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35th NAACP Image Awards
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The 35th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 2003 and took place on March 6, 2004 at the Universal Amphitheatre.
The following is a listing of nominees, with winners in bold:

Winners
Film
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
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

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
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: Morgan Freeman - Bruce Almighty
Outstanding Supporting Actress: Alfre Woodard - Radio
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Bernie Mac Show
Girlfriends
Half & Half
Whoopi
My Wife and Kids
Outstanding Drama Series
Soul Food
24
Boston Public
CSI: Miami
The Wire
Outstanding Actor 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
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
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
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
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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
Outstanding Actor 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
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
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
Mekhi Phifer- ER
Darrin Henson- Soul Food
Dulé Hill- The West Wing
Boris Kodjoe- Soul Food
Ice-T- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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
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
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
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Whoopi Goldberg- Good Fences
Suzzanne Douglas- Sounder
Mo'Nique- Good Fences
Vanessa Ferlito- Undefeated
Outstanding Actor 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
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
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
Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special
Judge Mathis
106 & Park Top 10 Live
American Experience
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
