Black Reel Award for Best Actress

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture. Quvenzhane Wallis is currently the youngest winner in this category. Academy Award-nominated or winning performances also honored with nominations or wins at the Black Reel Awards include Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Viola Davis (The Help), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and Halle Berry (Monster's Ball).

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates an Academy Award–winning performance.
‡ indicates an Academy Award–nominated performance that same year.

2000s

Year Actress Film Ref
2000
Nia Long The Best Man [1]
Rosario Dawson Light It Up
Thandie Newton Besieged
Rosie Perez The 24 Hour Woman
Malinda Williams The Wood
2001
Sanaa Lathan Love and Basketball [2]
Angela Bassett Boesman and Lena
Jada Pinkett Smith Bamboozled
Michelle Rodriguez Girlfight
Alfre Woodard What's Cooking
2002
Halle Berry † Monster's Ball [3]
Vivica A. Fox Two Can Play That Game
Pam Grier Bones
Taraji P. Henson Baby Boy
Regina King Down to Earth
2003
Angela Bassett Sunshine State [4]
Kimberly Elise John Q
Aunjanue Ellis Undercover Brother
Sanaa Lathan Brown Sugar
Thandie Newton The Truth About Charlie
2004
Sanaa Lathan Out of Time [5]
Halle Berry Gothika
Beyoncé The Fighting Temptations
Queen Latifah Bringing Down the House
Gabrielle Union Deliver Us from Eva
2005 Drama
Sophie Okonedo ‡ Hotel Rwanda [6]
Regina King Ray
Kerry Washington Ray
Comedy / Musical
Irma P. Hall The Ladykillers
Angela Bassett Mr. 3000
Gabrielle Union Breakin' All the Rules
2006
Kimberly Elise Diary of a Mad Black Woman [7]
Rosario Dawson Rent
Nona Gaye The Gospel
Queen Latifah Last Holiday
Zoe Saldana Guess Who
2007
Keke Palmer Akeelah and the Bee [8]
Beyoncé Dreamgirls
Sanaa Lathan Something New
2008
Queen Latifah The Secret Life of Bees [9]
Jennifer Hudson The Secret Life of Bees
Sanaa Lathan The Family That Preys
Keke Palmer The Longshots
Alfre Woodard The Family That Preys

2010s

Year Actress Film Ref
2010
Gabourey Sidibe ‡ Precious [10]
Nicole Beharie American Violet
Taraji P. Henson I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Sophie Okonedo Skin
Maya Rudolph Away We Go
2011
Kerry Washington Night Catches Us [11]
Kimberly Elise For Colored Girls
Queen Latifah Just Wright
Thandie Newton For Colored Girls
Anika Noni Rose For Colored Girls
2012
Viola Davis ‡ The Help [12]
Naomie Harris The First Grader
Nia Long Mooz-lum
Adepero Oduye Pariah
Zoe Saldana Colombiana
2013
Quvenzhane Wallis ‡ Beasts of the Southern Wild [13]
Halle Berry Cloud Atlas
Emayatzy Corinealdi Middle of Nowhere
Viola Davis Won't Back Down
Rashida Jones Celeste and Jesse Forever
2014
Danai Gurira Mother of George [14]
Halle Berry The Call
Rosario Dawson Trance
Lisagay Hamilton Go for Sisters
Nia Long The Best Man Holiday
2015
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Belle [15]
Rosario Dawson Top Five
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Beyond the Lights
Tessa Thompson Dear White People
Quvenzhane Wallis Annie
2016
Teyonah Parris Chi-Raq [16]
Viola Davis Lila & Eve
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez Tangerine
Zoe Saldana Infinitely Polar Bear
Karidja Touré Girlhood

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple wins

2 Wins

Multiple nominations

References

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