Animation at the NAACP Image Awards

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This is a list of past accolades and nominations for animated works at the NAACP Image Awards. The Image Awards have nominated animated works and/or voice-over actors as far back as 1996, when Denzel Washington won an Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special in the animated anthology series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child. Dora the Explorer was the first animated to receive an award in its own right.

The first animated film to receive a nomination for an Image Award was The Princess and the Frog, with Anika Noni Rose being the first voice-over actor to receive a nomination for work in a film.

Dora the Explorer received the most nominations for Outstanding Children’s Program, while Doc McStuffins received the most wins in this category. Notably, Disney’s The Proud Family franchise received nominations for in five consecutive years and never won.

Starting in 2015, a category was created for outstanding voice-over performances, with Idris Elba becoming the first to win in this category (and the first to win an award for an animated film). Starting in 2021, however, a larger number of categories were created for animation, with Disney’s Soul becoming the first animated film to win an Image Award (namely the inaugural award for Outstanding Animated Motion Picture), and Disney’s Doc McStuffins winning the inaugural Outstanding Animated Series award.

To note, this does not mean that all of the works being nominated have any African-American characters. Some may have Black voice-overs, or even production crew members.

28th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Denzel Washington – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode \”Rumpelstiltskin\”)
    • Whoopi Goldberg – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode \”Rapunzel\”)
    • James Earl Jones – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode \”The Valiant Little Tailor\”)
    • Sinbad – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode \”The Frog Prince\”)
    • Danny Glover – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode \”The Frog Prince\”)

29th NAACP Image Awards

No animated work nominated.

30th NAACP Image Awards

  • Denzel Washington – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode “Mother Goose”)
    • Avery Brooks – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode “The Golden Goose”)
    • Chris Rock – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (For episode “Pinocchio”)
    • LeVar Burton – Reading Rainbow
    • Ronald Daise – Gullah Gullah Island
    • Natalie Daise – Gullah Gullah Island

31st NAACP Image Awards

No animated work nominated.

32nd NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • Bill Cosby – Little Bill
    • Ruby Dee – Little Bill
    • LeVar Burton – Reading Rainbow
    • Ossie Davis – Finding Buck McHenry
    • Alfre Woodard – The Wishing Tree

33rd NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • Teen Summit
    • Little Bill
    • The Proud Family
    • Reading Rainbow
    • Sesame Street

34th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • LeVar Burton – Reading Rainbow
    • Tommy Davidson – The Proud Family
    • Jo Marie Payton – The Proud Family
    • Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family
    • Keshia Knight Pulliam – What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway

35th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Raven-Symoné – That’s So Raven
    • Cree Summer – All Grown Up!
    • Tommy Davidson – The Proud Family
    • Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family
    • Lynn Whitfield – The Cheetah Girls

36th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Raven-Symoné – That’s So Raven
    • Tommy Davidson – The Proud Family
    • Jo Marie Payton – The Proud Family
    • Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family
    • LeVar Burton – Reading Rainbow

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • That’s So Raven
  • The Proud Family
  • Reading Rainbow

37th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Raven-Symoné – That’s So Raven
    • Kevin Clash – Sesame Street
    • Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family Movie
    • Tommy Davidson – The Proud Family Movie
    • Jo Marie Payton – The Proud Family Movie

38th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • That’s So Raven
    • The Backyardigans
    • Dora the Explorer
    • Romeo!
    • High School Musical

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Raven-Symoné – That’s So Raven
    • Corbin Bleu – High School Musical
    • Kathleen Herles – Dora the Explorer
    • Kyle Massey – That’s So Raven
    • Lil Romeo – Romeo!

