NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	NAACP
First awarded	1982
Currently held by	Issa Rae ; Insecure (2022)
Website	naacpimageawards.net

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. It was known as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series until 2000. Currently, Tracee Ellis Ross holds the record for most wins in this category, having won nine times.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
1982
1982	Marla Gibbs	The Jeffersons	^[1]
1983			^[1]
1983	Marla Gibbs	The Jeffersons	^[2]
1984 – 87	—
1988
	Phylicia Rashad	The Cosby Show	^[3]
	Jasmine Guy	A Different World
	Anna Maria Horsford	Amen
	Daphne Maxwell Reid	Frank's Place
	Frances Williams	Frank's Place
1989
	Phylicia Rashad	The Cosby Show	^[4]
	Jasmine Guy	A Different World
	Anna Maria Horsford	Amen
	Daphne Maxwell Reid	Frank's Place
	Frances Williams	Frank's Place

1990s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
1990
1990	Jasmine Guy	A Different World	^[5]
1991	—
1992
	Jasmine Guy	A Different World	^[6]^[7]^[8]
	Janet Hubert-Whitten	Fresh Prince of Bel Air
	Phylicia Rashad	The Cosby Show
	Cree Summer	A Different World
	Raven-Symoné	The Cosby Show
1993
1993	Jasmine Guy	A Different World	^[9]
1994			^[9]
	Jasmine Guy	A Different World	^[10]^[11]
	Ella Joyce	Roc
	Erika Alexander	Living Single
	Queen Latifah	Living Single
	Tisha Campbell-Martin	Martin
1995	—
1996
	Erika Alexander	Living Single	^[12]
	Tisha Campbell-Martin	Martin
	Kim Coles	Living Single
	Kim Fields
	Queen Latifah
1997
	Phylicia Rashad	Cosby	^[13]
	Tisha Campbell-Martin	Martin
	Erika Alexander	Living Single
	Kim Coles
	Queen Latifah
1998
	Kim Coles	Living Single	^[14]
	Brandy	Moesha
	Queen Latifah	Living Single
	Phylicia Rashad	Cosby
1999
	Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry	Sister, Sister	^[15]
	Brandy	Moesha
	Vivica A. Fox	Getting Personal
	Pam Grier	Linc's
	Holly Robinson Peete	For Your Love

2000s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
2000
	Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry	Sister, Sister	^[16]
	Brandy	Moesha
	Pam Grier	Linc's
	Elise Neal	The Hughleys
	Holly Robinson Peete	For Your Love
2001
	Mo'Nique	The Parkers	^[17]
	Brandy	Moesha
	Elise Neal	The Hughleys
	Wendy Raquel Robinson	The Steve Harvey Show
	Holly Robinson Peete	For Your Love
2002
	Mo'Nique	The Parkers	^[18]
	Tisha Campbell-Martin	My Wife and Kids
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends
	Wendy Raquel Robinson	The Steve Harvey Show
	Holly Robinson Peete	For Your Love
2003
	Tisha Campbell Martin	My Wife and Kids	^[19]
	Golden Brooks	Girlfriends
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends
	Mo'Nique	The Parkers
	Kellita Smith	The Bernie Mac Show
2004
	Mo'Nique	The Parkers	^[20]
	Tisha Campbell-Martin	My Wife and Kids
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends
	Whoopi Goldberg	Whoopi
	Kellita Smith	The Bernie Mac Show
2005
	Mo'Nique	The Parkers	^[21]
	Tisha Campbell-Martin	My Wife and Kids
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends
	Eve	Eve
	Kellita Smith	The Bernie Mac Show
2006
	Tichina Arnold	Everybody Hates Chris	^[22]
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends
	Jill Marie Jones	Girlfriends
	Holly Robinson Peete	Love, Inc.
	Rachel True	Half & Half
2007
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends	^[23]
	Tichina Arnold	Everybody Hates Chris
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty
	Maya Rudolph	Saturday Night Live
	Raven-Symoné	That's So Raven
2008
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty	^[24]
	Tichina Arnold	Everybody Hates Chris
	Golden Brooks	Girlfriends
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends
	Tia Mowry	The Game
2009
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Girlfriends	^[25]
	Tichina Arnold	Everybody Hates Chris
	Cassi Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty
	Tia Mowry	The Game

