54th NAACP Image Awards


The 54th NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2022 calendar year. The ceremony was hosted by Queen Latifah and aired on February 25, 2023, on BET and simulcast on several of its sister Paramount Global Networks along with Paramount+. Presentations of untelevised categories was livestreamed from February 20 to February 24, 2023, on the ceremony's website.
The nominations were announced on January 12, 2023, with the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever leading the nominations with twelve nods, followed by the television sitcom Abbott Elementary which led the television categories with nine nominations. In the recording categories, Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominations with five each. For the first time in the history of the awards ceremony, three categories were added to reward Outstanding Hairstyling, Outstanding Make-Up and Outstanding Costume Design in film and television.
All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold.

Special Awards

President's Award
Gabrielle UnionDwyane Wade
Chairman's Award
Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
Vanguard Award
Bethann Hardison
Entertainer of the Year
Angela Bassett
Social Justice Impact Award
Benjamin Crump
Jackie Robinson Sports Award
Serena Williams
Activist of the Year
Dr. Derrick L. Foward
Youth Activist of the Year
Bradley Ross Jackson
NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award
Nabiha Syed