BET Award for Best Actress

BET Awards for Best Actress
Teyana Taylor is the most recent recipient
CountryUnited States
Presented byBET Awards
First award2001
Currently held byTeyana Taylor (2026)
Most winsTaraji P. Henson (6)
Most nominationsAngela Bassett (15)
Website

The BET Award for Best Actress is awarded to actresses from both television and film. Some nominees have been nominated based on their performances in multiple bodies of work within the eligibility period. Taraji P. Henson holds the record for most wins in this category with six, while Angela Bassett holds the record for most nominations with fifteen.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year Actress Work Ref
2001
Sanaa Lathan Love & Basketball [1]
Aaliyah Romeo Must Die
Angela Bassett Boesman and Lena
Regina King Down to Earth
2002
Halle Berry Monster's Ball and Swordfish [2][3]
Aaliyah Queen of the Damned
Angela Bassett The Rosa Parks Story and The Score
Vivica A. Fox Boat Trip, Kingdom Come and Two Can Play That Game
Jada Pinkett Smith Ali and Kingdom Come
2003
Queen Latifah Chicago, Bringing Down the House and Brown Sugar [4][5]
Halle Berry Die Another Day
Sanaa Lathan Brown Sugar
Nicole Ari Parker Brown Sugar and Soul Food
Gabrielle Union Cradle 2 the Grave and Deliver Us from Eva
2004
Halle Berry X2 and Gothika [6][7]
Beyoncé The Fighting Temptations
Vivica A. Fox Kill Bill Volume 1
Sanaa Lathan Out of Time
Gabrielle Union Bad Boys II
2005
Regina King Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous and A Cinderella Story [8][9]
Halle Berry Catwoman and Their Eyes Were Watching God
Kimberly Elise The Manchurian Candidate and Woman Thou Art Loosed
Queen Latifah Beauty Shop, The Cookout and Taxi
Gabrielle Union Something The Lord Made and Breakin' All the Rules
2006
Taraji P. Henson Hustle & Flow, Something New and Four Brothers [10][11]
Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris
Queen Latifah Last Holiday and Ice Age: The Meltdown
Thandie Newton Crash
Alfre Woodard Desperate Housewives and Something New
2007
Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls [12][13]
Tichina Arnold Everybody Hates Chris
Angela Bassett Akeelah and the Bee
Kerry Washington The Last King of Scotland and I Think I Love My Wife
Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy
2008
Halle Berry Perfect Stranger and Things We Lost in the Fire [14]
Angela Bassett Meet the Browns
Queen Latifah Hairspray, The Perfect Holiday and Mad Money
Jill Scott Why Did I Get Married?
Chandra Wilson Grey's Anatomy
2009
Taraji P. Henson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Not Easily Broken and The Family That Preys [15]
Beyoncé Cadillac Records and Obsessed
Angela Bassett ER and Notorious
Rosario Dawson Eagle Eye and Seven Pounds
Jennifer Hudson The Secret Life of Bees and Sex and the City

2010s

Year Actress Work Ref
2010
Mo'Nique Precious [16]
Taraji P. Henson Date Night and I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Regina King Southland
Zoe Saldaña Avatar and Star Trek
Gabourey Sidibe Precious
2011
Taraji P. Henson Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story and The Karate Kid [17][18]
Halle Berry Frankie and Alice
Regina King Southland
Zoe Saldaña Death at a Funeral and The Losers
Kerry Washington For Colored Girls and Night Catches Us
2012
Viola Davis Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and The Help [19][20]
Angela Bassett Jumping the Broom and Green Lantern
Taraji P. Henson Person of Interest and Larry Crowne
Regina King Southland
Zoe Saldaña Colombiana
2013
Kerry Washington Django Unchained and Scandal [21]
Angela Bassett Betty and Coretta and Olympus Has Fallen
Halle Berry The Call
Taraji P. Henson Person of Interest and Think Like a Man
Gabrielle Union Think Like a Man
2014
Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave [22]
Angela Bassett American Horror Story: Coven
Gabrielle Union Being Mary Jane
Kerry Washington Scandal
Oprah Winfrey The Butler
2015
Taraji P. Henson Empire [23]
Viola Davis How to Get Away with Murder
Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish
Gabrielle Union Being Mary Jane
Kerry Washington Scandal
2016
Taraji P. Henson Empire [24]
Viola Davis How to Get Away with Murder
Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish
Gabrielle Union Being Mary Jane
Kerry Washington Scandal
2017
Taraji P. Henson Hidden Figures and Empire [25]
Viola Davis Fences
Janelle Monáe Hidden Figures
Issa Rae Insecure
Gabrielle Union Being Mary Jane
2018
Tiffany Haddish Girls Trip [26]
Angela Bassett Black Panther and 9-1-1
Issa Rae Insecure
Taraji P. Henson Empire
Lupita Nyong'o Black Panther and Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Letitia Wright Black Panther
2019
Regina King If Beale Street Could Talk and Seven Seconds [27]
Issa Rae Insecure and Little
Regina Hall The Hate U Give and Little
Taraji P. Henson Empire
Tiffany Haddish The Last O.G.
Viola Davis How to Get Away with Murder and Widows

2020s

Year Actress Work Ref
2020
Issa Rae Insecure, The Photograph & The Lovebirds [28]
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 and A Black Lady Sketch Show
Cynthia Erivo Harriet
Regina King Watchmen
Tracee Ellis Ross black-ish
Zendaya Euphoria (season 1) and Spider-Man: Far From Home
2021
Andra Day The United States vs. Billie Holiday [29]
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 and Soul
Issa Rae Insecure
Jurnee Smollett Birds of Prey and Lovecraft Country
Viola Davis How to Get Away with Murder and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Zendaya Euphoria ("Trouble Don't Last Always") and Malcolm & Marie
2022
Zendaya Euphoria (season 2) and Spider-Man: No Way Home [30]
Aunjanue Ellis King Richard
Coco Jones Bel-Air
Issa Rae Insecure
Jennifer Hudson Respect
Mary J. Blige Power Book II: Ghost
Queen Latifah The Equalizer
Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
Regina King The Harder They Fall
2023
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever [31]
Coco Jones Bel-Air
Janelle James Abbott Elementary
Janelle Monáe Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Keke Palmer Human Resources and Nope
Viola Davis The Woman King
Zendaya
2024
Regina King Shirley [32]
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 and Damsel
Ayo Edebiri The Bear, Bottoms, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Theater Camp
Coco Jones Bel-Air
Danielle Brooks The Color Purple
Fantasia
Halle Bailey The Little Mermaid and The Color Purple
Issa Rae American Fiction, Barbie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2025
Cynthia Erivo Wicked [33]
Andra Day The Deliverance
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 and Zero Day
Coco Jones Bel-Air
Keke Palmer One of Them Days
Kerry Washington The Six Triple Eight and Unprisoned
Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
Viola Davis G20
Zendaya Challengers and Dune: Part Two
2026
Teyana Taylor [34]
Angela Bassett
Quinta Brunson
Ayo Edebiri
Cynthia Erivo
Regina Hall
Chase Infiniti
Coco Jones
Keke Palmer

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

Other notables

See also

References

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