The nominees for the 2026 NAACP Picture Awards have been introduced, and Sinners is dominating alongside a top-tier TV sequence, Teyana Taylor and two raucous rappers.
The annual ceremony with a theme of “We See You” celebrates Black achievement throughout a number of areas and can air throughout a two-hour LIVE TV particular, airing Saturday, February 28, 2026, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, at 8 PM ET/ 8 PM PT on BET and can simulcast on the CBS Tv Community.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads all movement image contenders with 18 nominations, adopted by Highest 2 Lowest with 9.
Tv standouts embrace Bel-Air with seven nominations, whereas Abbott Elementary, Cheap Doubt, and Ruth & Boaz every earned six nods; Endlessly follows with 5.
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Netflix topped all platforms with an industry-leading 47 nominations, whereas Cynthia Erivo, Doechii, Kendrick Lamar, Michael B. Jordan, and Teyana Taylor will compete for Entertainer of the Yr.
Talking of Teyana, Teyana is among the most-nominated artists general, gathering six nods, together with Entertainer of the Yr, recognition for her roles in One Battle After One other and Tyler Perry’s Straw, and her album Escape Room.
Equally, Cynthia Erivo scored 4 nominations, together with Entertainer of the Yr and appearing recognition for Depraved: For Good.
In music recording classes, Kendrick Lamar led the sector with six nominations, whereas Cardi B and Leon Thomas earned 4 apiece; Doechii and Taylor adopted intently with three every. RCA Data paced labels with eight nominations, whereas HarperCollins led literary publishers with eight, forward of Penguin Random Home’s six.
The NAACP can be debuting two new classes this yr: Excellent Literary Work – Journalism, honoring nationally distributed journalism centered on racial fairness, social justice, or group affect, and Excellent Modifying in a Movement Image or Tv Sequence, Film, or Particular, recognizing excellence in post-production storytelling.
Nominations had been introduced dwell on CBS Mornings by Picture Awards host Deon Cole and NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson, with extra reveals on YouTube/NAACPPlus by Gail Bean and Marcel Spears.
“The NAACP Picture Awards is our declaration to our group that ‘We See You,’ affirming Black creativity, excellence and humanity throughout each area the place our tales are informed,” Johnson stated. “From movie, tv and music to literature and past, the voices of all of our nominees inform tales that honor our previous, have a good time our identification and remind us that storytelling has the ability to maneuver tradition ahead.”
BET president Louis Carr added,
“The NAACP Picture Award nominations underscore what we’ve at all times recognized to be true—our persons are the heartbeat of tradition. Their creativity, excellence, and dedication to telling our tales with authenticity and objective proceed to set the usual.”
Public voting is now open in choose classes at NAACPImageAwards.web by means of Feb. 7 at midnight ET. Winners will probably be introduced through the Feb. 28 telecast, whereas non-televised classes will probably be honored on the Inventive Honors on Thursday, Feb. 26, and just about on YouTube/NAACPPlus from Feb. 23–25.
The complete listing of nominees might be discovered on the flip!
Entertainer of the Yr
Cynthia Erivo
Doechii
Kendrick Lamar
Michael B. Jordan
Teyana Taylor
Excellent Comedy Sequence
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Harlem (Prime Video)
Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
The Residence (Netflix)
The Upshaws (Netflix)
Excellent Actor in a Comedy Sequence
Cedric The Entertainer – “The Neighborhood” (CBS)
David Alan Grier – “St. Denis Medical” (NBC)
David Oyelowo – “Authorities Cheese” (Apple TV)
Mike Epps – “The Upshaws” (Netflix)
Vince Staples – “The Vince Staples Present” (Netflix)
Excellent Actress in a Comedy Sequence
Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
Maya Rudolph – “Loot” (Apple TV)
Michelle Buteau – “Survival of the Thickest” (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Uzo Aduba – “The Residence” (Netflix)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence
Colman Domingo – “The 4 Seasons” (Netflix)
Giancarlo Esposito – “The Residence” (Netflix)
Josh Johnson – “The Every day Present” (Comedy Central)
Wendell Pierce – “Elsbeth” (CBS)
William Stanford Davis – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Sequence
Edwina Finley – “The Residence” (Netflix)
Ego Nwodim – “Saturday Evening Dwell” (NBC)
Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Jerrie Johnson – “Harlem” (Prime Video)
Wanda Sykes – “The Upshaws” (Netflix)
Excellent Drama Sequence
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Past The Gates (CBS)
Endlessly (Netflix)
Paradise (Hulu)
Cheap Doubt (Hulu)
Excellent Actor in a Drama Sequence
Forest Whitaker – “Godfather of Harlem” (MGM+)
Jabari Banks – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Michael Cooper Jr. – “Endlessly” (Netflix)
