List of black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees explained

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.

Film

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
1959	Sidney Poitier	The Defiant Ones (Academy Award nominee)
1962		A Raisin in the Sun
1964		Lilies of the Field (Academy Award winner)
1966		A Patch of Blue
1968		In the Heat of the Night
1971	James Earl Jones	The Great White Hope (Academy Award nominee)
1987	Dexter Gordon	Round Midnight (Academy Award nominee)
1988	Denzel Washington	Cry Freedom (Academy Award nominee)
1989	Forest Whitaker	Bird
1993	Denzel Washington	Malcolm X (Academy Award nominee)
1995	Morgan Freeman	The Shawshank Redemption (Academy Award nominee)
1998	Djimon Hounsou^[1]	Amistad
2000	Denzel Washington	The Hurricane (Academy Award nominee)
2002		Training Day (Academy Award winner)
	Will Smith	Ali (Academy Award nominee)
2005	Don Cheadle	Hotel Rwanda (Academy Award nominee)
2006	Terrence Howard^[2]	Hustle & Flow (Academy Award nominee)
2007	Will Smith	The Pursuit of Happyness (Academy Award nominee)
	Forest Whitaker^[3]	The Last King of Scotland (Academy Award winner)
2008	Denzel Washington	American Gangster
2010	Morgan Freeman	Invictus (Academy Award nominee)
2013	Denzel Washington	Flight (Academy Award nominee)
2014	Chiwetel Ejiofor	12 Years a Slave (Academy Award nominee)
	Idris Elba
2015	David Oyelowo	Selma
2016	Will Smith	Concussion
2017	Denzel Washington	Fences (Academy Award nominee)
2018		Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Academy Award nominee)
2019	John David Washington	BlacKkKlansman
2021	Chadwick Boseman	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Academy Award nominee)
2022	Mahershala Ali	Swan Song
	Will Smith	King Richard (Academy Award winner)
	Denzel Washington	The Tragedy of Macbeth (Academy Award nominee)
2023	Jeremy Pope	The Inspection
2024	Colman Domingo	Rustin (Academy Award nominee)

Notes:

• Out of the 35 nominated performances, 23 of them earned Academy Award nominations or wins.
• Denzel Washington is the most nominated in this category with 9 nominations.
• Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Chadwick Boseman, and Will Smith have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
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

Notes:

• Out of the 13 nominated performances, 10 of them earned Academy Award nominations or wins.
• Viola Davis is the most nominated in this category with 3 nominations.
• Whoopi Goldberg and Andra Day have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
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:

• Out of the 13 nominated performances, 4 of them earned Academy Award nominations or wins.
• Eddie Murphy is the most nominated in this category with 4 nominations.
• Morgan Freeman and Jamie Foxx have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
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

Notes:

• Out of the 11 nominated performances, 2 of them earned Academy Award nominations.
• Currently, Angela Bassett is the only winner in this category.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
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)

Notes:

• Out of the 19 nominated performances, 16 went on to earn Academy Award nominations or wins.
• Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mahershala Ali are the most nominated in this category with 2 nominations.
• Louis Gossett Jr., Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, Mahershala Ali, and Daniel Kaluuya have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
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:

• Out of the 27 nominated performances, 22 went on to earn Academy Award nominations or wins.
• Octavia Spencer is the most nominated in this category with 3 nominations.
• Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, Mo'Nique, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Regina King, Ariana DeBose, Angela Bassett, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph have won in this category.

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
2012	Peter Ramsey	Rise of the Guardians
2019		(Academy Award winner)
2024	Kemp Powers	(Academy Award nominee)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
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...

Notes:

• Out of the 6 nominees, 3 of them earned Academy Award nominations.
• Spike Lee is the most nominated in this category with 2 nominations.

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Year	Nominee	Motion Picture	Result
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)

Notes:

• Out of the 5 nominees, 5 of them earned Academy Award nominations or wins.
• Barry Jenkins is the most nominated in this category with 2 nominations.

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Year	Name	Country	Motion Picture	Result
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)

Notes:

• Out of the 7 nominees, 5 of them earned Academy Award nominations or wins.
• Quincy Jones is the most nominated in this category with 2 nominations.
• Isaac Hayes and Jon Batiste have won in this category.

