Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead

Isabelle HuppertElle, Isabelle Huppert, Winner, Sasha LaneAmerican Honey, Sasha Lane, Nominee, Annette Bening20th Century Women, Annette Bening, Nominee, Ruth NeggaLoving, Ruth Negga, Nominee, Natalie PortmanJackie, Natalie Portman, Nominee, Brie LarsonRoom, Brie Larson, Winner, Rooney MaraCarol, Rooney Mara, Nominee, Bel PowleyThe Diary of a Teenage Girl, Bel Powley, Nominee, Kitana Kiki RodriguezTangerine, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Nominee, Cate BlanchettCarol, Cate Blanchett, Nominee, Julianne MooreStill Alice, Julianne Moore, Winner, Marion CotillardThe Immigrant, Marion Cotillard, Nominee, Tilda SwintonOnly Lovers Left Alive, Tilda Swinton, Nominee, Rinko KikuchiKumiko - the Treasure Hunter, Rinko Kikuchi, Nominee, Jenny SlateObvious Child, Jenny Slate, Nominee, Cate BlanchettBlue Jasmine, Cate Blanchett, Winner, Brie LarsonShort Term 12, Brie Larson, Nominee, Julie DelpyBefore Midnight, Julie Delpy, Nominee, Shailene WoodleyThe Spectacular Now, Shailene Woodley, Nominee, Gaby HoffmannCrystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, Gaby Hoffmann, Nominee, Jennifer LawrenceSilver Linings Playbook, Jennifer Lawrence, Winner, Quvenzhané WallisBeasts of the Southern Wild, Quvenzhané Wallis, Nominee, Mary Elizabeth WinsteadSmashed, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Nominee, Linda CardelliniReturn, Linda Cardellini, Nominee, Emayatzy CorinealdiMiddle of Nowhere, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Nominee