Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.
| Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) The 2020 recipient: Renée Zellweger | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Film Independent |
| First awarded | 1987 |
| Currently held by | Renée Zellweger Judy (2019) |
| Website | filmindependent |
With two wins, Frances McDormand and Julianne Moore are the most awarded females in this category, while with 4 nominations Michelle Williams is the most nominated female in this category.
Winners and nominees
1980s
| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Geraldine Page | The Trip to Bountiful[1] | Carrie Watts |
| Rosanna Arquette | After Hours | Marcy Franklin | |
| Laura Dern | Smooth Talk | Connie Wyatt | |
| Lori Singer | Trouble in Mind | Georgia | |
| 1986 | Isabella Rossellini | Blue Velvet | Dorothy Vallens |
| Elpidia Carrillo | Salvador | María | |
| Patricia Charbonneau | Desert Hearts | Cay Rivvers | |
| Laura Dern | Blue Velvet | Sandy Williams | |
| Tracy Camilla Johns | She's Gotta Have It | Nola Darling | |
| 1987 | Sally Kirkland | Anna | Anna |
| Lillian Gish | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber | |
| Debra Sandlund | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Patty Lareine | |
| Louise Smith | Working Girls | Molly | |
| Joanne Woodward | The Glass Menagerie | Amanda Wingfield | |
| 1988 | Jodie Foster | Five Corners | Linda |
| Ricki Lake | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad | |
| Nobu McCarthy | The Wash | Masi Matsumoto | |
| Julia Roberts | Mystic Pizza | Daisy Arujo | |
| Meg Ryan | Promised Land | Bev Sykes | |
| 1989 | Andie MacDowell | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Ann Bishop Mullany |
| Youki Kudoh | Mystery Train | Mitsuko | |
| Kelly Lynch | Drugstore Cowboy | Dianne | |
| Winona Ryder | Heathers | Veronica Sawyer | |
| Annabella Sciorra | True Love | Donna |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Nicole Beharie | Miss Juneteenth | Turquoise Jones |
| Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | |
| Sidney Flanigan | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Autumn Callahan | |
| Julia Garner | The Assistant | Jane | |
| Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern | |
| Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | |
Multiple nominees
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See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
References
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