Image Award 2009
The Image Award 2009 was presented on February 12, 2009 for the 40th 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
Gina Prince-Bythewood - The beekeeper
- Darnell Martin - Cadillac Records
- Spike Lee - Miracle at St. Anna
- Patrik-Ian Polk - Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
- Tyler Perry - The Family That Preys
Best Actor
- Jeffrey Wright - Cadillac Records
- Derek Luke - Miracle at St. Anna
- Rob Brown - The Express
- Don Cheadle - traitor
Best main actress
- Angela Bassett - Meet the Browns
- Alfre Woodard - The Family That Preys
- Dakota Fanning - The beekeeper
- Queen Latifah - The beekeeper
Best supporting actor
Columbus Short - Cadillac Records
- Cedric the Entertainer - Cadillac Records
- Mos Def - Cadillac Records
- Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
- Nate Parker - The beekeeper
The best supporting actress
Taraji P. Henson - The Strange Case of Benjamin Button
- Beyoncé Knowles - Cadillac Records
- Jennifer Hudson - The beekeeper
- Alicia Keys - The beekeeper
- Sophie Okonedo - The beekeeper
Television winners and nominees
Best series - comedy
Best Actor in a Series - Comedy
- Donald Faison - Scrubs - The Beginners
- Terry Crews - Everyone hates Chris
- Paul James - Greek
- Tyler James Williams - Everyone hates Chris
Best Actress in a Series - Comedy
Tracee Ellis Ross - Girlfriends
- Cassi Davis - House of Payne
- Tichina Arnold - Everyone hates Chris
- Tia Mowry - The Game
- America Ferrera - Everything Betty!
Best Supporting Actor in a Series - Comedy
- Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock
- Larramie Shaw - House of Payne
- Dulé Hill - Psych
- Blair Underwood - The New Adventures of Old Christine
Best Supporting Actress in a Series - Comedy
Keshia Knight Pulliam - House of Payne
- Tisha Campbell-Martin - Rita Rocks
- Wendy Raquel Robinson - The Game
- Wanda Sykes - The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Vanessa Lynn Williams - Everything Betty!
Best series - drama
Best Actor in a Series - Drama
- Blair Underwood - In Treatment - The Therapist
- Anthony Anderson - Law & Order
- Dennis Haysbert - The Unit - A matter of honor
- Omar Epps - Dr. House
Best Actress in a Series - Drama
Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy
- CCH Pounder - The Shield - Law of Violence
- Wendy Davis - Army Wives
- Loretta Devine - Eli Stone
- Nicki Micheaux - Lincoln Heights
Best Supporting Actor in a Series - Drama
- Laurence Fishburne - CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators
- Blair Underwood - Dirty Sexy Money
- James Pickens Junior - Grey's Anatomy
- Michael K. Williams - The Wire
Best Supporting Actress in a Series - Drama
Angela Bassett - Emergency Room - The emergency room
- S. Epatha Merkerson - Law & Order
- Alfre Woodard - My Own Worst Enemy
- Audra McDonald - Private Practice
- Sonja Sohn - The Wire
Best TV movie or mini-series
Best Actor - TV Movie / Miniseries
Sean Combs - A Raisin in the Sun
- Andre Braugher - The Andromeda Strain
- Sean Patrick Thomas - A Raisin in the Sun
- Ben Vereen - Accidental Friendship
- Charles S. Dutton - Racing for Time
Best Actress - TV Movie / Miniseries
Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
- Sanaa Lathan - A Raisin in the Sun
- Audra McDonald - A Raisin in the Sun
- Chandra Wilson - Accidental Friendship
- Vanessa A. Williams - Flirting with Forty
Best Actor - Soap Opera
Bryton James - Shadow of Passion
- Texas Battle - Rich and Beautiful
- Dan Martin - rich and beautiful
- Montel Williams - Springfield Story
- Cornelius Smith - All My Children
Best Actress - Soap Opera
Debbi Morgan - All My Children
- Christel Khalil - Shadow of Passion
- Nia Peeples - shadow of passion
- Eva Pigford - Shadow of Passion
- Tonya Lee Williams - Shadow of Passion
Best children's program
Best director in a drama series
Ernest R. Dickerson - Lincoln Heights
- Anthony Hemingway - Heroes
- Paris Barclay - In Treatment
- Eriq La Salle - Law & Order: New York
- Seith Mann - The Wire