Morris Chestnut – “Watson” (CBS)
Sterling Ok. Brown – “Paradise” (ABC)
Excellent Actress in a Drama Sequence
Angela Bassett – “9-1-1” (ABC)
Emayatzy Corinealdi – “Cheap Doubt” (Hulu)
Lovie Simone – “Endlessly” (Netflix)
Patina Miller – “Energy E book III: Elevating Kanan” (STARZ)
Queen Latifah – “The Equalizer” (CBS)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Drama Sequence
Adrian Holmes – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Ato Essandoh – “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Caleb McLaughlin – “Stranger Issues” (Netflix)
Jacob Latimore – “The Chi” (Showtime)
Wooden Harris – “Endlessly” (Netflix)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence
Aisha Hinds – “9-1-1” (ABC)
Audra McDonald – “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
Karen Pittman – “Endlessly” (Netflix)
Karen Pittman – “The Morning Present” (Apple TV)
Nicole Beharie – “The Morning Present” (Apple TV)
Excellent Restricted Tv (Sequence, Particular, or Film)
G20 (Prime Video)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Straw (Netflix)
Washington Black (Hulu)
Excellent Actor in a Restricted Tv (Sequence, Particular, or Film)
Brian Tyree Henry – “Dope Thief” (Apple TV)
Giancarlo Esposito – “Please Don’t Feed The Youngsters”( Tubi)
Certainly one of Them Days (Unique Movement Image Soundtrack) (Madison Gate Data, TriStar Productions)
Sinners (Unique Movement Image Rating) (Proximity Media LLC, underneath unique license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Leisure)
Excellent Literary Work – Fiction
Can’t Get Sufficient – Kennedy Ryan (Endlessly/Grand Central Publishing/Hachette E book Group)
Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic – Harmonia Rosales (W. W. Norton & Firm)
Dying of the Writer – Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow)
Joyful Land – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Berkley, Penguin Random Home)
Harlem Rhapsody – Victoria Christopher Murray (Berkley, Penguin Random Home)
Excellent Literary Work – Non-Fiction
A Extra Good Social gathering: The Evening Shirley Chisholm & Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics – Juanita Tolliver (Legacy Lit/Hachette E book Group)
Born in Flames – Bench Ansfield (W. W. Norton & Firm)
From These Roots – Tamara Lanier (Penguin Random Home, Crown)
Hidden Hospitality: Untold Tales of Black Lodge, Motel, and Resort House owners from the Pioneer Days to the Civil Rights Period – Calvin Stovall Jr. (Brown Books Publishing Group)
I Am No person’s Slave – Lee Hawkins (HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Debut Writer
Anela Malik – American Soul: The Black Historical past of Meals in america (Nationwide Geographic Companions, LLC)
Charles B. Fancher – Purple Clay (Blackstone Publishing)
Dr. Judith Joseph – Excessive Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Melancholy and Reclaim Your Pleasure (Little, Brown Spark)
Lorna Lewis – A Sky Filled with Love (Lake Union)
Zoe B. Wallbrook – Historical past Classes (Soho Crime)
Excellent Literary Work – Biography/ Autobiography
107 Days – Kamala Harris (Simon & Schuster)
The Look – Michelle Obama (Crown)
Toni at Random – Dana A. Williams (Amistad, HarperCollins)
Really – Lionel Richie (HarperOne)
Unusual Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mom, and the Life Classes I Realized from All Three – Daybreak Staley (Black Privilege Publishing (Atria Books, Simon & Schuster))
Excellent Literary Work – Educational
American Soul: The Black Historical past of Meals in america – Anela Malik (Nationwide Geographic Companions, LLC)
Braided Heritage: Recipes and Tales on the Origin of American Delicacies – Dr. Jessica Harris (Penguin Random Home/Clarkson Potter)
We the Pizza: Slangin’ Pies and Savin’ Lives – Muhammad Abdul-Hadi (Penguin Random Home/Clarkson Potter)
Who Higher Than You? – Will Packer (Penguin Random Home)
Wine Pairing for the Folks – Cha McCoy (Harvest, an imprint of WilliamMorrow, HarperCollins)
Excellent Literary Work – Poetry
Dying of the First Thought – Rickey Laurentiis (Alfred A. Knopf)
Florida Water – Aja Monet (Haymarket Books)
The Grace of Black Moms – Martheaus Perkins (Trio Home Press)
The Intentions of Thunder: New and Chosen Poems – Patricia Smith (Scribner)
We Look Higher Alive – Ali Black (Burnside Assessment Press)
Excellent Literary Work – Youngsters
Black Boy, Rise – Brynne Barnes (Chronicle Books)
Black Diamond Kings: Heroes of Negro League Baseball – Charles R. Smith Jr. (Candlewick Press)
My Quiet Place – Monica Mikai (Chronicle Books )
The Historical past of We – Nikkolas Smith (Penguin Younger Readers)
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark – Allen R. Wells; Illustrated by DeAndra Hodge (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Younger Readers/Macmillan)
Excellent Literary Work – Youth/Teenagers
(S)Kin – Ibi Zoboi (HarperCollins/Versify)
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The E book of Anansi – Angie Thomas (HarperCollins/Clarion Books)
The Scammer – Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books)
The Story of My Anger – Jasminne Mendez (Penguin Younger Readers)