2010s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
2010
	Cassi Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[26]
	Tichina Arnold	Everybody Hates Chris
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty
	C. C. H. Pounder	Brothers
	Sherri Shepherd	Sherri
2011
	Vanessa Williams	Desperate Housewives	^[27]
	Tatyana Ali	Love That Girl!
	Essence Atkins	Are We There Yet?
	Cassi Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	Salli Richardson-Whitfield	Eureka
2012
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Reed Between the Lines	^[28]
	Tatyana Ali	Love That Girl!
	Tia Mowry	The Game
	Wendy Raquel Robinson	The Game
	Vanessa Williams	Desperate Housewives
2013
	Cassi Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[29]
	Tatyana Ali	Love That Girl!
	Amber Riley	Glee
	Wendy Raquel Robinson	The Game
	Kellita Smith	The First Family
2014
	Wendy Raquel Robinson	The Game	^[30]
	Mindy Kaling	The Mindy Project
	Niecy Nash	The Soul Man
	Tasha Smith	Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse
	Aisha Tyler	Archer
2015
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish	^[31]
	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black
	Mindy Kaling	The Mindy Project
	Niecy Nash	The Soul Man
	Wendy Raquel Robinson	The Game
2016
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish	^[32]
	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black
	Loretta Devine	The Carmichael Show
	Wendy Raquel Robinson	The Game
	Gina Rodriguez	Jane the Virgin
2017
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish	^[33]
	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black
	Niecy Nash	The Soul Man
	Issa Rae	Insecure
	Keesha Sharp	Lethal Weapon
2018
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish	^[34]
	Danielle Brooks	Orange Is the New Black
	Issa Rae	Insecure
	Loretta Devine	The Carmichael Show
	Niecy Nash	Claws
2019
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish
	Danielle Brooks	Orange Is the New Black
	Logan Browning	Dear White People
	Issa Rae	Insecure
	Yara Shahidi	Grown-ish

2020s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
2020
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish	^[35]
	Logan Browning	Dear White People
	Tiffany Haddish	The Last O.G.
	Jill Scott	First Wives Club
	Yara Shahidi	Grown-ish
2021
	Issa Rae	Insecure	^[36]
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish
	Regina Hall	Black Monday
	Folake Olowofoyeku	Bob Hearts Abishola
	Yara Shahidi	Grown-ish
2022
	Issa Rae	Insecure	^[37]
	Loretta Devine	Family Reunion
	Regina Hall	Black Monday
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish
	Yvonne Orji	Insecure

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

9 wins

Tracee Ellis Ross

4 wins

3 wins

Phylicia Rashad

2 wins

Nominations

17 nominations

Tracee Ellis Ross

7 nominations

Wendy Raquel Robinson

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "1980 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1983 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1988 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "1990 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1992 Image Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press.
^ Fox, David J. (October 16, 1991). "1991 Image Award Winners". LA Times. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
^ "1993 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1994 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1998 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "2000 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2001 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2002 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. 6 February 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ Gettell, Oliver (January 15, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards 2018: Ava DuVernay, black-ish among winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ Schaffstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^ "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.

[1] "1980 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[2] "1983 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[3] "1988 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[4] Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[5] "1990 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[6] "1992 Image Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 12, 2016.

[7] "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press.

[8] Fox, David J. (October 16, 1991). "1991 Image Award Winners". LA Times. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

[9] "1993 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[10] "1994 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[11] "Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".

[12] Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[13] "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[14] "1998 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[15] "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[16] "2000 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[17] "2001 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[18] "2002 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[19] "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[20] "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[21] "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[22] "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[23] "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[24] "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[25] "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[26] "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[27] "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[28] "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[29] Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[30] Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[31] Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[32] "2016 Image Winners". Variety. 6 February 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[33] Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[34] Gettell, Oliver (January 15, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards 2018: Ava DuVernay, black-ish among winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[35] Schaffstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

[36] Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

[37] "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.

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v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
1980s	Marla Gibbs (1981) Marla Gibbs (1982) No Award (1983–1986) Phylicia Rashad (1987) Phylicia Rashad (1988) Jasmine Guy (1989)
1990s	No Award (1990) Jasmine Guy (1991) Jasmine Guy (1992) Jasmine Guy (1993) No Award (1994) Erika Alexander (1995) Phylicia Rashad (1996) Kim Coles (1997) Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry (1998) Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry (1999)
2000s	Mo'Nique (2000) Mo'Nique (2001) Tisha Campbell Martin (2002) Mo'Nique (2003) Mo'Nique (2004) Tichina Arnold (2005) Tracee Ellis Ross (2006) America Ferrera (2007) Tracee Ellis Ross (2008) Cassi Davis (2009)
2010s	Vanessa Williams (2010) Tracee Ellis Ross (2011) Cassi Davis (2012) Wendy Raquel Robinson (2013) Tracee Ellis Ross (2014) Tracee Ellis Ross (2015) Tracee Ellis Ross (2016) Tracee Ellis Ross (2017) Tracee Ellis Ross (2018) Tracee Ellis Ross (2019)
2020s	Issa Rae (2020) Issa Rae (2021) Quinta Brunson (2022) Quinta Brunson (2023)