Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.
Notes
- "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance.
- "‡" indicates an Academy Award nomination
Winners and nominees
1980s
| Year | Actress | Film | Role | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Geraldine Page | The Trip to Bountiful | 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
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
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