Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance

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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.

CountryUnited States
Presented byFilm Independent
First award2022
Currently held byRose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance
The 2025 recipient: Rose Byrne
CountryUnited States
Presented byFilm Independent
First award2022
Currently held byRose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
Websitefilmindependent.org
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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]

Winners and nominees

Michelle Yeoh was the first winner in this category for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).
Jeffrey Wright won for American Fiction (2023).
Mikey Madison won for Anora (2024).

2020s

More information Year, Actor ...
Year Actor Film Role
2022
[3]		 Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Quan Wang
Cate BlanchettTárLydia Tár
Dale DickeyA Love SongFaye
Mia GothPearlPearl
Regina HallHonk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.Trinitie Childs
Paul MescalAftersunCalum Paterson
Aubrey PlazaEmily the CriminalEmily Benetto
Jeremy PopeThe InspectionEllis French
Andrea RiseboroughTo LeslieLeslie
Taylor RussellBones and AllMaren Yearly
2023
[4]		 Jeffrey Wright American Fiction Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
Jessica ChastainMemorySylvia
Greta LeePast LivesNora Moon
Trace LysetteMonicaMonica
Natalie PortmanMay DecemberElizabeth
Judy ReyesBirth/RebirthCelie
Franz RogowskiPassagesTomas
Andrew ScottAll of Us StrangersAdam
Teyana TaylorA Thousand and OneInez de la Paz
Teo YooPast LivesHae Sung
2024
[5]		 Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva
Amy Adams Nightbitch Mother
Ryan DestinyThe Fire InsideClaressa "T-Rex" Shields
Colman DomingoSing SingJohn "Divine G" Whitfield
Keith KupfeferGhostlightDan Mueller
Demi MooreThe SubstanceElisabeth Sparkle
Hunter SchaferCuckooGretchen
Justice SmithI Saw the TV GlowOwen
June SquibbThelmaThelma Post
Sebastian StanThe ApprenticeDonald Trump
2025
[6]		 Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Linda
Everett Blunck The Plague Ben
Kathleen Chalfant Familiar Touch Ruth
Chang Chen Lucky Lu Lu Jia Cheng
Joel Edgerton Train Dreams Robert Grainier
Dylan O'Brien Twinless Roman / Rocky
Keke Palmer One of Them Days Dreux
Théodore Pellerin Lurker Matthew Morning
Tessa Thompson Hedda Hedda Gabler
Ben Whishaw Peter Hujar's Day Peter Hujar
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