The Young and the Restless’ Tatyana Ali and All My Children’sEmerson Brooks took home Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Actor awards at the 2012 NAACP Image Awards on February 17. It was also a big night for The Help, which won Outstanding Motion Picture and earned awards for Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer in Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actress respectively. 

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Tyler Perry’s House of Paynewon in the drama and comedy categories. Oprah’s Lifeclass beat out the competition for Outstanding Talk Series. For the full list of 2012 NAACP Image Award winners visit Zap2it. See more photos from the award show after the jump!

Kristolyn Lloyd and Texas Battle

Tonya Lee Williams

Aaron D. Spears with wife Estela

Taraji P. Henderson

Archie Panjabi

Amber Riley

Chandra Wilson

Viola Davis

Lenny Kravitz

Vanessa Williams

Tracee Ellis Ross

Sandra Oh

Tia Mowry

Keke Palmer

Regina King

Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Michelle Williams

Anika Noni Rose