HOLLYWOOD—On Monday, January 12, the nominees for the 2026 NAACP Image Awards were released with the box-office titan leading all contenders with 18 nominations including Outstanding Motion Picture. “Highest 2 Lowest” followed close behind with 9 nominations including Outstanding Motion Picture. Both Kendrick Lamar and Teyana Taylor earned 6 nominations apiece including the top honor of Entertainer of the Year.

Certain categories can be voted on by the public which is now open at www.naacpimageawards.net until midnight February 7. A partial list of this year’s nominees can be viewed below:

Outstanding Motion Picture

-“Highest 2 Lowest”
-“One of Them Days”
-“Sarah’s Oil”
-“Sinners”
-“Wicked: For Good”

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

André Holland – Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich Entertainment)
Denzel Washington – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Nnamdi Asomugha – The Knife (Relatively Media)
Tyriq Withers – HIM (Monkeypaw Productions)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

-Cynthia Erivo “Wicked: For Good”
Danielle Deadwyler “40 Acres”
Keke Palmer “One Of Them Days”
Kerry Washington “Shadow Force”
Tessa Thompson “Hedda”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

A$AP Rocky “Highest 2 Lowest”
Damson Idris “F1”
Delroy Lindo “Sinners”
Jeffrey Wright “Highest 2 Lowest”
Miles Caton “Sinners”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Janelle James “One Of Them Days”
Jayme Lawson “Sinners”
Regina Hall “One Battle After Another”
Teyana Taylor “One Battle After Another”
Wunmi Mosaku “Sinners”

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

-“40 Acres”
-“Love, Brooklyn”
-“Magazine Dreams”
-“Opus”
-“Unexpected Christmas”

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

-A$AP Rocky “Highest 2 Lowest”
-Chase Infiniti “One Battle After Another”
Miles Caton “Sinners”
Tabitha Brown “Unexpected Christmas”
Tyriq Withers “HIM”

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

-“Sinners”
-“One of Them Days”
-“Wicked: For Good”
-“Highest 2 Lowest”
-“A House of Dynamite”

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

-Chloé Zhao “Hamnet”
-Nora Garrett “After the Hunt”
-Ryan Coogler “Sinners”
-Syreeta Singleton “One of Them Days”
-Walter Mosley, Nadia Latif “The Man in My Basement”

Entertainer of the Year

-Cynthia Erivo
-Doechii
-Kendrick Lamar
-Michael B. Jordan
-Teyana Taylor

Outstanding Comedy Series

-“Abbott Elementary”
-“Harlem”
-“Survival of the Thickest”
-“The Residence”
-“The Upshaws”

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

-Cedric The Entertainer “The Neighborhood”
-David Alan Grier “St. Denis Medical”
-David Oyelowo “Government Cheese”
-Mike Epps “The Upshaws”
-Vince Staples “The Vince Staples Show”

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

-Ayo Edebiri “The Bear”
-Maya Rudolph “Loot”
-Michelle Buteau “Survival of the Thickest”
-Quinta Brunson “Abbott Elementary”
-Uzo Aduba “The Residence”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

-Colman Domingo “The Four Seasons”
-Giancarlo Esposito “The Residence”
-Josh Johnson “The Daily Show”
-Wendell Pierce “Elsbeth”
-William Stanford Davis “Abbott Elementary”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

-Edwina Finley “The Residence”
-Ego Nwodim “Saturday Night Live”
-Janelle James “Abbott Elementary”
-Jerrie Johnson “Harlem”
-Wanda Sykes “The Upshaws”

Outstanding Drama Series

-“Bel-Air”
-“Beyond The Gates”
-“Forever”
-“Paradise”
-“Reasonable Doubt”

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

-Forest Whitaker “Godfather of Harlem”
-Jabari Banks “Bel-Air”
-Michael Cooper Jr. “Forever”
-Morris Chestnut “Watson”
-Sterling K. Brown “Paradise”

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

-Angela Bassett “9-1-1”
-Emayatzy Corinealdi “Reasonable Doubt”
-Lovie Simone “Forever”
-Patina Miller “Power Book III: Raising Kanan”
-Queen Latifah “The Equalizer”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

-Adrian Holmes “Bel-Air”
-Ato Essandoh “The Diplomat”
-Caleb McLaughlin “Stranger Things”
-Jacob Latimore “The Chi”
-Wood Harris “Forever”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

-Aisha Hinds “9-1-1”
-Audra McDonald “The Gilded Age”
-Karen Pittman “Forever”
-Karen Pittman “The Morning Show”
-Nicole Beharie “The Morning Show”

“Average Joe” star and comedian Deon Cole will host the 57th NAACP Image Awards on February 28 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles.

The ceremony will air live at 8 p.m. EST on BET.