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Year	Nominee	Song Title	Motion Picture	Result
1970	Quincy Jones	"The Time for Love is Anytime"	Cactus Flower
1972		"Something More"	Honky
	Isaac Hayes	"Theme from Shaft" (Academy Award winner)	Shaft
1975	Curtis Mayfield	"On & On"	Claudine
1977	Norman Whitfield	"Car Wash"	Car Wash
1978	Donna Summer	"Down Deep Inside"	The Deep
1982	Lionel Richie	"Endless Love" (Academy Award nominee)	Endless Love
1984	Irene Cara	"Flashdance... What a Feeling" (Academy Award winner)	Flashdance
1985	Prince	"When Doves Cry"	Purple Rain (Academy Award winner- Best Music, Original Song Score)
	Ray Parker Jr.	"Ghostbusters" (Academy Award nominee)	Ghostbusters
	Stevie Wonder	"I Just Called To Say I Love You" (Academy Award winner)	The Woman in Red
1986	Lionel Richie	"Say You, Say Me" (Academy Award winner)	White Nights
1989	Lamont Dozier	"Two Hearts" (Academy Award nominee)	Buster
1994	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis	"Again" (Academy Award nominee)	Poetic Justice
	James Ingram	"The Day I Fall In Love" (Academy Award nominee)	Beethoven's 2nd
1995		"Look What Love Has Done" (Academy Award nominee)	Junior
2000	Babyface	"How Can I Not Love You"	Anna and the King
2005	Wyclef Jean Jerry Duplessis	"Million Voices"	Hotel Rwanda
2007	Seal	"A Father's Way"	The Pursuit of Happyness
	Beyoncé	"Listen" (Academy Award nominee)	Dreamgirls
	Prince	"The Song of the Heart"	Happy Feet
2009	Beyoncé Amanda Ghost	"Once in a Lifetime"	Cadillac Records
2012	Mary J. Blige Harvey Mason Jr. Damon Thomas	"The Living Proof"	The Help
2012	Danger Mouse	"Ordinary Love"
2015	Common John Legend	"Glory" (Academy Award winner)	Selma
2017	Stevie Wonder	"Faith"	Sing
2018	Mary J. Blige Raphael Saadiq Taura Stinson	"Mighty River" (Academy Award nominee)	Mudbound
	Mariah Carey	"The Star"	The Star
2019	Kendrick Lamar Anthony Tiffith Mark Spears Solana Rowe	"All the Stars" (Academy Award nominee)	Black Panther
2020	Timothy McKenzie Beyoncé	"Spirit"	The Lion King
	Joshuah Brian Campbell Cynthia Erivo	"Stand Up" (Academy Award nominee)	Harriet
2021	H.E.R. Dernst Emile II Tiara Thomas	"Fight For You" (Academy Award winner)	Judas and the Black Messiah
	Leslie Odom Jr.	"Speak Now" (Academy Award nominee)	One Night in Miami...
	Celeste Waite	"Hear My Voice" (Academy Award nominee)	The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Raphael Saadiq Andra Day	"Tigress & Tweed"	The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2022	Dixson Beyoncé Knowles-Carter	"Be Alive" (Academy Award nominee)	King Richard
	Jennifer Hudson	"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)"	Respect
2023	Tems Rihanna Ryan Coogler	"Lift Me Up" (Academy Award nominee)
2024	Lenny Kravitz	"Road to Freedom"	Rustin

Television

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Year	Nominee	Series	Result
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

Notes:

• Billy Porter is the most nominated in this category with 3 nominations.
• Currently, Sterling K. Brown is the only winner in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Year	Nominee	Series	Result
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

Notes:

• Denise Nicholas is the most nominated in this category with 3 nominations.
• Gail Fisher, Regina Taylor, Taraji P. Henson, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, and Zendaya have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Year	Name	Series	Status
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

Notes:

• Redd Foxx, Bill Cosby, and Don Cheadle are the most nominated in this category with 4 nominations.
• Flip Wilson, Redd Foxx, Bill Cosby, Don Cheadle, and Donald Glover have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Year	Nominee	Series	Result
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

Notes:

• Isabel Sanford is the most nominated in this category with 5 nominations.
• Debbie Allen, Tracee Ellis Ross, Quinta Brunson, and Ayo Edebiri have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Year	Name	Series	Status
1984	Louis Gossett Jr.	Sadat
1992	Sidney Poitier	Separate but Equal
1995	Samuel L. Jackson	Against The Wall
1996	Laurence Fishburne	The Tuskegee Airmen
	Charles S. Dutton	The Piano Lesson
1998	Ving Rhames
2005	Mos Def	Something the Lord Made
	Jamie Foxx
2007	Michael Ealy	Sleeper Cell
	Andre Braugher	Thief
	Chiwetel Ejiofor
2010		Endgame
2011	Idris Elba	Luther
2012
2014
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Dancing on the Edge
2016	Idris Elba	Luther
	David Oyelowo	Nightingale
2017	Courtney B. Vance
2024	David Oyelowo

