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

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### 2020s

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Year | Actor | Film | Role

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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

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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.

## External links

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

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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

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Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance

* Michelle Yeoh (2022)
* Jeffrey Wright (2023)

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