Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance

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.org

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

2020s

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

^ 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.

External links

https://www.filmindependent.org/spirit-awards/

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[1] Chapman, Wilson (August 23, 2022). "Spirit Awards to Implement Gender Neutral Acting Categories". Variety. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

[2] "Independent Spirit Awards make acting awards gender neutral". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.

[3] Davis, Clayton (November 22, 2022). "Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: 'Everything Everywhere' Leads With Eight Noms". Variety. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

[4] "Film Independent Spirit Awards (2024)". IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2024.

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v t e Independent Spirit Awards
Current categories	Best Film Best Director Best Lead Performance Best Supporting Performance Best Breakthrough Performance Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Documentary Feature Best First Feature Best International Film Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay Best New Scripted Series Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series John Cassavetes Award Robert Altman Award
Retired categories	Best Male Lead Best Female Lead Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series
Ceremonies	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the following year)