Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance
| Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance | |
|---|---|
 The 2023 recipient : Jeffrey Wright | |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Film Independent |
| First awarded | 2022 |
| Website | filmindependent |
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.[1][2]
Nominees[edit]
2020s[edit]
| Year | Actor | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 [3] |
Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Wang |
| Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár | |
| Dale Dickey | A Love Song | Faye | |
| Mia Goth | Pearl | Pearl | |
| Regina Hall | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Trinitie Childs | |
| Paul Mescal | Aftersun | Calum Paterson | |
| Aubrey Plaza | Emily the Criminal | Emily | |
| Jeremy Pope | The Inspection | Ellis French | |
| Andrea Riseborough | To Leslie | Leslie | |
| Taylor Russell | Bones and All | Maren Yearly | |
| 2023 [4] |
Jeffrey Wright | American Fiction | Thelonious "Monk" Ellison |
| Jessica Chastain | Memory | Sylvia | |
| Greta Lee | Past Lives | Nora Moon | |
| Trace Lysette | Monica | Monica | |
| Natalie Portman | May December | Elizabeth | |
| Judy Reyes | Birth/Rebirth | Celie | |
| Franz Rogowski | Passages | Tomas | |
| Andrew Scott | All of Us Strangers | Adam | |
| Teyana Taylor | A Thousand and One | Inez de la Paz | |
| Teo Yoo | Past Lives | Hae Sung |
References[edit]
- ^ Chapman, Wilson (August 23, 2022). "Spirit Awards to Implement Gender Neutral Acting Categories". Variety. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ "Independent Spirit Awards make acting awards gender neutral". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ Davis, Clayton (November 22, 2022). "Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: 'Everything Everywhere' Leads With Eight Noms". Variety. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Film Independent Spirit Awards (2024)". IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
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