985 | Marla Gibbs | The Jeffersons | |
1989 | Jackée | 227 | |
1998 | Della Reese | Touched by an Angel | |
Gloria Reuben | ER | ||
2015 | Uzo Aduba | Orange is the New Black | |
2016 | |||
Regina King | American Crime | ||
2017 | Thandie Newton | Westworld | |
2019 | |||
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Year | Name | Series | Status |
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2023 | Janelle James | Abbott Elementary | |
Sheryl Lee Ralph | |||
Year | Name | Series | Status |
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2024 | Trevor Noah | Trevor Noah: Where Was I | |
Chris Rock | Chris Rock: Selective Outrage | ||
Wanda Sykes | Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer | ||
Year | Nominee | Award | Motion Picture | Result |
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1990 | Spike Lee | Best Director – Motion Picture | Do the Right Thing | |
2014 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave | ||
2015 | Ava DuVernay | Selma | ||
2017 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight | ||
2019 | Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman | ||
2021 | Regina King | One Night in Miami... | ||