# Independent Spirit de melhor atriz

O Prêmio Independent Film Spirit de Melhor Atriz é um dos prêmios anuais do Independent Spirit, concedidos às melhores atrizes em um papel principal de cada ano.
Notas:
* † Indica uma vencedora do Oscar de Melhor Atriz.
* ‡ Indica uma indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz.

## Vencedora e nomeadas
### Anos 1980

| Ano | Vencedora | Filme | Papel |
| 1986 | Geraldine Page † | The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts |
| 1987 | Isabella Rossellini | Blue Velvet | Dorothy Vallens |
| 1988 | Sally Kirkland ‡ | Anna | Anna |
| 1989 | Jodie Foster | Five Corners | Linda |

### Anos 1990

| Ano | Vencedora | Filme | Papel |
| 1990 | Andie MacDowell | Sex, Lies and Videotape | Ann Bishop Mullany |
| 1991 | Anjelica Huston ‡ | The Grifters | Lilly Dillon |
| 1992 | Judy Davis | Impromptu | George Sand / Aurore |
| 1993 | Fairuza Balk | Gas Food Lodging | Shade |
| 1994 | Ashley Judd | Ruby in Paradise | Ruby Lee Gissing |
| 1995 | Linda Fiorentino | The Last Seduction | Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy |
| 1996 | Elizabeth Shue ‡ | Leaving Las Vegas | Sera |
| 1997 | Frances McDormand † | Fargo | Marge Gunderson |
| 1998 | Julie Christie ‡ | Afterglow | Phyllis Mann |
| 1999 | Ally Sheedy | High Art | Lucy Berliner |

### Anos 2000

| Ano | Vencedora e nomeadas | Filme | Papel |
| 2000 | Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena † |
| 2000 | Diane Lane | A Walk on the Moon | Pearl Kantrowitz |
| 2000 | Janet McTeer | Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker ‡ |
| 2000 | Susan Traylor | Valerie Flake | Valerie Flake |
| 2000 | Reese Witherspoon | Election | Tracy Flick |
| 2001 | Ellen Burstyn | Requiem for a Dream | Sara Goldfarb ‡ |
| 2001 | Joan Allen | The Contender | Laine Hanson ‡ |
| 2001 | Sanaa Lathan | Love & Basketball | Monica Wright |
| 2001 | Laura Linney | You Can Count On Me | Samantha "Sammy" Prescott ‡ |
| 2001 | Kelly Macdonald | Two Family House | Mary O'Neary |
| 2002 | Sissy Spacek | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler ‡ |
| 2002 | Kim Dickens | Things Behind the Sun | Sherry |
| 2002 | Molly Parker | The Center of the World | Florence |
| 2002 | Tilda Swinton | The Deep End | Margaret Hall |
| 2002 | Kerry Washington | Lift | Niecy |
| 2003 | Julianne Moore | Far from Heaven | Cathy Whitaker ‡ |
| 2003 | Jennifer Aniston | The Good Girl | Justine Last |
| 2003 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Secretary | Lee Holloway |
| 2003 | Catherine Keener | Lovely & Amazing | Michelle Marks |
| 2003 | Parker Posey | Personal Velocity | Greta Herskowitz |
| 2004 | Charlize Theron | Monster | Aileen Wuornos † |
| 2004 | Agnes Bruckner | Blue Car | Megan Denning |
| 2004 | Zooey Deschanel | All the Real Girls | Noel |
| 2004 | Samantha Morton | In America | Sarah ‡ |
| 2004 | Elisabeth Moss | Virgin | Jessie Reynolds |
| 2005 | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Maria Full of Grace | María Álvarez ‡ |
| 2005 | Kimberly Elise | Woman Thou Art Loosed | Michelle Jordan |
| 2005 | Vera Farmiga | Down to the Bone | Irene Morrison |
| 2005 | Judy Marte | On the Outs | Oz |
| 2005 | Kyra Sedgwick | Cavedweller | Delia Byrd |
| 2006 | Felicity Huffman | Transamerica | Bree ‡ |
| 2006 | Dina Korzun | Forty Shades of Blue | Laura |
| 2006 | Laura Linney | The Squid and the Whale | Joan Berkman |
| 2006 | S. Epatha Merkerson | Lackawanna Blues | Rachel "Nanny" Crosby |
| 2006 | Cyndi Williams | Room | Julia Barker |
| 2007 | Shareeka Epps | Half Nelson | Drey |
| 2007 | Catherine O'Hara | For Your Consideration | Marilyn Hack |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Reaser | Sweet Land | Young Inge |
| 2007 | Michelle Williams | Land of Plenty | Lana |
| 2007 | Robin Wright | Sorry, Haters | Phoebe Torrence |
| 2008 | Elliot Page | Juno | Juno MacGuff ‡ |
| 2008 | Angelina Jolie | A Mighty Heart | Mariane Pearl |
| 2008 | Sienna Miller | Interview | Katya |
| 2008 | Parker Posey | Broken English | Nora Wilder |
| 2008 | Tang Wei | Lust, Caution | Wong Chia Chi / Mak Tai Tai |
| 2009 | Melissa Leo | Frozen River | Ray Eddy ‡ |
| 2009 | Summer Bishil | Towelhead | Jasira Maroun |
| 2009 | Anne Hathaway | Rachel Getting Married | Kym Buchman ‡ |
| 2009 | Tarra Riggs | Ballast | Marlee |
| 2009 | Michelle Williams | Wendy and Lucy | Wendy Carroll |

