| Tahun | Aktris | Film | Ref |
| 2000 |
| Erykah Badu | The Cider House Rules | [1] |
| Angela Bassett | Music of the Heart |
| Lisa Gay Hamilton | True Crime |
| Rebekah Johnson | Liberty Heights |
| Queen Latifah | The Bone Collector |
| 2001 |
| Gabrielle Union | Bring It On | [2] |
| Lisa Bonet | High Fidelity |
| Eartha Kitt | The Emperor's New Groove |
| Nia Long | Boiler Room |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph | Deterrence |
| 2002 |
| Nona Gaye | Ali | [3] |
| Marla Gibbs | The Visit |
| Adrienne-Joi Johnson | Baby Boy |
| Gabrielle Union | The Brothers |
| Kerry Washington | Save the Last Dance |
| 2003 |
| Queen Latifah | Chicago ‡ | [4] |
| Halle Berry | Die Another Day |
| Joy Bryant | Antwone Fisher |
| Viola Davis | Solaris |
| Rosario Dawson | 25th Hour |
| 2004 |
| Anna Deavere Smith | The Human Stain | [5] |
| Mary Alice | The Matrix Revolutions |
| Gloria Foster | The Matrix Reloaded |
| Vivica A. Fox | Kill Bill: Volume 1 |
| Michael Michele | Dark Blue |
| 2005 |
| Sharon Warren | Ray | [6] |
| Joy Bryant | BAADASSSSS! |
| Kimberly Elise | The Manchurian Candidate |
| Nia Long | Alfie |
| Jada Pinkett Smith | Collateral |
| 2006 |
| Taraji P. Henson | Hustle & Flow | [7] |
| Rosario Dawson | Sin City |
| Thandie Newton | Crash |
| Wanda Sykes | Monster-in-Law |
| Tracie Thoms | Rent |
| 2007 |
| Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls † | [8] |
| Clare-Hope Ashitey | Children of Men |
| Angela Bassett | Akeelah and the Bee |
| Shareeka Epps | Half Nelson |
| Kerry Washington | The Last King of Scotland |
| 2008 |
| Viola Davis | Doubt ‡ | [9] |
| Alice Braga | Blindness |
| Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona † |
| Taraji P. Henson | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ‡ |
| Sophie Okonedo | The Secret Life of Bees |
