- Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s
- Multiple nominations and wins Multiple wins Multiple nominations
- References
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture. Quvenzhané 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 Quvenzhané 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 nomineesWinners 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sophie Okonedo ‡ | Hotel Rwanda | [6] | | Regina King | Ray | | Kerry Washington | Ray | | Comedy / Musical |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | | Quvenzhané 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 | | Quvenzhané Wallis | Annie | | 2016 | | Teyonah Parris | Chi-Raq | [16] | | Viola Davis | Lila & Eve | | Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Tangerine | | Zoe Saldana | Infinitely Polar Bear | | Karidja Touré | Girlhood | | 2016 | | 'Ruth Negga | Loving | [17] | | Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures | | Royalty Hightower | The Fits | | Sasha Lane | American Honey | | Madina Nwalanga | Queen of Katwe | | 2017 | style="background:#B0C4DE" | 'Ruth Negga | Loving | [18] | | Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures | | Royalty Hightower | The Fits | | Sasha Lane | American Honey | | Madina Nwalanga | Queen of Katwe | | 2018 | style="background:#B0C4DE" | Natalie Paul | Crown Heights | [19] | |
| Simone Baker | Gook | | Carmen Ejogo | It Comes at Night | | Amandla Stenberg | Everything, Everything | | Jessica Williams | The Incredible Jessica James | | 2019 | style="background:#B0C4DE" | Kiki Layne | If Beale Street Could Talk | [20] | | Viola Davis | Widows | | Zoe Renee | Jinn | | Amandla Stenberg | The Hate U Give | | Regina Hall | Support the Girls |
Multiple nominations and winsMultiple wins- 2 Wins
Multiple nominations{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}- 5 Nominations
- 4 Nominations
- Halle Berry
- Rosario Dawson
- Queen Latifah
- 3 Nominations
- Angela Bassett
- Viola Davis
- Kimberly Elise
- Nia Long
- Thandie Newton
- Zoe Saldana
{{col-2}}- 2 Nominations
- Beyoncé
- Taraji P. Henson
- Regina King
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Sophie Okonedo
- Keke Palmer
- Gabrielle Union
- Quvenzhané Wallis
- Kerry Washington
- Alfre Woodard
{{col-end}}References1. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2000 2000 Black Reel Awards]
2. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2001 2001 Black Reel Awards]
3. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2002 2002 Black Reel Awards]
4. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2003 2003 Black Reel Awards]
5. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2004 2004 Black Reel Awards]
6. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2005 2005 Black Reel Awards]
7. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2006 2006 Black Reel Awards]
8. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2007 2007 Black Reel Awards]
9. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2008 2008 Black Reel Awards]
10. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2010 2010 Black Reel Awards]
11. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2011 2011 Black Reel Awards]
12. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2012 2012 Black Reel Awards]
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/critics-wild-about-beasts/|title=Critics Wild About Beasts|work=Black Reel Awards|date=February 8, 2013|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/nominees/|title=2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees|work=Black Reel Awards|date=December 11, 2014|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}
15. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2015 2015 Black Reel Awards]
16. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2016 2016 Black Reel Awards]
17. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2017/1/ 2017 Black Reel Awards]
18. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2017/1/ 2017 Black Reel Awards]
19. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2018/1/?ref_=ev_eh 2018 Black Reel Awards]
20. ^[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2019/1/?ref_=ev_eh 2019 Black Reel Awards]
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