Image Award 2008
The Image Award 2008 was presented on February 14, 2008 for the 39th time by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles .
Film winners and nominees
Best movie
Best director
- Sunu Gonera - Pride
- Sylvain White - Stomp the Yard
- Denzel Washington - The Great Debaters
- Preston A. Whitmore II - This Christmas
Best Actor
Denzel Washington - The Great Debaters
- Will Smith - I Am Legend
- Terrence Howard - Pride
- Columbus Short - Stomp the Yard
- Don Cheadle - Talk to Me
Best main actress
Jurnee Smollett - The Great Debaters
- Taraji P. Henson - Talk to Me
- Halle Berry - A new opportunity
- Jill Scott - Why Did I Get Married?
- Angelina Jolie - A brave way
Best supporting actor
Denzel Whitaker - The Great Debaters
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - Talk to Me
- Nate Parker - The Great Debaters
- Forest Whitaker - The Great Debaters
- Tyler Perry - Why Did I Get Married?
The best supporting actress
Janet Jackson - Why Did I Get Married?
- Queen Latifah - Hairspray
- Meagan Good - Stomp the Yard
- Loretta Devine - This Christmas
- Ruby Dee - American gangster
Television winners and nominees
Best series - drama
Best Actor in a Series - Drama
- Jesse L. Martin - Law & Order
- Anthony Anderson - K-Ville
- Dennis Haysbert - The Unit - A matter of honor
- Jimmy Smits - Cane
Best Actress in a Series - Drama
Regina Taylor - The Unit - A matter of honor
- CCH Pounder - The Shield - Law of Violence
- Wendy Davis - Army Wives
- Jennifer Beals - The L Word - When Women Love Women
- Nicki Micheaux - Lincoln Heights
Best Supporting Actor in a Series - Drama
- Mekhi Phifer - Emergency Room - The emergency room
- Blair Underwood - Dirty Sexy Money
- James Pickens Junior - Grey's Anatomy
- Taye Diggs - Private Practice
Best Supporting Actress in a Series - Drama
Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy
- S. Epatha Merkerson - Law & Order
- Pam Grier - The L Word - When women love women
- Audra McDonald - Private Practice
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Without a Trace - disappeared without a trace
Best series - comedy
Best Actor in a Series - Comedy
- Donald Faison - Scrubs - The Beginners
- Tyler James Williams - Everyone hates Chris
- Dulé Hill - Psych
- Reggie Hayes - Girlfriends
Best Actress in a Series - Comedy
America Ferrera - Everything Betty!
- Golden Brooks - Girlfriends
- Tichina Arnold - Everyone hates Chris
- Tia Mowry - The Game
- Tracee Ellis Ross - Girlfriends
Best Supporting Actor in a Series - Comedy
- Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock
- Terry Crews - Everyone hates Chris
- Romany Malco - Weeds - Small deals among neighbors
- Blair Underwood - The New Adventures of Old Christine
Best Supporting Actress in a Series - Comedy
Vanessa Lynn Williams - Everything Betty!
- Vivica A. Fox - Leave it, Larry!
- Wendy Raquel Robinson - The Game
- Keesha Sharp - Girlfriends
- Tonye Patano - Weeds - Small deals among neighbors
Best TV movie or mini-series
Best Actor - TV Movie / Miniseries
- Daniel Sunjata - The Bronx Is Burning
- Adam Beach - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Evan Ross - Life Support
- Wayne Brady - The List
Best Actress - TV Movie / Miniseries
- Anika Noni Rose - The Starter Wife
- S. Epatha Merkerson - Girl, Positive
- Holly Robinson Peete - Matters of Life and Dating
- Sydney Tamiia Poitier - The List
Best Actor - Soap Opera
Kristoff St. John - Shadow of Passion
- Kamar De Los Reyes - love, lie, passion
- Tobias Truvillion - love, lies, passion
- Mykel Shannon Jenkins - Rich and Beautiful
- Bryton James - Shadow of Passion
Best Actress - Soap Opera
Christel Khalil - Shadow of Passion
- Nazanin Boniadi - General Hospital
- Tika Sumpter - love, lie, passion
- Brook Kerr - Passions
- Tracy Ross - Passions