Nomination History
2000
Feature
Best Actor
Taye Diggs – The Best Man
Laurence Fishburne – The Matrix
Eddie Murphy – Bowfinger
Sean Nelson – The Wood
Denzel Washington – The Hurricane
Best Actress
Rosario Dawson – Light It Up
Nia Long – The Best Man
Thandie Newton – Besieged
Rosie Perez – The 24 Hour Woman
Malinda Williams – The Wood
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Clarke Duncan – The Green Mile
Ice Cube – Three Kings
Jamie Foxx – Any Given Sunday
Terrence Howard – The Best Man
Delroy Lindo – The Cider House Rules
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett – Music of the Heart
Erykah Badu – The Cider House Rules
Lisa Gay Hamilton – True Crime
Rebekah Johnson – Liberty Heights
Queen Latifah – The Bone Collector
Best Director
Rick Famuyiwa – The Wood
Malcolm Lee – The Best Man
Spike Lee – The Summer of Sam
Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Malcolm Lee – The Best Man
Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon– The Hurricane
Rick Famuyiwa – The Wood
Best Film
The Best Man/Universal
Life/ Universal
The Hurricane/ Universal
The Wood/Paramount
Best Soundtrack
The Best Man/Columbia
Life/Rockland Records
Summer of Sam/Hollywood
The Wood/Jive Records
Television
Best Actor
Don Cheadle – A Lesson Before Dying
Sidney Poitier – The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Andre Braugher – Love Songs
Louis Gossett, Jr. – Love Songs
Delroy Lindo – Strange Justice
Best Actress
Halle Berry – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Jenifer Lewis – Jackie’s Back
Lynn Whitfield – Love Songs
Regina Taylor – Strange Justice
Alfre Woodard – Funny Valentines
Best Supporting Actor
Mekhi Phifer – A Lesson Before Dying
Obba Babatundé – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Brent Jennings — A Lesson Before Dying
Carl Gordon – Love Songs
James Earl Jones – Santa and Pete
Best Supporting Actress
Cicely Tyson – A Lesson Before Dying
Irma P. Hall – A Lesson Before Dying
Loretta Devine – Funny Valentines
Lisa Arrindell Anderson – A Lesson Before Dying
Jurnee Smollett – Selma, Lord, Selma
Best Director
Julie Dash – Funny Valentines
Robert Townsend – Jackie’s Back
Charles Burnett – Selma, Lord, Selma
Ernest Dickerson – Strange Justice
Louis Gossett, Jr. – Love Songs
Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Charles Fuller – Love Songs
J. California Cooper – Funny Valentines
Sarah L. Delaney & A. Elizabeth Delaney – Having Our Say
Ernest J. Gaines/A Lesson Before Dying
Best Film
A Lesson Before Dying/HBO
Love Songs/Showtime
Strange Justice/Showtime
Jackie’s Back/Lifetime
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge/HBO
Funny Valentines/BET
Having Our Say/CBS
