# Black Reel Award for Best Actress

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture. Quvenzhané Wallis is currently the youngest winner in this category. Academy Award-nominated or winning performances also honored with nominations or wins at the Black Reel Awards include Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Viola Davis (The Help), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and Halle Berry (Monster's Ball).

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
    † indicates an Academy Award–winning performance.
    ‡ indicates an Academy Award–nominated performance that same year.

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Film |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Nia Long | The Best Man |
| 2000 | Rosario Dawson | Light It Up |
| 2000 | Thandiwe Newton | Besieged |
| 2000 | Rosie Perez | The 24 Hour Woman |
| 2000 | Malinda Williams | The Wood |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Sanaa Lathan | Love and Basketball |
| 2001 | Angela Bassett | Boesman and Lena |
| 2001 | Jada Pinkett Smith | Bamboozled |
| 2001 | Michelle Rodriguez | Girlfight |
| 2001 | Alfre Woodard | What's Cooking |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Halle Berry † | Monster's Ball |
| 2002 | Vivica A. Fox | Two Can Play That Game |
| 2002 | Pam Grier | Bones |
| 2002 | Taraji P. Henson | Baby Boy |
| 2002 | Regina King | Down to Earth |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | Angela Bassett | Sunshine State |
| 2003 | Kimberly Elise | John Q |
| 2003 | Aunjanue Ellis | Undercover Brother |
| 2003 | Sanaa Lathan | Brown Sugar |
| 2003 | Thandiwe Newton | The Truth About Charlie |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Sanaa Lathan | Out of Time |
| 2004 | Halle Berry | Gothika |
| 2004 | Beyoncé | The Fighting Temptations |
| 2004 | Queen Latifah | Bringing Down the House |
| 2004 | Gabrielle Union | Deliver Us from Eva |
| 2005 | Drama | Drama |
| 2005 | Sophie Okonedo ‡ | Hotel Rwanda |
| 2005 | Regina King | Ray |
| 2005 | Kerry Washington | Ray |
| 2005 | Irma P. Hall | The Ladykillers |
| 2005 | Angela Bassett | Mr. 3000 |
| 2005 | Gabrielle Union | Breakin' All the Rules |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Kimberly Elise | Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
| 2006 | Rosario Dawson | Rent |
| 2006 | Nona Gaye | The Gospel |
| 2006 | Queen Latifah | Last Holiday |
| 2006 | Zoe Saldana | Guess Who |
| 2007 | | |
| 2007 | Keke Palmer | Akeelah and the Bee |
| 2007 | Beyoncé | Dreamgirls |
| 2007 | Sanaa Lathan | Something New |
| 2008 | | |
| 2008 | Queen Latifah | The Secret Life of Bees |
| 2008 | Jennifer Hudson | The Secret Life of Bees |
| 2008 | Sanaa Lathan | The Family That Preys |
| 2008 | Keke Palmer | The Longshots |
| 2008 | Alfre Woodard | The Family That Preys |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Film |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Gabourey Sidibe ‡ | Precious |
| 2010 | Nicole Beharie | American Violet |
| 2010 | Taraji P. Henson | I Can Do Bad All By Myself |
| 2010 | Sophie Okonedo | Skin |
| 2010 | Maya Rudolph | Away We Go |
| 2011 | | |
| 2011 | Kerry Washington | Night Catches Us |
| 2011 | Kimberly Elise | For Colored Girls |
| 2011 | Queen Latifah | Just Wright |
| 2011 | Thandiwe Newton | For Colored Girls |
| 2011 | Anika Noni Rose | For Colored Girls |
| 2012 | | |
| 2012 | Viola Davis ‡ | The Help |
| 2012 | Naomie Harris | The First Grader |
| 2012 | Nia Long | Mooz-lum |
| 2012 | Adepero Oduye | Pariah |
| 2012 | Zoe Saldana | Colombiana |
| 2013 | | |
| 2013 | Quvenzhané Wallis ‡ | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| 2013 | Halle Berry | Cloud Atlas |
| 2013 | Emayatzy Corinealdi | Middle of Nowhere |
| 2013 | Viola Davis | Won't Back Down |
| 2013 | Rashida Jones | Celeste and Jesse Forever |
| 2014 | | |
| 2014 | Danai Gurira | Mother of George |
| 2014 | Halle Berry | The Call |
| 2014 | Rosario Dawson | Trance |
| 2014 | Lisagay Hamilton | Go for Sisters |
| 2014 | Nia Long | The Best Man Holiday |
| 2015 | | |
| 2015 | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Belle |
| 2015 | Rosario Dawson | Top Five |
| 2015 | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Beyond the Lights |
| 2015 | Tessa Thompson | Dear White People |
| 2015 | Quvenzhané Wallis | Annie |
| 2016 | | |
| 2016 | Teyonah Parris | Chi-Raq |
| 2016 | Viola Davis | Lila & Eve |
| 2016 | Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Tangerine |
| 2016 | Zoe Saldana | Infinitely Polar Bear |
| 2016 | Karidja Touré | Girlhood |
| 2017 | | |
| 2017 | Ruth Negga ‡ | Loving |
| 2017 | Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures |
| 2017 | Royalty Hightower | The Fits |
| 2017 | Sasha Lane | American Honey |
| 2017 | Madina Nwalanga | Queen of Katwe |
| 2018 | | |
| 2018 | Natalie Paul | Crown Heights |
| 2018 | Simone Baker | Gook |
| 2018 | Carmen Ejogo | It Comes at Night |
| 2018 | Amandla Stenberg | Everything, Everything |
| 2018 | Jessica Williams | The Incredible Jessica James |
| 2019 | | |
| 2019 | Kiki Layne | If Beale Street Could Talk |
| 2019 | Viola Davis | Widows |
| 2019 | Zoe Renee | Jinn |
| 2019 | Amandla Stenberg | The Hate U Give |
| 2019 | Regina Hall | Support the Girls |

## Multiple nominations and wins
### Multiple wins
#### 2 Wins

* Viola Davis
* Sanaa Lathan