Chadwick Boseman, ‘ black-ish,’ ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ are top winners for night five of the NAACP Image Awards

Erik Anderson March 26, 2021

Chadwick Boseman was a posthumous winner at the fifth night of the non-televised 52nd NAACP Image Awards, winning Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods as well as Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture as a part of Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Boseman died on August 18, 2020, of cancer at the age of 43.

Netflix’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey won two awards, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Phylicia Rashad (who, coincidentally, was Boseman’s acting teacher at Howard University) and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture for newcomer Madelen Mills.

Netflix’s Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker was a triple winner in the limited series section of television with Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special and stars Octavia Spencer and Blair Underwood winning outstanding actress and actor awards.

Night One winners | Night Two winners

Starz’s Power Book II: Ghost also picked up a trio of awards: Outstanding Drama Series, Clifford “Method Man” Smith for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for and Mary J. Blige for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. It was the first NAACP Image Award win for both.

Night Three winners | Night Four winners

ABC’s black-ish continued its NAACP dominance with repeat television wins for Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin and Deon Cole while HBO’s Insecure took Outstanding Comedy Series.

Accepting of behalf of Insecure, show creator and star Issa Rae said, “If you’re watching this and ‘Insecure’ just won best comedy series and I am hyped.” She continued by giving thanks to her fellow EPs Prentice Penny and Melina Matosoukas, DP Ava Berkovsky, the show’s writers, cast and crew for their talent and dedication.

Rae continued with a message to the show’s fans saying, “I just want to thank you guys so much for including us in your homes this trying, terrible past year. It has been hard, but you did not stop arguing about these characters, judging them, embracing them, loving them, and it’s truly an honor to grace your TV screens. … I cannot wait to bring you guys season five hopefully this year.”

Anthony Anderson will host the televised 52nd NAACP Image Awards, which air live on BET on Saturday, March 27 at 5pm PT/8pm ET. The ceremony will be simulcast across ViacomCBS Networks including CBS, BET Her, VH1, MTV, MTV2, and LOGO.

The winners revealed during Friday’s ceremony include:

Outstanding Comedy Series
Insecure

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson – black-ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Deon Cole – black-ish

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Marsai Martin – black-ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Phylicia Rashad – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture
Madalen Mills – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
Nadia Hallgren – Becoming

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
The Banker

Outstanding International Motion Picture
Night of the Kings

Outstanding Drama Series
Power Book II: Ghost

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Clifford “Method Man” Smith – Power Book II: Ghost

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Mary J. Blige – Power Book II: Ghost

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Blair Underwood – Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Octavia Spencer – Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Special Award – Key of Life
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

Special Award – Sports Award
Stephen Curry

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.