Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress

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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]

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Winners and nominees

2010s

YearWinner and nomineesFilmRoleRef.
2013 Brie Larson Short Term 12 Grace Howard [2]
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
Scarlett Johansson Don Jon Barbara Sugarman
Amy Seimetz Upstream Color Kris
Shailene Woodley The Spectacular Now Aimee Finecky
2014 Julianne Moore Still Alice Dr. Alice Howland [3]
Patricia Arquette Boyhood Olivia Evans
Scarlett Johansson Under the Skin The Female
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Beyond the Lights Noni Jean
Mia Wasikowska Tracks Robyn Davidson
2015 Bel Powley The Diary of a Teenage Girl Minnie Goetze [4]
Cate Blanchett Carol Carol Aird
Blythe Danner I'll See You in My Dreams Carol Petersen
Brie Larson Room Joy "Ma" Newsome
Lily Tomlin Grandma Elle Reid
Kristen Wiig Welcome to Me Alice Klieg
2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle Leblanc [5]
Kate Beckinsale Love & Friendship Lady Susan Vernon
Annette Bening 20th Century Women Dorothea Fields
Ruth Negga Loving Mildred Loving
Natalie Portman Jackie Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
2017 Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson [6]
Melanie Lynskey I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Ruth Kimke
Haley Lu Richardson Columbus Casey
Margot Robbie I, Tonya Tonya Harding
Lois Smith Marjorie Prime Marjorie Lancaster
2018 Toni Collette Hereditary Annie Graham [7]
Glenn Close The Wife Joan Castleman
Kathryn Hahn Private Life Rachel Biegler
Regina Hall Support the Girls Lisa Conroy
Michelle Pfeiffer Where Is Kyra? Kyra Johnson
2019 Awkwafina The Farewell Billi Wang [8]
Elisabeth Moss Her Smell Becky Something
Mary Kay Place Diane Diane
Florence Pugh Midsommar Dani Ardor
Alfre Woodard Clemency Warden Bernadine Williams

2020s

YearWinner and nomineesFilmRoleRef.
2020 Nicole Beharie Miss Juneteenth Turquoise Jones [9]
Jessie Buckley I'm Thinking of Ending Things Young Woman
Carrie Coon The Nest Allison O'Hara
Frances McDormand Nomadland Fern
Yuh-jung Youn Minari Soon-ja

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