If you missed the broadcast on Fox Friday night, Tyler Perry’s drama “For Colored Girls” won the best picture award at the 42nd National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards.
The film, which featured an ensemble cast including Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandie Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise and Kerry Washington also won for outstanding director for Perry and supporting actress for Kimberly Elise.
While Halle Berry won for Best Actress for her performance in Frankie & Alice, it was her dress that had most people talking. Halle wore a Pucci show-stopping number which featured a bold print and an even more eye-catching neckline.
Also, Sofia Vergara (pictured above with Halle Berry) won for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for her work in “Modern Family.” Vanessa Williams picked up a Best Actress award for her work on “Desperate Housewives.”
Above, actress Kimberly Elise, winner of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘For Colored Girls’, poses in the press room at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards, Friday night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Below is a complete list of winners from the 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards:
* Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series: Millicent Shelton – “Men of a Certain Age” (Go with the Flow)
* Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: Jill Scott – “Sins of the Mother”
* Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: David Mann – “Meet the Browns”
* Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Vanessa Williams – “Desperate Housewives”
* Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Ice Cube – “Are We There Yet?”
* Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family”
* Outstanding Drama Series: “Grey’s Anatomy”
* Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles”
* Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Regina King – “Southland”
* Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Terrence Howard – “Law & Order: Los Angeles”
* Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order”
* Outstanding TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: “Sins of the Mother”
* Outstanding Talk Series: “The View”
* Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: Idris Elba – “Luther”
* Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Kevin Rodney Sullivan – “Modern Family” (Game Changer)
* Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series: Rodney Saulsberry – “The Bold and the Beautiful”
* Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series: Tatyana Ali – “The Young and the Restless”
* Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special): “Unsung”
* Outstanding Comedy Series: “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”
* Outstanding Reality Series: “Sunday Best”
* Outstanding Variety (Series or Special): “UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie”
* Outstanding Children’s Program: “True Jackson, VP”
* Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Program (Series or Special): Keke Palmer – “True Jackson, VP”
* Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television): “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots”
* Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Aaron McGruder – “The Boondocks”
* Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series: Shonda Rhimes – “Private Practice” – (Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?)