39th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • That’s So Raven
    • Cory in the House
    • Dora the Explorer
    • Go, Diego, Go!
    • High School Musical 2

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Raven-Symoné – That’s So Raven
    • André 3000 – Class of 3000
    • Kathleen Herles – Dora the Explorer
    • Kyle Massey – Cory in the House
    • Lil’ JJ – Just Jordan

40th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • Dora the Explorer
    • Cory in the House
    • Go, Diego, Go!
    • True Jackson, VP
    • The Cheetah Girls: One World

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Keke Palmer – True Jackson, VP
    • Kyle Massey – Cory in the House
    • Charly Tyner – Dora the Explorer
    • Lil’ JJ – Just Jordan
    • Selena Gomez – Wizards of Waverly Place

41st NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Motion Picture

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Outstanding Children’s Program

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Program – (Series or Special)

42nd NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • True Jackson, VP
    • Brave New Voices 2010
    • The Backyardigans
    • Dora the Explorer
    • Wizards of Waverly Place

43rd NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • HBO Documentary Film Series: “I Can Be President: A Kids Eye View”
    • A.N.T. Farm
    • Dora the Explorer
    • Go, Diego, Go!
    • My Family Tree

44th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • Loretta Devine – Doc McStuffins
    • Nick Cannon – 2012 TeenNick Halo Awards
    • China Anne McClain – A.N.T. Farm
    • Keke Palmer – Winx Club: Enchantix
    • Tyler James Williams – Let It Shine

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • Kasha and the Zulu King (BET)
    • Degrassi: The Next Generation (TeenNick)
    • Avatar: Legend of Korra (Nickelodeon)
    • TeenNick HALO Awards (Nick@Nite. For the TeenNick HALO Awards 2012 episode)
    • The Weight Of The Nation For Kids (HBO)

45th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts MasterClass (Masterclass)
    • Postcards: Mandela (The Africa Channel)
    • Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon
    • 2013 HALO Awards (Nickelodeon)
    • A.N.T. Farm (Disney Channel)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special

  • China Anne McClain – A.N.T. Farm
    • Zendaya – Shake It Up
    • Fátima Ptacek – Dora the Explorer
    • Eric I. Keyes III – Live Life and Win!
    • Karan Brar – Jessie

46th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
    • “Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass” (HBO)
    • “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon)
    • “HALO Awards” (Nickelodeon)
    • “Kid President: Declaration of Awesome” (HUB)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/ Children’s Program – (Series or Special)

  • Fatima Ptacek – “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon)
    • Amber Montana – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon)
    • China Anne McClain – “How to Build a Better Boy” (Disney Channel)
    • Curtis Harris – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon)
    • Taliyah Whitaker – “Wallykazam!” (Nickelodeon)

47th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Television or Film

Outstanding Children’s Program

48th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)

Outstanding Children’s Program

49th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)

Outstanding Children’s Program

50th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)

  • Samuel L. Jackson – Incredibles 2 (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios)
    • Issa Rae – Bojack Horseman (Netflix)
    • Laya Deleon Hayes – Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
    • Mahershala Ali – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony
    • Pictures Animation in association with Marvel)
    • Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel)

Outstanding Children’s Program

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation

51st NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)

  • James Earl Jones – “The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios)
    • Alfre Woodard – “The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios)
    • Donald Glover – “The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios)
    • Lupita Nyong’o – “Serengeti” (Discovery Channel)
    • Sterling K. Brown – “Frozen II” (Walt Disney Studios)

Outstanding Children’s Program

52nd NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture

Outstanding Short Form (Animated)

  • Canvas
    • Cops and Robbers
    • Loop
    • The Power of Hope
    • Windup

Outstanding Animated Series

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

Outstanding Children’s Program

Outstanding Short-Form Series (Drama or Comedy)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental

  • Music From and Inspired By Soul– Jon Batiste
    • Be Water– Christian Sands
    • Omega – Immanuel Wilkins
    • Reciprocity – George Burton
    • The Iconoclast– Barry Stephenson

53rd NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

Outstanding International Motion Picture

  • 7 Prisoners (Netflix)
    • Flee (Neon/Participant)
    • African America (Netflix)
    • This Is My Desire (Janus Films)
    • The Gravedigger’s Wife (Orange Studio)