Notes:

• Idris Elba is the most nominated in this category with 4 nominations.
• Ving Rhames and Idris Elba have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Year	Name	Series	Status
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

Notes:

• Alfre Woodard, Halle Berry, and Queen Latifah are the most nominated in this category with 2 nominations.
• Alfre Woodard, Halle Berry, Queen Latifah, and S. Epatha Merkerson^[2] have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

Year	Name	Series	Status
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

Notes:

• Jimmie Walker and Blair Underwood are the most nominated in this category with 2 nominations.
• Louis Gossett Jr., Don Cheadle, Jeffrey Wright, and John Boyega have won in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on Television

Year	Name	Series	Status
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

Notes:

• Gail Fisher is the most nominated in this category with 3 nominations and is the only winner in this category.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series

Year	Name	Series	Status
2023	Janelle James	Abbott Elementary
	Sheryl Lee Ralph

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Year	Name	Series	Status
2024	Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah: Where Was I
	Chris Rock	Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
	Wanda Sykes	Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer

By acting categories

Film

Men

Year	Actor	Award	Motion Picture	Result
1955	Joe Adams	New Star – Actor	Carmen Jones
1959	Sidney Poitier	Best Actor – Drama	The Defiant Ones
1960		Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Porgy and Bess
1962		Best Actor – Drama	A Raisin in the Sun
1964			Lilies of the Field
1966			A Patch of Blue
1968			In the Heat of the Night
1969	Ossie Davis	Best Supporting Actor	The Scalphunters
1971	James Earl Jones	New Star – Actor	The Great White Hope
		Best Actor – Drama
1972	Richard Roundtree	New Star – Actor	Shaft
1973	Kevin Hooks		Sounder
1974	Carl Anderson		Jesus Christ Superstar
		Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
	Kirk Calloway	New Star – Actor	Cinderella Liberty
1975	James Earl Jones	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Claudine
1976	Ben Vereen	New Star – Actor	Funny Lady
1982	Howard Rollins	New Star	Ragtime
		Best Supporting Actor
1983	Louis Gossett Jr.		An Officer and a Gentleman
	Eddie Murphy	New Star – Actor	48 Hrs.
1984		Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Trading Places
1985			Beverly Hills Cop
	Adolph Caesar	Best Supporting Actor	A Soldier's Story
1987	Dexter Gordon	Best Actor – Drama	Round Midnight
1988	Denzel Washington		Cry Freedom
	Morgan Freeman	Best Supporting Actor	Street Smart
1989	Forest Whitaker	Best Actor – Drama	Bird
1990	Morgan Freeman	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Driving Miss Daisy
	Denzel Washington	Best Supporting Actor	Glory
1993		Best Actor – Drama	Malcolm X
1995	Morgan Freeman		The Shawshank Redemption
	Samuel L. Jackson	Best Supporting Actor	Pulp Fiction
1997			A Time to Kill
	Cuba Gooding Jr.		Jerry Maguire
1997	Eddie Murphy	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	The Nutty Professor
1998	Samuel L. Jackson		Jackie Brown
	Djimon Hounsou	Best Actor – Drama	Amistad
2000	Denzel Washington^[14]		The Hurricane
	Michael Clarke Duncan	Best Supporting Actor	The Green Mile
2002	Will Smith	Best Actor – Drama	Ali
	Denzel Washington		Training Day
2005	Morgan Freeman	Best Supporting Actor	Million Dollar Baby
	Jamie Foxx^[15]		Collateral
		Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Ray
	Don Cheadle	Best Actor – Drama	Hotel Rwanda
2006	Terrence Howard		Hustle & Flow
2007	Eddie Murphy	Best Supporting Actor	Dreamgirls
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Kinky Boots
	Will Smith	Best Actor – Drama	The Pursuit of Happyness
	Forest Whitaker		The Last King of Scotland
2008	Denzel Washington		American Gangster
2010	Morgan Freeman		Invictus
2013	Denzel Washington		Flight
2014	Chiwetel Ejiofor		12 Years a Slave
	Idris Elba
	Barkhad Abdi	Best Supporting Actor	Captain Phillips
2015	David Oyelowo	Best Actor – Drama	Selma
2016	Will Smith		Concussion
	Idris Elba	Best Supporting Actor	Beasts of No Nation
2017	Denzel Washington	Best Actor – Drama	Fences
	Mahershala Ali	Best Supporting Actor	Moonlight
2018	Denzel Washington	Best Actor – Drama	Roman J. Israel, Esq.
	Daniel Kaluuya	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Get Out
2019	John David Washington	Best Actor – Drama	BlacKkKlansman
	Mahershala Ali	Best Supporting Actor	Green Book
2020	Eddie Murphy	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	Dolemite Is My Name
2021	Chadwick Boseman	Best Actor – Drama	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Daniel Kaluuya	Best Supporting Actor	Judas and the Black Messiah
	Leslie Odom Jr.		One Night in Miami...
2022	Mahershala Ali	Best Actor – Drama	Swan Song
	Will Smith		King Richard
	Denzel Washington		The Tragedy of Macbeth
2023	Jeremy Pope		The Inspection
2024	Colman Domingo		Rustin
	Jeffrey Wright	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy	American Fiction

