The Daily Show with Trevor Noah who is a South African comedian, television host, and political commentator has won yet again at the 53rd NAACP Images Awards.
The 2022 NAACP Image Awards took place in Los Angeles on Saturday night, February 26, 2022. The awards celebrate and honour the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color across more than 80 competitive categories in film, television, streaming, music, literature and podcasts.
The winners of various non-televised categories were announced last week via streaming presentations.
The Daily Show took home two awards for Outstanding Variety Show and Outstanding Short Form Series, while its host, South African comedian Trevor Noah, was awarded Outstanding Host in a reality/reality competition, game show or variety series or special.
On Wednesday, February 16th, 2022, honors were given out in a variety of TV and film categories.
On Twitter, Noah congratulated his team, “Thank you NAACP Image Awards for such an incredible honour. Congrats to the Daily Show team on 3 wins.”
Noah has won the NAACP Image Award five times. He has already won awards for Outstanding Host – Talk or News/Information (2021), Writing in a Comedy Series (2019), Literary Work – Biography/Auto Biography (2017), Literary Work – Debut Author (2017), and Literary Work – Biography/Auto Biography (2017). (2017).
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In addition :
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were awarded the President’s Award for their work as “humanitarians, global leaders and co-founders of Archewell.
Jennifer Hudson was a big winner on the night, named Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in Aretha Franklin biopic Respect.
Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson received the prestigious Chairman’s Award.
An aspiring lawyer, activist, and trailblazer, Channing Hill was named as NAACP Image Award “Youth Activist”.