Outstanding Animated Series

  • We the People (Netflix)
    • Big Mouth (Netflix)
    • Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz (Kweli TV)
    • Super Sema (YouTube Originals)
    • Yasuke (Netflix)

Outstanding Short-Form (Animated)

Outstanding Children’s Program

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Motion Picture)

  • Letitia Wright (Nooshy, Sing 2)
    • Andre Braugher (Al Granger, Spirit Untamed, DreamWorks/Universal)
    • Awkwafina (Sisu, Raya and the Last Dragon)
    • Brian Tyree Henry (Dancarino, Vivo)
    • Eric André (Darius, Sing 2)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

  • Cree Summer (Susie Carmicheal, Rugrats, Paramount+)
    • Angela Bassett (Narrator, Malika: The Lion Queen, FOX)
    • Billy Porter (Hiroki Hassan, Fairfax, Amazon Studios)
    • Chris “Ludacris” Bridges (Conrad Grant, Karma’s World, Netflix)
    • Keke Palmer (Rochelle, Big Mouth, Netflix)

54th NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture

Outstanding Animated Series

  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
    • Central Park
    • Eureka!
    • Gracie’s Corner
    • Zootopia+

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)

  • Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
    • Amy Yang – From Scratch
    • Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred
    • Hannah Cope – Karma’s World*
    • Syreeta Singleton – Rap Sh!t

Outstanding Short-Form Series (Drama or Comedy)

  • Between The Scenes – The Daily Show
    • Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans
    • Rise Up, Sing Out
    • Sunday Dinner
    • Zootopia+*

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

Notes

  • This is the first time since the 31st NAACP Image Awards (which was absent of any animated works) that no animated work or cast was nominated for Outstanding Children’s Program or Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special.
  • Notably absent from nominations: The Sea Beast (especially actors Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Zaris-Angel Hator), The Owl House (especially actors Sarah-Nicole Robles and Issac Ryan Brown).

Animated Films Which Should Have Been Nominated

Prior to 2021, a slew of animated works could have been nominated for an Outstanding Animated Motion Picture or Outstanding Animated Series Image Award if either existed. My picks:

  • 27th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Gargoyles
  • 28th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Gargoyles
      • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
  • 29th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Gargoyles
      • C-Bear and Jamal
      • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
  • 30th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Gargoyles
      • Todd McFarlane’s Spawn
  • 31st
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • Kirikou and the Sorceress
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Todd McFarlane’s Spawn
  • 32nd
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • Our Friend, Martin
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Little Bill
      • The PJs
  • 33rd
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Little Bill
      • The PJs
  • 34th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Fillmore!
      • Static Shock
      • The Proud Family
      • Little Bill
  • 35th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Fillmore!
      • Static Shock
      • The Proud Family
      • Little Bill
      • Hey Monie!
  • 36th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Fillmore!
      • Static Shock
      • The Proud Family
      • Little Bill
      • Fatherhood
  • 37th
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • The Proud Family Movie
      • The Golden Blaze
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • The Boondocks
  • 38th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • The Boondocks
  • 39th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Class of 3000
      • The Boondocks
  • 40th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Afro Samurai
      • The Boondocks
  • 41st
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • The Princess and the Frog
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • The Boondocks
      • The Cleveland Show
  • 42nd
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • The Boondocks
      • The Cleveland Show
      • Black Panther
  • 43rd
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • The Boondocks
      • The Cleveland Show
  • 44th
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • Kasha and the Zulu King
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
      • Black Dynamite
      • The Boondocks
      • The Cleveland Show
  • 45th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
      • The Boondocks
      • The Cleveland Show
  • 46th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
      • The Boondocks
  • 47th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
  • 48th
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
  • 49th
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • Home
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
      • Kulipari
  • 50th
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
      • Incredibles 2
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
      • Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
      • Neo Yokio
      • Kulipari
  • 51st
    • Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
      • The Lion King
      • Spies in Disguise
    • Outstanding Animated Series
      • Doc McStuffins
      • Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
      • Kulipari
    • Outstanding Short Form (Animated)
      • Hair Love

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