35th NAACP Image Awards

The 35th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2003 calendar year. The ceremony took place on March 6, 2004 and aired on March 11, 2004 on Fox. It was hosted by Jill Marie Jones, Persia White, Golden Brooks and Tracee Ellis Ross.^[1]

35th NAACP Image Awards
Date	March 6, 2004
Site	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Jill Marie Jones, Persia White, Golden Brooks, Tracee Ellis Ross
Official website	NAACPImageAwards.net
Highlights
Best Picture	The Fighting Temptations
Best Comedy Series	The Bernie Mac Show
Best Drama Series	Soul Food
Television coverage
Network	Fox
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American preacher T. D. Jakes was honored with the President's Award. The Dave Matthews Band was recognized with the Chairman's Award, while American singer and actress Beyoncé was awarded as the Entertainer of the Year.^[2] During the ceremony Ray Charles was inducted into the NAACP Hall of Fame, three months before his death at 73 on June 10, 2004.^[3]

The following is a listing of nominees,^[4][5] with winners in bold:^[2]

Special awards

Ray Charles was included into the Hall of Fame.

Beyoncé won her first Entertainer of the Year Award.

President's Award
T. D. Jakes
Chairman's Award
Dave Matthews Band
Hall of Fame
Ray Charles
Entertainer of the Year
Beyoncé

Winners and nominees

Motion Picture

Outstanding Motion Picture
The Fighting Temptations Bad Boys II Bend It Like Beckham Deliver Us from Eva Whale Rider
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Cuba Gooding Jr. – Radio Samuel L. Jackson – S.W.A.T. Will Smith – Bad Boys II Denzel Washington – Out of Time Laurence Fishburne – The Matrix Revolutions	Queen Latifah – Bringing Down the House Halle Berry – Gothika Beyoncé – The Fighting Temptations Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider Gabrielle Union – Deliver Us from Eva
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Morgan Freeman – Bruce Almighty Bernie Mac – Head of State Charles S. Dutton – Gothika Djimon Hounsou – In America Forest Whitaker – Phone Booth	Alfre Woodard – Radio Gabrielle Union – Bad Boys II Jada Pinkett Smith – The Matrix Revolutions Nona Gaye – The Matrix Revolutions Sanaa Lathan – Out of Time

Television

Drama

Outstanding Drama Series
Soul Food 24 Boston Public CSI: Miami The Wire
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Steve Harris – The Practice Gary Dourdan – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jesse L. Martin – Law & Order Dennis Haysbert – 24 Wendell Pierce – The Wire	Nia Long – Third Watch Nicole Ari Parker – Soul Food C. C. H. Pounder – The Shield Malinda Williams – Soul Food Vanessa A. Williams – Soul Food
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Mekhi Phifer – ER Darrin Henson – Soul Food Dulé Hill – The West Wing Boris Kodjoe – Soul Food Ice-T – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Loretta Devine – Boston Public Vanessa Bell Calloway – The District Pam Grier – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Terri J. Vaughn – Soul Food Anna Deavere Smith – The District

Comedy

Outstanding Comedy Series
The Bernie Mac Show Girlfriends Half & Half Whoopi My Wife and Kids
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Bernie Mac – The Bernie Mac Show Dave Chappelle – The Chappelle Show George Lopez – The George Lopez Show Flex Alexander – One on One Damon Wayans – My Wife and Kids	Mo'Nique – The Parkers Tisha Campbell-Martin – My Wife and Kids Tracee Ellis Ross – Girlfriends Kellita Smith – The Bernie Mac Show Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Dorien Wilson – The Parkers Chico Benymon – Half & Half Blair Underwood – Sex and the City George O. Gore II – My Wife and Kids Jeremy Suarez – The Bernie Mac Show	Camille Winbush – The Bernie Mac Show Dee Dee Davis – The Bernie Mac Show Kyla Pratt – One on One Telma Hopkins – Half & Half Valarie Pettiford – Half & Half

Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Good Fences Jasper, Texas Deacons for Defense Sounder
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Charles S. Dutton – D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Ossie Davis – Deacons for Defense Louis Gossett Jr. – Jasper, Texas Forest Whitaker – Deacons for Defense Danny Glover – Good Fences	Whoopi Goldberg – Good Fences Suzzanne Douglas – Sounder Mo'Nique – Good Fences Vanessa Ferlito – Undefeated

Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series	Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Kristoff St. John – The Young and the Restless Tyler Christopher – General Hospital Keith Hamilton Cobb – The Young and the Restless James Reynolds – Days of Our Lives Timothy D. Stickney – One Life to Live	Victoria Rowell – The Young and the Restless Tracey Ross – Passions Tamara Tunie – As the World Turns Renée Elise Goldsberry – One Life to Live Tonya Lee Williams – The Young and the Restless

Overall acting

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series)
Raven-Symoné – That's So Raven Tommy Davidson – The Proud Family Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family Cree Summer – All Grown Up! Lynn Whitfield – The Cheetah Girls

Reality and Variety

Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special	Outstanding Variety – Series or Special
Judge Mathis 106 & Park: Top 10 Live American Experience Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives	The 2003 Essence Awards BET Awards 2003 The 11th Annual Trumpet Awards Chappelle's Show Def Poetry Jam

Recording

Outstanding Album
Luther Vandross – Dance with My Father R. Kelly – Chocolate Factory Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys Mary J. Blige – Love & Life Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outstanding Male Artist	Outstanding Female Artist
Luther Vandross Mos Def Gerald Levert Musiq Soulchild Seal	Alicia Keys Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Aretha Franklin Heather Headley
Outstanding Duo or Group	Outstanding New Artist
OutKast Mary J. Blige and Eve The Neptunes The Roots The Black Eyed Peas	Ruben Studdard – Soulful Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love Byron Cage – Byron Cage Anthony Hamilton – Comin’ from Where I'm From Heather Headley – This is Who I Am
Outstanding Song	Outstanding Music Video
Luther Vandross – "Dance with My Father" Alicia Keys – "You Don't Know My Name" Beyoncé and Jay-Z – "Crazy in Love" Outkast – "Hey Ya!" Outkast – "The Way You Move"	"Dance with My Father" – Luther Vandross, directed by Diane Martel "Crazy in Love" Beyoncé and Jay-Z, directed by Jake Nava "The Truth" – India Arie, directed by Sanaa Hamri & India.Arie "Hey Ya!" – Outkast, directed by Bryan Barber "The Way You Move" – Outkast, directed by Bryan Barber
Outstanding Gospel Artist	Outstanding Jazz Artist
Donnie McClurkin – Donnie McClurkin... Again Shirley Caesar – Shirley Caesar and Friends Byron Cage – Byron Cage Bishop TD Jakes and The Potter's House Mass Choir – A Wing and a Prayer Vickie Winans – Bringing It All Together	Ramsey Lewis – Simple Pleasures Aaron Neville – Nature Boy: The Standards Album Dave Koz – Honey-Dipped Roy Hargrove – Roy Hargrove presents The RH Factor: Hard Groove Wayman Tisdale – Presents 21 Days

Literature

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction	Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
Love – Toni Morrison A Poem Traveled Down My Arm: Poems and Drawings – Alice Walker Diary of a Groupie – Omar Tyree The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni – Nikki Giovanni The Other Woman – Eric Jerome Dickey	Why I Love Black Women – Michael Eric Dyson Always Wear Joy – Susan Fales-Hill A Right to be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury – Aaron McGruder Black Fathers – Kristin Clark Taylor Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir – Dexter Scott King
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Christine King Farris Events that Shaped America: The Montgomery Bus Boycott – Frank Walsh and Sabrina Crewe God Created – Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones Li’l Dan the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story – Romare Bearden Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake? – Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison