The 42nd NAACP Image Awards winners list

The 42nd NAACP Image Awards were held on Friday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Here is the complete list of winners this year.

Movies

Best Motion Picture: “For Colored Girls”

Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel Washington in “The Book of Eli”

Actress in a Motion Picture: Halle Berry in “Frankie & Alice”

Outstanding Supporting Actor: Samuel Jackson in “Mother and Child”

Outstanding Supporting Actress: Kimberly Elise in “For Colored Girls”

Documentary: “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots”

Writing: Aaron McGruder for “The Boondocks”

Directing: Kevin Rodney Sullivan for “Modern Family – Game Changer”

Television

Best Comedy Series: “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”

Actor in a Comedy Series: David Mann in “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns”

Actress in a Comedy Series: Vanessa Williams in “Desperate Housewives”

Outstanding Supporting Actor: Terrence Howard in “Law & Order: Los Angeles”

Outstanding Supporting Actress: Sofia Vergara in “Modern Family”

Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: “Sins of the Mother”

Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: Idris Elba in “Luther”

Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: Jill Scott in “Sins of the Mother”

Recording

New Artist: Willow Smith

Male Artist: Usher

Female Artist: Mary J. Blige

Song: “Bittersweet”/Fantasia

Album: “Wake Up!” /John Legend and the Roots

Literature

Literary Work fiction: “Getting to Happy”/Terry McMillian

Literary Work non-fiction: “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” /Michelle Alexander