The Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and was first awarded in 2021.
It is a gender neutral award and was introduced for the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2021 to replace the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress given out in previous years.
Winners and nominees 2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole2021 Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter Leda Caruso Frankie Faison The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. Michael Greyeyes Wild Indian Makwa Brittany S. Hall Test Pattern Renesha Oscar Isaac The Card Counter William "Tell" Tillich Taylour Paige Zola Aziah "Zola" King Joaquin Phoenix C'mon C'mon Johnny Simon Rex Red Rocket Mikey Saber Lili Taylor Paper Spiders Dawn Tessa Thompson Passing Irene "Reenie" Redfield2022 Danielle Deadwyler Till Mamie Till-Mobley Cate Blanchett Tár Lydia TárDale Dickey A Love Song FayeColin Farrell After Yang JakeBrendan Fraser The Whale CharliePaul Mescal Aftersun CalumThandiwe Newton God's Country Sandra GuidryAubrey Plaza Emily the Criminal Emily BenettoTaylor Russell Bones and All Maren YearlyMichelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All At Once Evelyn Wang2023 Lily Gladstone The Unknown Country Tana Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Origin Isabel Wilkerson Greta Lee Past Lives NoraFranz Rogowski Passages TomasBabetida Sadjo Our Father, the Devil Marie CisséAndrew Scott All of Us Strangers AdamCailee Spaeny Priscilla Priscilla PresleyTeyana Taylor A Thousand and One Inez de la PazMichelle Williams Showing Up LizzyJeffrey Wright American Fiction Thelonious "Monk" Ellison2024 Colman Domingo Sing Sing John "Divine G" Whitfield Pamela Anderson The Last Showgirl Shelley Adrien Brody The Brutalist László Tóth Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths Pansy Nicole Kidman Babygirl Romy Mathis Keith Kupferer Ghostlight Dan Mueller Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore The Substance Elisabeth Sparkle Saoirse Ronan The Outrun Rona Justice Smith I Saw the TV Glow Owen2025 Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù My Father's Shadow Folarin Jessie Buckley Hamnet Agnes Shakespeare Lee Byung-hun No Other Choice Yoo Man-soo Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Linda Ethan Hawke Blue Moon Lorenz Hart Jennifer Lawrence Die My Love Grace Wagner Moura The Secret Agent Armando / Marcelo Alves / Adult Fernando Josh O'Connor The Mastermind James Blaine "J.B." Mooney Amanda Seyfried The Testament of Ann Lee Ann Lee Tessa Thompson Hedda Hedda Gabler
Multiple wins and nominations
Individuals receiving multiple nominations:
Nominations Performer 2 Tessa Thompson
See also Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
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