Independent Spirit Award per la miglior attrice protagonista
# Independent Spirit Award per la miglior attrice protagonista

L'Independent Spirit Award per la miglior attrice protagonista (Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead) è un premio cinematografico statunitense assegnato annualmente dal 1986 dall'organizzazione non-profit IFP/West (ridenominata dal 2005 Film Independent) alla miglior attrice protagonista di un film indipendente statunitense.

## Vincitori e candidati

I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto, a seguire gli altri candidati.

### Anni 1986-1989

* 1986: Geraldine Page - In viaggio verso Bountiful (The Trip to Bountiful)
   * Rosanna Arquette - Fuori orario (After Hours)
   * Laura Dern - La prima volta (Smooth Talk)
   * Lori Singer - Stati di alterazione progressiva (Trouble in Mind)
* 1987: Isabella Rossellini - Velluto blu (Blue Velvet)
   * Laura Dern - Velluto blu (Blue Velvet)
   * Patricia Charbonneau - Cuori nel deserto (Desert Hearts)
   * Elpidia Carrillo - Salvador
   * Tracy Camilla Johns - Lola Darling (She's Gotta Have It)
* 1988: Sally Kirkland - Anna
   * Joanne Woodward - Lo zoo di vetro (The Glass Menagerie)
   * Debra Sandlund - I ragazzi duri non ballano (Tough Guys Don't Dance)
   * Lillian Gish - Le balene d'agosto (The Whales of August)
   * Louise Smith - Le professioniste del peccato (Working Girls)
* 1989: Jodie Foster - Dentro la grande mela (Five Corners)
   * Ricki Lake - Grasso è bello (Hairspray)
   * Julia Roberts - Mystic Pizza
   * Meg Ryan - Terra promessa (Promised Land)
   * Nobu McCarthy - The Wash

### Anni 1990-1999

* 1990: Andie MacDowell - Sesso, bugie e videotape (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)
   * Kelly Lynch - Drugstore Cowboy
   * Winona Ryder - Schegge di follia (Heathers)
   * Youki Kudoh - Mystery Train - Martedì notte a Memphis (Mystery Train)
   * Annabella Sciorra - True Love
* 1991: Anjelica Huston - Rischiose abitudini (The Grifters)
   * Eszter Balint - Bail Jumper
   * Carolyn Farina - Metropolitan
   * Joanne Woodward - Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
   * Mary Alice - To Sleep with Anger
* 1992: Judy Davis - Chopin amore mio (Impromptu)
   * Lili Taylor - Gli angeli volano basso (Bright Angel)
   * Mimi Rogers - Sacrificio fatale (The Rapture)
   * Lily Tomlin - The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
   * Patsy Kensit - Bella e accessibile (Twenty-One)
* 1993: Fairuza Balk - Gas, Food Lodging
   * Catherine Keener - Johnny Suede
   * Edie Falco - Laws of Gravity - Leggi di gravità (Laws of Gravity)
   * Cynda Williams - Qualcuno sta per morire (One False Move)
   * Sheryl Lee - Fuoco cammina con me (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me)
* 1994: Ashley Judd - Ruby in Paradiso (Ruby in Paradise)
   * Suzy Amis - The Ballad of Little Jo
   * May Chin - Il banchetto di nozze (Hsi yen)
   * Ariyan A. Johnson - Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
   * Emma Thompson - Molto rumore per nulla (Much Ado About Nothing)
* 1995: Linda Fiorentino - L'ultima seduzione (The Last Seduction)
   * Lauren Vélez - Così mi piace (I Like It Like That)
   * Jennifer Jason Leigh - Mrs. Parker e il circolo vizioso (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle)
   * Karen Sillas - What Happened Was...
   * Chien-lien Wu - Mangiare bere uomo donna (Yin shi nan nu)
* 1996: Elisabeth Shue - Via da Las Vegas (Leaving Las Vegas)
   * Lili Taylor - The Addiction - Vampiri a New York (The Addiction)
   * Jennifer Jason Leigh - Georgia
   * Elina Löwensohn - Nadja
   * Julianne Moore - Safe
* 1997: Frances McDormand - Fargo
   * Maria Conchita Alonso - Caught
   * Scarlett Johansson - Manny & Lo
   * Catherine Keener - Parlando e sparlando (Walking and Talking)
   * Renée Zellweger - Il mondo intero (The Whole Wide World)
* 1998: Julie Christie - Afterglow
   * Alison Folland - All Over Me
   * Stacy Edwards - Nella società degli uomini (In the Company of Men)
   * Robin Wright Penn - Prove d'accusa (Loved)
   * Lisa Harrow - Sunday
* 1999: Ally Sheedy - High Art
   * Katrin Cartlidge - Claire Dolan
   * Alfre Woodard - Down in the Delta
   * Robin Tunney - Niagara, Niagara
   * Christina Ricci - The Opposite of Sex - L'esatto contrario del sesso (The Opposite of Sex)

