Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance
# Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance

The Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance is one of the annual awards given out by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. In 2022, the Independent Spirit Awards announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Male Lead and Best Female Lead merging into the Best Lead Performance category.

## Nominees

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Film | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Wang |
| 2022 | Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár |
| 2022 | Dale Dickey | A Love Song | Faye |
| 2022 | Mia Goth | Pearl | Pearl |
| 2022 | Regina Hall | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Trinitie Childs |
| 2022 | Paul Mescal | Aftersun | Calum Paterson |
| 2022 | Aubrey Plaza | Emily the Criminal | Emily |
| 2022 | Jeremy Pope | The Inspection | Ellis French |
| 2022 | Andrea Riseborough | To Leslie | Leslie |
| 2022 | Taylor Russell | Bones and All | Maren Yearly |
