NAACP Image Awards: Laurence Fishburne Honored on Night Two

Laurence Fishburne at the POPSUGAR X ABC "Embrace Your Ish" Event at the Goya Studios on September 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA — Photo by Jean_Nelson/Deposit Photos

The NAACP Image Awards announced the second round of 2021 winners Tuesday night, with Laurence Fishburne taking home an award for his performance in #FreeRayshawn.

The drama series picked up awards for outstanding performance in a short form for Fishburne, as well as being named outstanding short form series – comedy or drama.

The short form drama from now-defunct streaming platform Quibi follows a Black military veteran who has a standoff with a SWAT team in New Orleans. Fishburne plays a police officer who tries to talk him down.

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Another big winner of the night was Michaela Coel for outstanding writing in a comedy series for the episode “Ego Death” of her critically-acclaimed show I May Destroy You.

Besides celebrating awards on Tuesday for writing, directing and short-from categories for film and television, the NAACP Image Awards also gave out the Spingarn Medal to ballet dancer Misty Copeland. The award recognizes outstanding achievement by a Black person.

The non-televised awards categories will continue to be announced virtually each night until March 26 at naacpimageawards.net, leading up to the televised show on Saturday, March 27 at 8/7c on BET, with a simulcast airing across ViacomCBS Networks including CBS, BET Her, VH1, MTV, MTV2, and LOGO.

Night Two Winners:

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – Ep. 112 “Ego Death”

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Attica Locke – Little Fires Everywhere – Ep. 104 “The Spider Web”

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special
Geri Cole – The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Anya Adams – black-ish – Ep. 611 “Hair Day”

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Hanelle Culpepper – Star Trek: Picard – Ep. 101 “Remembrance”

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special
Eugene Ashe – Sylvie’s Love

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Old Guard

Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama
#FreeRayshawn

Outstanding Performance in a Short Form
Laurence Fishburne – #FreeRayshawn

Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction
Between The Scenes- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Outstanding Short-Film (Live Action)
Black Boy Joy

Outstanding Short-Film (Animated)
Canvas

Special Award – Spingarn Medal
Misty Copeland


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Jacquelinne Mejia is a writer and social media producer in Los Angeles. She can be reached on Twitter @JackieMejia.