Women

Year	Actor	Award	Motion Picture	Result
1960	Estelle Hemsley	Best Supporting Actress	Take a Giant Step
	Juanita Moore		Imitation of Life
	Dorothy Dandridge	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	Porgy and Bess
1962	Claudia McNeil	Best Actress – Drama	A Raisin in the Sun
1968	Beah Richards	Best Supporting Actress	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1969	Abbey Lincoln		For Love of Ivy
1971	Lola Falana	New Star – Actress	The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1973	Diana Ross		Lady Sings the Blues
		Best Actress – Drama
	Cicely Tyson		Sounder
1975	Diahann Carroll	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	Claudine
1977	Gladys Knight	New Star – Actress	Pipe Dreams
1981	Irene Cara	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	Fame
1984	Jennifer Beals		Flashdance
1986	Oprah Winfrey	Best Supporting Actress	The Color Purple
	Whoopi Goldberg	Best Actress – Drama
1987	Cathy Tyson	Best Supporting Actress	Mona Lisa
1991	Whoopi Goldberg		Ghost
1993		Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	Sister Act
	Alfre Woodard	Best Supporting Actress	Passion Fish
1994	Angela Bassett^[16]	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	What's Love Got to Do with It
1997	Marianne Jean-Baptiste	Best Supporting Actress	Secrets & Lies
1998	Pam Grier	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	Jackie Brown
2002	Halle Berry^[17] ^[18]	Best Actress – Drama	Monster's Ball
2003	Queen Latifah	Best Supporting Actress	Chicago
2007	Jennifer Hudson		Dreamgirls
	Beyoncé	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
2009	Rebecca Hall		Vicky Cristina Barcelona
	Viola Davis	Best Supporting Actress	Doubt
2010	Mo'Nique		Precious
	Gabourey Sidibe	Best Actress – Drama
2011	Halle Berry		Frankie and Alice
2012	Viola Davis		The Help
	Octavia Spencer	Best Supporting Actress
2014	Lupita Nyong'o		12 Years a Slave
2015	Quvenzhané Wallis	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	Annie
2017	Ruth Negga	Best Actress – Drama	Loving
	Viola Davis	Best Supporting Actress	Fences
	Naomie Harris		Moonlight
	Octavia Spencer		Hidden Figures
2018	Mary J. Blige		Mudbound
	Octavia Spencer		The Shape of Water
2019	Regina King		If Beale Street Could Talk
2020	Cynthia Erivo	Best Actress – Drama	Harriet
2021	Viola Davis		Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Andra Day		The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2022	Ariana DeBose	Best Supporting Actress	West Side Story
	Aunjanue Ellis		King Richard
	Ruth Negga		Passing
2023	Viola Davis	Best Actress – Drama	The Woman King
	Angela Bassett	Best Supporting Actress
2024	Fantasia Barrino	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy	The Color Purple
	Danielle Brooks	Best Supporting Actress
	Da’Vine Joy Randolph		The Holdovers