### Anos 2010

| Ano | Vencedora e nomeadas | Filme | Personagem |
| 2010 | Gabourey Sidibe | Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones ‡ |
| 2010 | Maria Bello | Downloading Nancy | Nancy Stockwell |
| 2010 | Nisreen Faour | Amreeka | Muna Farah |
| 2010 | Helen Mirren | The Last Station | Sophia Tolstaya ‡ |
| 2010 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Two Lovers | Michelle Rausch |
| 2011 | Natalie Portman † | Black Swan | Nina Sayers |
| 2011 | Annette Bening ‡ | The Kids Are All Right | Dra. Nicole "Nic" Allgood |
| 2011 | Greta Gerwig | Greenberg | Florence Marr |
| 2011 | Nicole Kidman ‡ | Rabbit Hole | Becca Corbett |
| 2011 | Jennifer Lawrence ‡ | Winter's Bone | Ree Dolly |
| 2011 | Michelle Williams ‡ | Blue Valentine | Cindy Hellers |
| 2012 | Michelle Williams ‡ | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe |
| 2012 | Lauren Ambrose | Think of Me | Angela |
| 2012 | Rachael Harris | Natural Selection | Linda |
| 2012 | Adepero Oduye | Pariah | Alike |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Olsen | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Martha |
| 2013 | Jennifer Lawrence † | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell |
| 2013 | Linda Cardellini | Return | Kelli |
| 2013 | Emayatzy Corinealdi | Middle of Nowhere | Ruby |
| 2013 | Quvenzhané Wallis ‡ | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy |
| 2013 | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Smashed | Kate Hannah |
| 2014 | Cate Blanchett † | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
| 2014 | Julie Delpy | Before Midnight | Céline |
| 2014 | Gaby Hoffmann | Crystal Fairy | Crystal Fairy |
| 2014 | Brie Larson | Short Term 12 | Grace |
| 2014 | Shailene Woodley | The Spectacular Now | Aimee Finecky |
| 2015 | Julianne Moore † | Still Alice | Dra. Alice Howland |
| 2015 | Marion Cotillard | The Immigrant | Ewa Cybulska |
| 2015 | Rinko Kikuchi | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter | Kumiko |
| 2015 | Jenny Slate | Obvious Child | Donna Stern |
| 2015 | Tilda Swinton | Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve |
| 2016 | Brie Larson † | Room | Joy "Ma" Newsome |
| 2016 | Cate Blanchett ‡ | Carol | Carol Aird |
| 2016 | Rooney Mara ‡ | Carol | Therese Belivet |
| 2016 | Bel Powley | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Minnie Goetze |
| 2016 | Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Tangerine | Sin-Dee Rella |
| 2017 | Isabelle Huppert ‡ | Elle | Michèle Leblanc |
| 2017 | Annette Bening | 20th Century Women | Dorothea Fields |
| 2017 | Sasha Lane | American Honey | Star |
| 2017 | Ruth Negga ‡ | Loving | Mildred Loving |
| 2017 | Natalie Portman ‡ | Jackie | Jacqueline Kennedy |
| 2018 | Frances McDormand | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes † |
| 2018 | Salma Hayek | Beatriz at Dinner | Beatriz |
| 2018 | Margot Robbie | I, Tonya | Tonya Harding ‡ |
| 2018 | Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson ‡ |
| 2018 | Shinobu Terajima | Oh Lucy! | Setsuko Kawashima / Lucy |
| 2018 | Regina Williams | Life and Nothing More | Regina |
| 2019 | Glenn Close | The Wife | Joan Castleman ‡ |
| 2019 | Toni Collette | Hereditary | Annie Graham |
| 2019 | Elsie Fisher | Eighth Grade | Kayla Day |
| 2019 | Regina Hall | Support the Girls | Lisa Conroy |
| 2019 | Helena Howard | Madeline's Madeline | Madeline |
| 2019 | Carey Mulligan | Wildlife | Jeanette Brinson |