Black Reel Award for Best Actress

This article 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 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
Thandiwe 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
Thandiwe 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
Thandiwe 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
2017
Ruth Negga ‡ Loving [17]
Taraji P. Henson Hidden Figures
Royalty Hightower The Fits
Sasha Lane American Honey
Madina Nwalanga Queen of Katwe
2018
Natalie Paul Crown Heights [18]
Simone Baker Gook
Carmen Ejogo It Comes at Night
Amandla Stenberg Everything, Everything
Jessica Williams The Incredible Jessica James
2019
Kiki Layne If Beale Street Could Talk [19]
Viola Davis Widows
Zoe Renee Jinn
Amandla Stenberg The Hate U Give
Regina Hall Support the Girls

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple wins
2 Wins

Multiple nominations

References
  1. 2000 Black Reel Awards
  2. 2001 Black Reel Awards
  3. 2002 Black Reel Awards
  4. 2003 Black Reel Awards
  5. 2004 Black Reel Awards
  6. 2005 Black Reel Awards
  7. 2006 Black Reel Awards
  8. 2007 Black Reel Awards
  9. 2008 Black Reel Awards
  10. 2010 Black Reel Awards
  11. 2011 Black Reel Awards
  12. 2012 Black Reel Awards
  13. "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  14. "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  15. 2015 Black Reel Awards
  16. 2016 Black Reel Awards
  17. 2017 Black Reel Awards
  18. 2018 Black Reel Awards
  19. 2019 Black Reel Awards
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