‘The Help’ Earns Three Awards at NAACP Image Awards
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Eric Charbonneau/WireImag(LOS ANGELES) — Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer each collected another award Friday night for their performances in The Help. At the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, Davis was named outstanding actress in a motion picture, and Spencer received the supporting actress prize.
The Help, the story of African-American maids working in 1960s Mississippi, also earned the title of outstanding motion picture. It had entered the ceremony with a leading eight nominations.
Davis and Spencer have won several awards for their roles in The Help, and they have a strong chance of picking up an Oscar this weekend for best actress and best supporting actress, respectively. The Help is a contender in the Oscars’ best-picture category.
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit received the NAACP honors for best TV comedy and best TV drama, respectively.
The ceremony, which celebrates outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts, also paid tribute to Whitney Houston, with a live rendition by gospel singer Yolanda Adams of “I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry.” Whitney performed that hymn in the 1996 movie The Preacher’s Wife.
On the red carpet, actress Alfre Woodard was among the celebrities who remembered the late singer, saying, “She is still Cissy Houston’s girl and she’s Bobbi Kristina’s mom and, you know, I’m not thinking of her as an icon. I’m thinking about her as somebody’s daughter.”
The full list of winners can be found at NAACPImageAwards.net. Here are the winners in the notable movie and TV categories:
Outstanding Motion Picture
The Help
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Laz Alonso, Jumping the Broom
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis, The Help
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Mike Epps, Jumping the Broom
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Outstanding Comedy Series
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, TBS
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Reed Between the Lines, BET
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, Reed Between the Lines, BET
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nick Cannon, Up All Night, NBC
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, TBS
Outstanding Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
L.L. Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Regina King, SouthLAnd, TNT
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
James Pickens, Jr., Grey’s Anatomy, ABC
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife, CBS
Outstanding Talk Series
Oprah’s Lifeclass, Oprah Winfrey Network
Outstanding Reality Series
Dancing with the Stars, ABC
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