### Anni 2000-2009

* 2000: Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
   * Reese Witherspoon - Election
   * Janet McTeer - In cerca d'amore (Tumbleweeds)
   * Susan Traylor - Valerie Flake
   * Diane Lane - A Walk on the Moon - Complice la luna (A Walk on the Moon)
* 2001: Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
   * Joan Allen - The Contender
   * Sanaa Lathan - Love & Basketball
   * Kelly Macdonald - Two Family House
   * Laura Linney - Conta su di me (You Can Count on Me)
* 2002: Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
   * Molly Parker - The Center of the World
   * Tilda Swinton - I segreti del lago (The Deep End)
   * Kerry Washington - Lift
   * Kim Dickens - Things Behind the Sun
* 2003: Julianne Moore - Lontano dal Paradiso (Far from Heaven)
   * Jennifer Aniston - The Good Girl
   * Catherine Keener - Lovely & Amazing
   * Parker Posey - Personal Velocity - Il momento giusto (Personal Velocity: Three Portraits)
   * Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary
* 2004: Charlize Theron - Monster
   * Zooey Deschanel - All the Real Girls
   * Agnes Bruckner - Blue Car
   * Samantha Morton - In America - Il sogno che non c'era (In America)
   * Elisabeth Moss - Virgin
* 2005: Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
   * Kyra Sedgwick - Cavedweller
   * Vera Farmiga - Down to the Bone
   * Judy Marte - On the Outs
   * Kimberly Elise - Woman Thou Art Loosed
* 2006: Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
   * Dina Korzun - Forty Shades of Blue
   * S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues
   * Cyndi Williams - Room
   * Laura Linney - Il calamaro e la balena (The Squid and the Whale)
* 2007: Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
   * Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
   * Michelle Williams - La terra dell'abbondanza (Land of Plenty)
   * Robin Wright Penn - Sorry, Haters
   * Elizabeth Reaser - Sweet Land
* 2008: Ellen Page - Juno
   * Parker Posey - Broken English
   * Sienna Miller - Interview
   * Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart - Un cuore grande (A Mighty Heart)
   * Tang Wei - Lussuria - Seduzione e tradimento (Se, jie)
* 2009: Melissa Leo - Frozen River - Fiume di ghiaccio (Frozen River)
   * Summer Bishil - Niente velo per Jasira (Towelhead)
   * Anne Hathaway - Rachel sta per sposarsi (Rachel Getting Married)
   * Tarra Riggs - Ballast
   * Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy

### Anni 2010-2019

* 2010: Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe - Precious
   * Maria Bello - Downloading Nancy
   * Nisreen Faour - Amreeka
   * Helen Mirren - The Last Station
   * Gwyneth Paltrow - Two Lovers
* 2011: Natalie Portman - Il cigno nero (Black Swan)
   * Annette Bening - I ragazzi stanno bene (The Kids Are All Right)
   * Greta Gerwig - Lo stravagante mondo di Greenberg (Greenberg)
   * Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
   * Jennifer Lawrence - Un gelido inverno (Winter's Bone)
   * Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine
* 2012: Michelle Williams - Marilyn (My Week with Marilyn)
   * Lauren Ambrose - Think of Me
   * Rachel Harris - Natural Selection
   * Adepero Oduye - Pariah
   * Elizabeth Olsen - La fuga di Martha (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
* 2013: Jennifer Lawrence - Il lato positivo - Silver Linings Playbook (Silver Linings Playbook)
   * Linda Cardellini - Return
   * Emayatzy Corinealdi - Middle of Nowhere
   * Quvenzhané Wallis - Re della terra selvaggia (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
   * Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Smashed
* 2014: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
   * Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
   * Gaby Hoffmann - Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012
   * Brie Larson - Short Term 12
   * Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now
* 2015: Julianne Moore - Still Alice
   * Marion Cotillard - C'era una volta a New York (The Immigrant)
   * Rinko Kikuchi- Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
   * Jenny Slate - Obvious Child
   * Tilda Swinton - Solo gli amanti sopravvivono (Only Lovers Left Alive)
* 2016: Brie Larson – Room
   * Bel Powley – Diario di una teenager (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
   * Cate Blanchett – Carol
   * Kitana Kiki Rodriguez – Tangerine
   * Rooney Mara – Carol
* 2017: Isabelle Huppert – Elle
   * Annette Bening – Le donne della mia vita (20th Century Women)
   * Sasha Lane – American Honey
   * Ruth Negga – Loving - L'amore deve nascere libero (Loving)
   * Natalie Portman – Jackie
* 2018: Frances McDormand - Tre manifesti a Ebbing, Missouri (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
   * Salma Hayek - Beatriz at Dinner
   * Margot Robbie - Tonya (I, Tonya)
   * Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
   * Shinobu Terajima - Oh Lucy!
   * Regina Williams - Life and Nothing More
* 2019: Glenn Close - The Wife - Vivere nell'ombra (The Wife)
   * Toni Collette - Hereditary - Le radici del male (Hereditary)
   * Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade - Terza media (Eighth Grade)
   * Regina Hall - Support the Girls
   * Helena Howard - Madeline's Madeline
   * Carey Mulligan - Wildlife

### Anni 2020-2029

* 2020: Renée Zellweger - Judy
   * Karen Allen - Colewell
   * Hong Chau - Driveways
   * Elisabeth Moss - Her Smell
   * Mary Kay Place - Diane
   * Alfre Woodard - Clemency
* 2021: Carey Mulligan - Una donna promettente (Promising Young Woman)
   * Nicole Beharie - Miss Juneteenth
   * Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
   * Sidney Flanigan - Mai raramente a volte sempre (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
   * Julia Garner - The Assistant
   * Frances McDormand - Nomadland
* 2022:
   * Isabelle Fuhrman - The Novice
   * Brittany S. Hall - Test Pattern
   * Patti Harrison - Insieme per davvero (Together Together)
   * Taylour Paige - Zola
   * Kali Reis - Catch the Fair One
