1 – Zora Neale Hurston, Fieldwork Footage, 1928-29
2 – Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Julius Onah, Luce, 2019)
3 – Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya, Steven Yeun (Jordan Peele, Nope, 2022)
4 – Mbissine Thérèse Diop (Ousmane Sembene, Black Girl, 1966)
5 – Harry Baird (Melvin Van Peebles, The Story of a Three Day Pass, 1967)
6 – Trula Hoosier, Barbara O, Alva Rogers (Julie Dash, Daughters of the Dusts, 1991)
7 – Godfrey Cambridge (Melvin Van Peebles, Watermelon Man, 1970)
8 – Jayme Lawson (Ekwa Msangi, Farewell Amor, 2020)
9 – Nicole Beharie (Channing Godfrey Peoples, Miss Juneteenth, 2020)
10 – Mira Waters, Kyle Johnson (Gordon Parks, The Learning Tree, 1969)
11 – Kaycee Moore (Charles Burnett, Killer of Sheep, 1978)
12 – Wendell B. Harris Jr. (Wendell B. Harris Jr., Chameleon Street, 1989)
13 – Zainab Jah, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Ekwa Msangi, Farewell Amor, 2020)
14 – LaKeith Stanfield (Jordan Peele, Get Out, 2017)
15 – Alexis Chikaeze (Channing Godfrey Peoples, Miss Juneteenth, 2020)
16 – Allison Jones (Charles Burnett, Nightjohn, 1996)
17 – Keke Palmer (Jordan Peele, Nope, 2022)
18 – Muhammad Ali (Ján Kadár, Freedom Road, 1979)
19 – Alfonsino Pasca, Dots Johnson (Roberto Rossellini, Paisan, 1946)
20 – Daniel Kaluuya (Jordan Peele, Get Out, 2017)
21 – Balloon cowboy (Jordan Peele, Nope, 2022)
22 – Angela Burnett (Charles Burnett, Killer of Sheep, 1978)
23 – Chadwick Boseman (Ryan Coogler, Black Panther, 2018)