Black-ish's Marsai Martin Didn't Expect To Win An NAACP Award This Weekend

Marsai Martin shows off her award during the non-televised dinner for the 2018 NAACP Image Awards over the weekend in Pasadena, Calif.

The black-ish star was up for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, and beat out Uzo Aduba, Tichina Arnold, Leslie Jones and Yvonne Orji for the honor.

“I had no idea I was gonna win this award. This one was a complete surprise and I was so discombobulated that I forgot to thank my blackish family,” Marsai wrote on Instagram after the event.

She added a thanks to the organization, who nominated her in that category despite her age: “Thank you for recognizing our show and for ‘seeing’ me…even though I’m a kid, you recognize me as an artist, an actress and that means everything. Thank you.”

Marsai was also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Youth, but that honor went to Stranger Things‘ Caleb McLaughlin.

Free Rein‘s Jaylen Barron and Project Mc2 stars Mika Abdalla, Genneya Walton, Ysa Penarejo, and Victoria Vida were also at the event.