Blue Ivy Carter is celebrating her 13th birthday with a major accomplishment: a nomination for the 56th Annual NAACP Image Awards. The young star was named among the honorees at the 56th annual awards ceremony alongside her mom, Beyoncé.
The NAACP Image Awards, announced Tuesday, recognize achievements in music, film, television and more. Beyoncé received three nominations for her chart-topping eighth album Cowboy Carter, including Outstanding Album, Outstanding Female Artist, and Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for ’16 Carriages.’
For Blue Ivy, this recognition marks her second NAACP Image Award. Her first win came in 2019 for her contribution to the track “Brown Skin Girl” from The Lion King: The Gift.
This year, she was nominated in the Outstanding Character Voice Over category for her role as Kiara in Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King. In the film, Blue Ivy voices Kiara, the daughter of Queen Nala and King Simba. Beyoncé reprises her role as Nala and Donald Glover returns as Simba.
Blue Ivy’s nomination puts her in respected company among other young stars, including Anthony B. Jenkins (The Deliverance), Skylar Aleece Smith (The Piano Lesson), and Leah Sava Jeffries (Percy Jackson and the Olympians).
The NAACP Awards will be broadcast live from the Pasadena, California Civic Center on February 22nd.
Read on for a partial list of this year’s nominees. The full list is here.
Excellent character voiceover performance – the movie
Aaron Pierre — ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Annika Noni Rose — ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Ayo Edebiri – ‘Inside Out 2’ (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Blue Ivy Carter – ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Lupita Nyong’o — “The Wild Robot” (DreamWorks Animation)
Outstanding Teen Performance in a Movie
Anthony B. Jenkins — ‘Salvation’ (Netflix)
Blake Cameron James – “We Grown Now” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jeremiah Daniels – ‘Color Book’ (Tribeca Studio)
Percy Daggs IV — “Never Let Go” (Lionsgate)
Skyler Alice Smith — ‘Piano Lesson’ (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Teenager (Series, Special, Television Movie, or Limited Series)
Caleb Elijah – “Cross” (Amazon Prime Video)
Graceyn Hollingsworth — “Gracie’s Corner” (YouTube TV)
Leah Saba Jeffries — “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” (Disney+)
Melody Hurd – “Cross” (Amazon Prime Video)
TJ Mixson – ‘The Madness’ (Netflix)
