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Why didn't she win an NAACP Image Award?

posted 13 years ago by kwalstedt-1
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It's weird how every bio of Marianne Jean-Baptiste makes a point of stating that she became the first black actress to fail to receive an NAACP Image Award nomination for an Oscar nominated role since the establishment of the awards. Is there some sinister significance to this? Was there some weird political thing going on? Why is this constantly mentioned?

I even saw a Google link that said if I subscribed to IMDB PRo I could read the reason why. That was even weirder and I'm not going to pay for a Pro membership just for this when I can ask the IMDB "hive mind"!

[–] slysgirl 13 years ago

No idea, maybe because they didn't want to give it to a British woman. Who won that year?

[–] Marisa_Gabriella 13 years ago

Loretta Devine. I thought it had something to do with her being English, but Thandie Newton was nominated that year. I guess maybe because she was in Beloved, a US production.

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[–] WeluvDogs 10 years ago

She should have lots of awards she's a terrific actress. I'm watching Broadchurch partly because of her. I enjoyed her on With Out A Trace.