title: Independent Spirit Award per la miglior attrice protagonista
text: # 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
  