2006 Nominees and Winners
The 2006 nominees and winners in seven (7) competitive Black Movie Award categories.
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Presley Chweneyagae (as Tsotsi)
Tsotsi
Miramax Films
Chiwetel Ejiofor (as Lola)
Kinky Boots
Miramax Films
Tyrese Gibson (as O2)
Waist Deep
Rogue Pictures (Focus)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (as Mikey)
Shadowboxer
Freestyle Releasing
Denzel Washington (as Keith Frazier)
Inside Man
Universal Pictures
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Halle Berry (as Ororo Munro/Storm)
X-Men: The Last Stand
20th Century Fox
Meagan Good (as Coco)
Waist Deep
Rogue Pictures (Focus)
Sanaa Lathan (as Kenya McQueen)
Something New
Focus Features
Queen Latifah (as Georgia Byrd)
Last Holiday
Paramount/Universal
Keke Palmer (as Akeelah)
Akeelah and the Bee
Lionsgate
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Mos Def (as Eddie Bunker)
16 Blocks
20th Century Fox
Laurence Fishburne (as Dr. Larabee)
Akeelah and the Bee
Rogue Pictures (Focus)
Jamie Foxx (as Staff Sgt. Sykes)
Jarhead
Focus Features
Hubert Koundé (as Arnold Bluhm)
The Constant Gardener
Paramount/Universal
Jeffrey Wright (as Bennett Holiday)
Syriana
Lionsgate
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett (as Tanya Anderson)
Akeelah and the Bee
Lionsgate
Rosario Dawson (as Mimi Marquez)
Rent
Sony Pictures
Lauren London (as New New)
ATL
Warner Bros. Pictures
Lynn Whitfield (as Victoria)
Madea’s Family Reunion
Lionsgate
Alfre Woodard (as Joyce McQueen)
Something New
Focus Features
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
Tina Gordon Chism
ATL
Warner Bros. Pictures
Rob Hardy
The Gospel
Screen Gems
Tyler Perry
Madea’s Family Reunion
Lionsgate
Kriss Turner
Something New
Focus Features
Norman Vance, Jr.
Roll Bounce
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
Vondie Curtis–Hall
Waist Deep
Rogue Pictures (Focus)
Malcolm D. Lee
Roll Bounce
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Spike Lee
Inside Man
Universal Pictures
Chris Robinson
ATL
Warner Bros. Pictures
John Singleton
Four Brothers
Paramount Pictures
Outstanding Motion Picture
Akeelah and the Bee
(Producers: Laurence Fishburne, Nancy Hult Ganis,
Sid Ganis, Danny Llewelyn, Michael Romersa)
Lionsgate
ATL
(Producers: Dallas Austin, Jody Gerson, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Four Brothers
(Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura)
Paramount Pictures
Inside Man
(Producer: Brian Grazer)
Universal Pictures
Madea’s Family Reunion
(Producers: Reuben Cannon, Tyler Perry)
Lionsgate
Tsotsi
(Producer: Peter Fudakowski)
Miramax Films