Television

Men

Year	Actor	Award	Series	Result
1967	Bill Cosby	Best TV Star – Male	I Spy
1971	Flip Wilson	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	The Flip Wilson Show
1972
1973
	Bill Cosby		The New Bill Cosby Show
	Redd Foxx		Sanford and Son
1974
1975
	Whitman Mayo	Best Supporting Actor
	Jimmie Walker		Good Times
1976
	Redd Foxx	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	Sanford and Son
1977	Sammy Davis Jr.		Sammy & Company
1983	Robert Guillaume		Benson
1984
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Sadat
1985	Ben Vereen	Best Supporting Actor	Ellis Island
	Robert Guillaume	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	Benson
	Sherman Hemsley		The Jeffersons
	Bill Cosby		The Cosby Show
1986
	Philip Michael Thomas	Best Actor – Drama Series	Miami Vice
1987	Bill Cosby	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	The Cosby Show
1991	Blair Underwood	Best Supporting Actor	L.A. Law
	James Earl Jones	Best Actor – Drama Series	Gabriel's Fire
1992			Pros & Cons
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Best Supporting Actor	The Josephine Baker Story
	Sidney Poitier	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Separate but Equal
1993	Will Smith	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1994
1995	Samuel L. Jackson	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Against the Wall
1996	Charles S. Dutton		The Piano Lesson
	Laurence Fishburne		The Tuskegee Airmen
1998	Ving Rhames
	Eriq La Salle	Best Supporting Actor	ER
1999	Don Cheadle		The Rat Pack
2001	Andre Braugher	Best Actor – Drama Series	Gideon's Crossing
2003	Dennis Haysbert	Best Supporting Actor	24
	Bernie Mac	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	The Bernie Mac Show
2004
	Jeffrey Wright	Best Supporting Actor	Angels in America
2005	Mos Def	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Something the Lord Made
	Jamie Foxx
2006	Wentworth Miller	Best Actor – Drama Series	Prison Break
2007	Andre Braugher	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Thief
	Michael Ealy		Sleeper Cell
	Chiwetel Ejiofor
2009	Blair Underwood	Best Supporting Actor	In Treatment
2010	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Endgame
2011	Idris Elba		Luther
2012
2013	Don Cheadle	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	House of Lies
2014
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Dancing on the Edge
	Idris Elba		Luther
2015	Don Cheadle	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	House of Lies
2016	Idris Elba	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Luther
	David Oyelowo		Nightingale
2017	Anthony Anderson	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	black-ish
	Donald Glover		Atlanta
	Courtney B. Vance	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
	Sterling K. Brown	Best Supporting Actor
2018		Best Actor – Drama Series	This Is Us
	Anthony Anderson	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	black-ish
2019	Stephan James	Best Actor – Drama Series	Homecoming
	Billy Porter		Pose
	Donald Glover	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	Atlanta
2020	Billy Porter	Best Actor – Drama Series	Pose
2021	Don Cheadle	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	Black Monday
	John Boyega	Best Supporting Actor	Small Axe
2022	Billy Porter	Best Actor – Drama Series	Pose
	Omar Sy		Lupin
	Anthony Anderson	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	black-ish
2023	Donald Glover	Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series	Atlanta
	Tyler James Williams	Best Supporting Actor - Musical-Comedy or Drama Series	Abbott Elementary
2024	David Oyelowo	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Women

Year	Actor	Award	Series	Result
1969	Diahann Carroll	Best TV Star – Female	Julia
1970		Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
	Denise Nicholas	Best Actress – Drama Series	Room 222
1971
	Gail Fisher	Best Supporting Actress	Mannix
1972
	Denise Nicholas	Best Actress – Drama Series	Room 222
1973	Gail Fisher	Best Actress – Drama Series	Mannix
1974		Best Supporting Actress
1975	Teresa Graves	Best Actress – Drama Series	Get Christie Love!
	Esther Rolle	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Good Times
1977	Isabel Sanford		The Jeffersons
1978
	Leslie Uggams	Best Actress – Drama Series	Roots
1983	Debbie Allen	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Fame
	Nell Carter		Gimme a Break!
	Isabel Sanford		The Jeffersons
1984
	Debbie Allen		Fame
1985
	Nell Carter		Gimme a Break!
	Isabel Sanford		The Jeffersons
	Marla Gibbs	Best Supporting Actress
1989	Jackée		227
1992	Lynn Whitfield	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	The Josephine Baker Story
1993	Regina Taylor	Best Actress – Drama Series	I'll Fly Away
1995	Diana Ross	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Out of Darkness
1998	Della Reese	Best Supporting Actress	Touched by an Angel
	Gloria Reuben		ER
	Alfre Woodard	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Miss Evers' Boys
2000	Halle Berry		Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
2001	Alfre Woodard		Holiday Heart
2006	Halle Berry		Their Eyes Were Watching God
	S. Epatha Merkerson		Lackawanna Blues
2007	Sophie Okonedo
2008	Queen Latifah		Life Support
2014	Kerry Washington	Best Actress – Drama Series	Scandal
2015	Viola Davis		How to Get Away with Murder
	Uzo Aduba	Best Supporting Actress	Orange Is the New Black
2016	Viola Davis	Best Actress – Drama Series	How to Get Away with Murder
	Taraji P. Henson		Empire
	Queen Latifah	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Bessie
	Uzo Aduba	Best Supporting Actress	Orange Is the New Black
	Regina King		American Crime
2017	Issa Rae	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Insecure
	Tracee Ellis Ross		black-ish
	Kerry Washington	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Confirmation
	Thandie Newton	Best Supporting Actress	Westworld
2018	Issa Rae	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Insecure
2019	Regina King	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Seven Seconds
	Thandie Newton	Best Supporting Actress	Westworld
2022	Uzo Aduba	Best Actress – Drama Series	In Treatment
	Michaela Jaé Rodriguez		Pose
	Issa Rae	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Insecure
	Tracee Ellis Ross		black-ish
	Cynthia Erivo	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
2023	Zendaya	Best Actress – Drama Series	Euphoria
	Quinta Brunson	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Abbott Elementary
	Niecy Nash	Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
	Janelle James	Best Supporting Actress - Musical-Comedy or Drama Series	Abbott Elementary
	Sheryl Lee Ralph
2024	Quinta Brunson	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
	Ayo Edebiri		The Bear

