Kasi Lemmons' Harriet on Thursday scored the most NAACP Image Awards nominations of any film with 10, including one for star Cynthia Erivo's original song featured in the film, "Stand Up." The movie is also up for best soundtrack, outstanding motion picture, best actress (Erivo), supporting actor (Leslie Odom Jr.), supporting actress (Janelle Monáe), breakthrough performance (Erivo), ensemble cast, writing (Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard) and directing (Lemmons).
Other films nominated for multiple NAACP Image Awards include Jordan Peele's Us, with eight nods; Eddie Murphy-starrer Dolemite Is My Name and Melina Matsoukas' Queen & Slim, which are up for seven awards each; and Just Mercy and The Lion King, which are up for six awards apiece, with Beyoncé's soundtrack contribution "Spirit" also nominated.
Harriet, Us, Dolemite, Just Mercy and Queen & Slim are all up for outstanding motion picture and ensemble cast, while Dolemite and Queen & Slim are both nominated in the outstanding independent motion picture category, where they will face off against three-time nominee Clemency and two-time nominees Luce and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Best actor nominees include 21 Bridges' Chadwick Boseman, Queen & Slim's Daniel Kaluuya, Dolemite's Murphy, Just Mercy's Michael B. Jordan and Winston Duke of Us.
Joining Erivo in the best actress category are Clemency's Alfre Woodard, Queen & Slim's Jodie Turner-Smith, Lupita Nyong'o of Us and Black and Blue's Naomie Harris. Meanwhile, Turner-Smith joins Erivo in the breakthrough performance category alongside Little's Marsai Martin, Just Mercy's Rob Morgan and Shahidi Wright Joseph of Us.
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Dolemite is represented twice in the best supporting actor category, with both Tituss Burgess and Wesley Snipes earning nods, alongside Harriet's Odom Jr., Just Mercy's Jamie Foxx and Waves' Sterling K. Brown. Supporting actress nominees are Dolemite's Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Harriet's Monáe, Hustlers' Jennifer Lopez, Little's Marsai Martin and Luce's Octavia Spencer.
The Lion King dominates the outstanding character voiceover performance category with nominations for Woodard, Donald Glover and James Earl Jones. Other nominees are Nyong'o for Discovery Channel's Serengeti and Sterling K. Brown for Frozen 2.
Us' Jordan Peele is also nominated in the outstanding writing and directing in a motion picture category, facing off in the former with the writers of Harriet, Just Mercy, Clemency and Brian Banks.
On the TV side, Netflix's When They See Us leads with nine noms, followed by ABC's Black-ish with eight, NBC's This Is Us and OWN's Queen Sugar with five each and EPIX's Godfather of Harlem with four.
In terms of individual performers, Beyoncé has six nominations across various categories, followed by H.E.R. and Lizzo with four each. Lizzo is also up for entertainer of the year, where she will face off against Tyler Perry and two-time nominees Angela Bassett, Billy Porter and Regina King.
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In terms of studios behind the nominated projects, Netflix leads with 42 mentions (30 in TV and 12 in film), followed by Universal with 15.
The 51st NAACP Image Awards — recognizing the achievements of people of color in TV, music, literature and film and those who promote social justice through creative endeavors — will air live on BET on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. ET.
A complete list of this year's nominees follows.