By means of Our Tooth – Pamela N. Harris (HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books)
Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls – Rob Edwards (Stranger Comics)
One Loopy Summer time: The Graphic Novel – Rita William-Garcia (HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books)
Parable of the Skills A Graphic Novel Adaptation – Octavia E. Butler, tailored by Damien Duffy, Illustrated by John Jennings and David Brame (Abrams ComicArts)
They Select Violence – Sheldon Allen (AWA Studios)
Excellent Literary Work – Journalism
As Black New Yorkers Transfer Out, N.Y.C. Politics Could Be Reshaped – Maya King (Newspaper)
Audra McDonald Took The Stage and Rewrote The Guidelines – Adam Davenport (On-line)
Black pleasure and boots: How line dancing is fanning cultural connection – Lisa Respers France (Information Service)
HBCUs Reel as Trump Cuts Black-Targeted Grants: ‘This Is Our Existence’ – Jasper Smith (On-line)
On Borrowed Time – Anissa Durham (On-line)
Excellent Movement Image
Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Certainly one of Them Days (Sony Photos Releasing)
Sarah’s Oil (Amazon MGM Studios)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Photos)
Depraved: For Good (Common Photos)
Excellent Actor in a Movement Image
André Holland – Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich Leisure)
Denzel Washington – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros. Photos)
Nnamdi Asomugha – The Knife (Comparatively Media)
Tyriq Withers – HIM (Monkeypaw Productions)
Excellent Actress in a Movement Image
Cynthia Erivo – Depraved: For Good (Common Photos)
Danielle Deadwyler – 40 Acres (Magnolia Photos)
Keke Palmer – One Of Them Days (Sony Photos Releasing)
Kerry Washington – Shadow Pressure (Lionsgate)
Tessa Thompson – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Movement Image
A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Damson Idris – F1 (Apple Unique Movies)
Delroy Lindo – Sinners (Warner Bros. Photos)
Jeffrey Wright – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros. Photos)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Movement Image
Janelle James – One Of Them Days (Sony)
Jayme Lawson – Sinners (Warner Bros. Photos)
Regina Corridor – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros. Photos)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros. Photos)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros. Photos)
Excellent Impartial Movement Image
40 Acres (Magnolia Photos)
Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich Leisure)
Journal Goals (Briarcliff Leisure)
Opus (A24)
Surprising Christmas (3 Diamonds Leisure)
Excellent Worldwide Movement Image
40 Acres (Magnolia Photos)
My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)
Souleymane’s Story (Kino Lorber)
The Fisherman (Luu Imaginative and prescient Media)
The Secret Agent (NEON)
Excellent Breakthrough Efficiency in a Movement Image
A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros. Photos)
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros. Photos)
Tabitha Brown – Surprising Christmas (3 Diamonds Movies)
Tyriq Withers – HIM (Monkeypaw Productions)
Excellent Ensemble Solid in a Movement Image
Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Buddy Man, Delroy Lindo, Peter Dreimanis, Lola Kirke, Li Jun Li, Saul Williams, Yao – “Sinners” (Warner Bros. Photos)
Keke Palmer, SZA, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Lil Rel Howery, Katt Williams – “One Of Them Days” (Sony Photos Releasing)
Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Coleman Domingo, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh – “Depraved: For Good” (Common Photos)
Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke – “A Home of Dynamite” (Netflix)
Excellent Animated Movement Image
Elio (Walt Disney Studios Movement Photos)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Sneaks (Briarcliff Leisure)
The Dangerous Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Movement Photos)
Excellent Character Voice-Over Efficiency – Movement Image
Anthony Mackie – Sneaks (Briarcliff Leisure)
Craig Robinson – The Dangerous Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
Danielle Brooks – The Dangerous Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
Lil Rel Howery – Canine Man (DreamWorks Animation)
Quinta Brunson – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Movement Photos)
Excellent Quick Kind (Dwell Motion)
ADO (Baylor College)
Earlier than You Let Go (Discover Your Folks Program)
Greatest Eyes (American Movie Institute Conservatory)
Ella (Netflix)
Meals for the Soul (P.A. Works)
Excellent Quick Kind (Animated)
ASALI: Energy of The Pollinators (Upenndo! Productions)
Black Man, Black Man (Chainwheel Productions)
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Half II (Slicing Edge Animation)
Jazzy Bells (Deep C Digital)
Wednesdays with Gramps (DreamWorks Animation)
Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Movement Image)
Cassandra Mann – Surprising Christmas (3 Diamonds Leisure LLC)