"The Color Purple" Dominates the 55th Annual NAACP Image Awards

"The Color Purple" won 11 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture, and Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) for director Blitz Bazawule. The musical also swept the costume, makeup, and hairstyling categories, won Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album, and earned additional awards for four of its stars – Fantasia Barrino (Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture), Taraji P. Henson (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture), Colman Domingo (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture), and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture).

Domingo was a double winner, also nabbing Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in "Rustin." Another double winner was Usher, who won Outstanding Male Artist and the night's top prize – Entertainer of the Year, beating out Barrino and Domingo.

In the television and streaming categories, ABC's "Abbott Elementary" won Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for Quinta Brunson, and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for William Stanford Davis. The drama winners were primarily split between Netflix's "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story," which won Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for India Ria Amarteifio, and FX's "Snowfall," which won Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Damson Idris and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Gail Bean.

Presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the NAACP Image Awards honors outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, literature, podcasts, and social media. "The Equalizer" star Queen Latifah hosted again for the second year in a row.

Congratulations to all winners! See the full list here.