Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. The award recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role within the given eligible period.
| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress | |
|---|---|
 The 2022 recipient: Danielle Deadwyler | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Actress |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| First awarded | Black Reel Awards of 2000 |
| Most recent winner | Tessa Thompson Passing (film) (Black Reel Awards of 2022) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
Nia Long received the very first award for The Best Man at the 1st Annual Black Reel Awards in 2000. Since its inception, the award has been given out to 21 actresses. With 6 nominations, Viola Davis hold the record for most nominations and tied with Sanaa Lathan for most wins with 2. Rosario Dawson is the most nominated actress in this category without a win. Gugu Mbatha-Raw is the only actress to earn multiple nominations in the same year for Belle & Beyond the Lights at the 14th Annual Black Reel Awards.
At age 9, Quvenzhane Wallis became the youngest actress to win this award for Beasts of the Southern Wild and at age 69, Irma P. Hall became the oldest winner in this category for The Ladykillers.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple nominations and wins
Multiple nominations
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Multiple nominations from the same film
- Kerry Washington and Regina King in Ray (2005)
- Queen Latifah (winner) and Jennifer Hudson in The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
- Sanaa Lathan and Alfre Woodard in The Family That Preys (2008)
- Kimberly Elise, Thandiwe Newton & Anika Noni Rose in For Colored Girls (2011)
Age superlatives
| Record | Actress | Film | Age (in years) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldest winner | Irma P. Hall | The Ladykillers | 69 |
| Oldest nominee | Irma P. Hall | The Ladykillers | 69 |
| Youngest winner | Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | 9 |
| Youngest nominee | Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | 9 |
References
- 2000 Black Reel Awards
- 2001 Black Reel Awards
- 2002 Black Reel Awards
- 2003 Black Reel Awards
- 2004 Black Reel Awards
- 2005 Black Reel Awards
- 2006 Black Reel Awards
- 2007 Black Reel Awards
- 2008 Black Reel Awards
- 2010 Black Reel Awards
- 2011 Black Reel Awards
- 2012 Black Reel Awards
- "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- 2015 Black Reel Awards
- "17th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominations – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- 2017 Black Reel Awards
- Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards Archived December 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.
- Get Out “Sinks” the Competition at The Black Reel Awards Archived February 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 23 February 2018.
- Archived April 26, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.
- Archived October 23, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 9 February 2019.
- "Black Reel Awards (2020)". IMDb.
- "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.