Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress explained

The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress was one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards awarded between 2013 and 2020. In 2021, it was replaced by the gender neutral awards for Outstanding Lead Performance and Outstanding Supporting Performance.^[1]

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
	Brie Larson	Short Term 12	Grace Howard	^[2]
		Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
		Don Jon	Barbara Sugarman
		Upstream Color	Kris
		The Spectacular Now	Aimee Finecky
	Julianne Moore	Still Alice	Dr. Alice Howland	^[3]
		Boyhood	Olivia Evans
		Under the Skin	The Female
		Beyond the Lights	Noni Jean
		Tracks	Robyn Davidson
	Bel Powley	The Diary of a Teenage Girl	Minnie Goetze	^[4]
		Carol	Carol Aird
		I'll See You in My Dreams	Carol Petersen
		Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome
		Grandma	Elle Reid
		Welcome to Me	Alice Klieg
	Isabelle Huppert	Elle	Michèle Leblanc	^[5]
		Love & Friendship	Lady Susan Vernon
		20th Century Women	Dorothea Fields
		Loving	Mildred Loving
		Jackie	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson	^[6]
		I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	Ruth Kimke
		Columbus	Casey
		I, Tonya	Tonya Harding
		Marjorie Prime	Marjorie Lancaster
	Toni Collette	Hereditary	Annie Graham	^[7]
		The Wife	Joan Castleman
		Private Life	Rachel Biegler
		Support the Girls	Lisa Conroy
		Where Is Kyra?	Kyra Johnson
	Awkwafina	The Farewell	Billi Wang	^[8]
		Her Smell	Becky Something
		Diane	Diane
		Midsommar	Dani Ardor
		Clemency	Warden Bernadine Williams

2020s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
	Nicole Beharie	Miss Juneteenth	Turquoise Jones	^[9]
	Jessie Buckley	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Young Woman
		The Nest	Allison O'Hara
		Nomadland	Fern
		Minari	Soon-ja

Multiple nominees

2 nominations

• Cate Blanchett
• Scarlett Johansson
• Brie Larson

See also

• Academy Award for Best Actress
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mandinach . Zach . The Gotham Awards Introduce Gender Neutral Acting Categories For 2021 . The Gotham Film & Media Institute . October 21, 2021 . August 5, 2021.
2. News: 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Tops Gotham Awards. January 1, 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. December 2, 2013.
3. News: 2014 Gotham Awards: Complete Winners List. January 1, 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. December 1, 2014.
4. News: Cox. Gordon. 'Spotlight' Wins Big at 2015 Gotham Awards (FULL LIST). January 1, 2018. Variety. November 30, 2015.
5. Web site: Erbland. Kate. Gotham Awards 2016: Complete Winners List. IndieWire. January 1, 2018. November 28, 2016.
6. Web site: Erbland. Kate. Gotham Awards 2017: Complete Winners List. IndieWire. January 1, 2018. November 27, 2017.
7. News: Wagmeister . Elizabeth . Gotham Awards: A24 Sweeps With Five Wins, Including 'First Reformed,' 'Eighth Grade' (Full Winners List) . November 27, 2018 . Variety . November 26, 2018.
8. News: 'Marriage Story' Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full Winners List . December 3, 2019 . The Hollywood Reporter . December 2, 2019.
9. News: Lewis . Hilary . Gotham Awards: 'Nomadland' Wins Best Feature, Audience Award . January 11, 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter . January 11, 2021.