This page lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 1996 ceremony. Since its inception, Loretta Devine holds the record for the most wins with five.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1996
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Fatima Faloye
| New York Undercover
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
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| Jasmine Guy
| Melrose Place
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| C. C. H. Pounder
| rowspan="2"| ER
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| Gloria Reuben
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| Vanessa Estelle Williams
| Murder One
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| align="center"| 1997
| colspan="3"
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1998
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Lynn Whitfield
| Touched by an Angel
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Lisa Nicole Carson
| rowspan="3"| ER
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| C. C. H. Pounder
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| Gloria Reuben
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| Ja'net Dubois
| Touched by an Angel
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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1999
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Ruby Dee
| Promised Land
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
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| Lisa Nicole Carson
| Ally McBeal
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| Toni Lewis
| Homicide: Life on the Street
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| Gloria Reuben
| ER
|}
2000s
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2000
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Rosa Parks
| Touched by an Angel
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| LisaGay Hamilton
| The Practice
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| Gloria Reuben
| ER
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| Lucy Liu
|rowspan="2"| Ally McBeal
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| Lisa Nicole Carson
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2001
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Loretta Devine
| Boston Public
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Beah Richards
| The Practice
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| Michael Michele
| ER
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| Irma P. Hall
| Soul Food
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| Marla Gibbs
| Touched by an Angel
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2002
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Debbi Morgan
| Soul Food
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Khandi Alexander
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| Vanessa Bell Calloway
| rowspan="2"| Boston Public
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| Rashida Jones
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| C. C. H. Pounder
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2003
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Loretta Devine
| Boston Public
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Anna Deavere Smith
| The West Wing
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| Kimberly Elise
| Soul Food
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| Pam Grier
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| Rita Moreno
| Oz
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2004
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Loretta Devine
| Boston Public
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Vanessa Bell Calloway
| The District
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| Anna Deavere Smith
| The West Wing
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| Pam Grier
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| Terri J. Vaughn
| Soul Food
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2005
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Khandi Alexander
| CSI: Miami
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Diahann Carroll
| Soul Food
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| Pam Grier
| The L Word
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| Jasmine Guy
| Dead Like Me
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| Sonja Sohn
| The Wire
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2006
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| S. Epatha Merkerson
| Law & Order
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Pam Grier
| The L Word
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| Aisha Tyler
| 24
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| Kerry Washington
| Boston Legal
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| Chandra Wilson
| Grey's Anatomy
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Chandra Wilson
| Grey's Anatomy
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Khandi Alexander
| CSI: Miami
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| Marianne Jean-Baptiste
| Without a Trace
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| Sanaa Lathan
| Nip/Tuck
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| S. Epatha Merkerson
| Law & Order
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2008
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Chandra Wilson
| Grey's Anatomy
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Pam Grier
| The L Word
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| Marianne Jean-Baptiste
| Without a Trace
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| Audra McDonald
| Private Practice
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| S. Epatha Merkerson
| Law & Order
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2009
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Angela Bassett
| ER
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Audra McDonald
| Private Practice
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| S. Epatha Merkerson
| Law & Order
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| Sonja Sohn
| The Wire
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| Alfre Woodard
| My Own Worst Enemy
|}
2010s
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| S. Epatha Merkerson
| Law & Order
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Audra McDonald
| Private Practice
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| Anika Noni Rose
| The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency
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| Jurnee Smollett
| Friday Night Lights
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| Gabrielle Union
| FlashForward
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2011
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| S. Epatha Merkerson
| Law & Order
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Vanessa Bell Calloway
| HawthoRNe
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| Sandra Oh
| rowspan="2"| Grey's Anatomy
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| Sara Ramirez
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| Alfre Woodard
| Memphis Beat
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Archie Panjabi
| The Good Wife
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Diahann Carroll
| White Collar
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| Loretta Devine
| Grey's Anatomy
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| Anika Noni Rose
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| Alfre Woodard
| Memphis Beat
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Loretta Devine
| Grey's Anatomy
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Joy Bryant
| Parenthood
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| Lucy Liu
| Southland
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| Archie Panjabi
| The Good Wife
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| Rutina Wesley
| True Blood
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Taraji P. Henson
| Person of Interest
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Debbie Allen
| Grey's Anatomy
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| Diahann Carroll
| White Collar
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| Archie Panjabi
| The Good Wife
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| Vanessa Williams
| 666 Park Avenue
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2015
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Khandi Alexander
| Scandal
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Aja Naomi King
| How to Get Away With Murder
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| Jada Pinkett Smith
| Gotham
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| Chandra Wilson
| Grey's Anatomy
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| Alfre Woodard
| State of Affairs
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Regina King
| American Crime
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Grace Gealey
| Empire
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| Danai Gurira
| The Walking Dead
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| Naturi Naughton
| Power
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| Cicely Tyson
| How to Get Away with Murder
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2017
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Naturi Naughton
| Power
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| C. C. H. Pounder
| NCIS: New Orleans
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| Cicely Tyson
| How to Get Away with Murder
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| Amirah Vann
| Underground
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| Lynn Whitfield
| Greenleaf
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2018
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Naturi Naughton
| Power
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
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| Lynn Whitfield
| Greenleaf
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| Samira Wiley
| The Handmaid's Tale
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| Susan Kelechi Watson
| This Is Us
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| Tina Lifford
| Queen Sugar
|}
2020s
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2020
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Lynn Whitfield
| Greenleaf
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Tina Lifford
| Queen Sugar
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| CCH Pounder
| NCIS: New Orleans
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| Lyric Ross
| This Is Us
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| Susan Kelechi Watson
| This Is Us
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2021
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Mary J. Blige
| Power Book II: Ghost
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Adjoa Andoh
| Bridgerton
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| Aunjanue Ellis
| Lovecraft Country
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| Susan Kelechi Watson
| This Is Us
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| Lynn Whitfield
| Greenleaf
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2022
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Mary J. Blige
| Power Book II: Ghost
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Bianca Lawson
| Queen Sugar
|-
| Susan Kelechi Watson
| This Is Us
|-
| Chandra Wilson
| Grey's Anatomy
|-
| Alfre Woodard
| SEE
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Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
; 5 wins
- Loretta Devine
; 3 wins
- S. Epatha Merkerson
; 2 wins
- Khandi Alexander
- Mary J. Blige
- Chandra Wilson
- Naturi Naughton
Nominations
; 6 nominations
- S. Epatha Merkerson
; 5 nominations
- Loretta Devine
- Pam Grier
- Lynn Whitfield
- Chandra Wilson
- Alfre Woodard
; 4 nominations
- Khandi Alexander
- C. C. H. Pounder
- Gloria Reuben
- Susan Kelechi Watson
; 3 nominations
- Vanessa Bell Calloway
- Diahann Carroll
- Lisa Nicole Carson
- Audra McDonald
- Archie Panjabi
- Naturi Naughton
; 2 nominations
- Khandi Alexander
- Mary J. Blige
- Anna Deavere Smith
- Jasmine Guy
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste
- Tina Lifford
- Lucy Liu
- Anika Noni Rose
- Sonja Sohn
- Cicely Tyson