2026 NAACP Image Award Predictions! From Michael B. Jordan In ‘Sinners’ To Teyana Taylor!!

 

By Evan L. Jackson

One of my favorite award shows is the NAACP Image Awards and the 2026 ceremony takes places once again at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Here is our predictions! 

✅*** Predicted Winner 

Entertainer of the Year

Dwayne Johnson

Sterling K. Brown

Michael B. Jordan ✅

Regina Hall 

Teyana Taylor 

Outstanding Motion Picture

F1 (Sony Pictures)

Highest 2 Lowest (Apple TV)

Sinners (Warner Bros) ✅

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) 

Wicked For Good (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

André Holland — Love, Brooklyn (Roadside Attractions)

Denzel Washington — Highest 2 Lowest (A24)

Dwayne Johnson — The Smashing Machine (A24)

Michael B. Jordan — Sinners(Warner Bros.) ✅

Sope Dirisu — My Father’s Shadow(MUBI )

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Cynthia Erivo — Wicked (Universal Pictures)

Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Danielle Deadwyler — 40 Acres (Hulu)

Keke Palmer — One of Them Days (Sony)

Tessa Thompson — Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios) ✅

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Hailee Steinfeld — Sinners (Warner Bros.)

 Teyana Taylor— One Battle After Another(Warner Bros.) ✅

Regina Hall — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

SZA — One of Them Days (Sony)

Wumni Musaka —  Sinners (Warner Bros.)