Directing category

Year	Nominee	Award	Motion Picture	Result
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...

See also

• List of black Academy Award winners and nominees
• List of Asian Golden Globe winners and nominees
• List of Golden Globe Awards ceremonies
• List of Golden Globe winners

Notes and References

1. Book: African Americans and the Oscar: decades of struggle and achievement. registration . 62 . golden globe . . 978-0-8108-6106-0 . . Edward Mapp . 2008. February 24, 2011.
2. Web site: Howard, Berry, Merkerson Golden Globe Nominees . Jet . January 9, 2006 . February 23, 2011. Johnson Publishing Company .
3. News: Whitaker Describes Struggles As an Actor . Washington Post . January 22, 2007. February 23, 2011.
4. Book: African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960 . 978-0-253-22192-6 . Indiana University Press . 2010 . Charlene B. Regester . February 24, 2011.
5. Book: Encyclopedia of African American actresses in film and television. 978-0-7864-3790-0 . McFarland. Bob McCann . 2010 . February 24, 2011.
6. Book: African American lives . Henry Louis Gates, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham . Oxford University Press US. 978-0-19-516024-6 . 2004 . February 24, 2011.
7. Book: African Americans in the Performing Arts . Infobase Publishing . Steven Otfinoski. 978-0-8160-7838-7. 2009. February 24, 2011.
8. Book: An Actor and a Gentleman . Louis Gossett Jr.. Louis Gossett Jr.. John Wiley and Sons. 2010 . February 24, 2011. 9780470620946.
9. Book: Why We Make Movies: Black filmmakers talk about the magic of cinema. George Alexander. Random House . 2003 . 978-0-7679-1181-8. February 23, 2011.
10. Book: Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television . Stephen Bourne. 978-0-8264-7898-6. Continuum International Publishing Group. 2005 . February 23, 2011.
11. Book: Black American Biographies: The Journey of Achievement. Jeff Wallenfeldt. 978-1-61530-176-8. Britannica Educational; The Rosen Publishing Group . 2010 . February 24, 2011.
12. Web site: Tearful Actor Ving Rhang and Actress Alfre Woodard Wing Golden Globes . Jet . February 9, 1998 . February 24, 2011. Johnson Publishing Company .
13. Book: Fierce angels: the strong black woman in american life and culture . 978-0-345-50314-5 . Random House, Inc.. Sheri Parks . 2010. February 24, 2011.
14. Web site: Denzel Washington and Halle Berry Win Golden Globe Awards. Jet . February 7, 2000 . February 24, 2011. Johnson Publishing Company.
15. News: Leo's Win almost Didn't Happen . FOXNews . January 17, 2005 . February 24, 2011.
16. Web site: Actors Angela Bassett and Courney B. Vance Welcome Home Twins . Jet. February 20, 2006 . February 23, 2011. Johnson Publishing Company .
17. Web site: Lights, Camera ... Affirmative Action . Vibe . May 2002 . February 23, 2011.
18. Web site: After Halle's Oscar: Why Black Actresses Still Can't Get Respect in Hollywood. Kimberly Davis . Ebony. March 2003 . February 23, 2011.