Awards & Winners

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female

Independent Spirit Awards

The Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.

Check all the winners of Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female presented under Independent Spirit Awards since 1988 .


Shailene Woodley

Honored for : The Descendants

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jessica Chastain Take Shelter
Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley The Descendants
Anjelica Huston 50/50

Dale Dickey

Honored for : Winter\u2019s Bone

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dale Dickey Winter\u2019s Bone
Ashley Bell The Last Exorcism
Daphne Rubin-Vega Jack Goes Boating
Allison Janney Life During Wartime
Naomi Watts Mother and Child

Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

Honored for : Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Natalie Press Fifty Dead Men Walking
Samantha Morton The Messenger
Dina Korzun Cold Souls
Mia Wasikowska That Evening Sun
Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Penélope Cruz

Honored for : Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Misty Upham Frozen River
Debra Winger Rachel Getting Married
Rosemarie DeWitt Rachel Getting Married
Rosie Perez The Take
Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Cate Blanchett

Honored for : I'm Not There

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marisa Tomei Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Tamara Podemski Four Sheets to the Wind
Cate Blanchett I'm Not There
Jennifer Jason Leigh Margot at the Wedding
Anna Kendrick Rocket Science

Frances McDormand

Honored for : Friends with Money

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Melonie Diaz A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Marcia Gay Harden American Gun
Frances McDormand Friends with Money
Amber Tamblyn Stephanie Daley
Mary Beth Hurt The Dead Girl

Amy Adams

Honored for : Junebug

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain
Maggie Gyllenhaal Happy Endings
Amy Adams Junebug
Robin Wright Nine Lives
Allison Janney Our Very Own

Virginia Madsen

Honored for : Sideways

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cate Blanchett Coffee and Cigarettes
Yenny Paola Vega Maria Full of Grace
Robin Simmons Robbing Peter
Virginia Madsen Sideways
Loretta Devine Woman Thou Art Loosed

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Honored for : House of Sand and Fog

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shohreh Aghdashloo House of Sand and Fog
Sarah Bolger In America
Frances McDormand Laurel Canyon
Patricia Clarkson Pieces of April
Hope Davis The Secret Lives of Dentists

Emily Mortimer

Honored for : Lovely & Amazing

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Viola Davis Antwone Fisher
Jacqueline Kim Charlotte Sometimes
Juliette Lewis Hysterical Blindness
Emily Mortimer Lovely & Amazing
Julianne Nicholson Tully

Carrie-Anne Moss

Honored for : Memento

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carrie-Anne Moss Memento
Davenia McFadden Stranger Inside
Uma Thurman Tape
Summer Phoenix The Believer
Tamara Tunie The Caveman's Valentine

Zhang Ziyi

Honored for : Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lupe Ontiveros Chuck & Buck
Zhang Ziyi Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Marcia Gay Harden Pollock
Jennifer Connelly Requiem for a Dream
Pat Carroll Songcatcher

Chloë Sevigny

Honored for : Boys Don't Cry

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chloë Sevigny Boys Don't Cry
Sarah Polley Go
Jean Smart Guinevere
Vanessa Martinez Limbo
Barbara Barrie Judy Berlin

Lynn Redgrave

Honored for : Gods and Monsters

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters
Patricia Clarkson High Art
Stockard Channing The Baby Dance
Lisa Kudrow The Opposite of Sex
Joely Richardson In the Shadows

Debbi Morgan

Honored for : Eve's Bayou

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Debbi Morgan Eve's Bayou
Amy Madigan Loved
Farrah Fawcett The Apostle
Miranda Richardson The Apostle
Patricia Richardson Ulee's Gold

Elizabeth Peña

Honored for : Lone Star

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lily Tomlin Flirting with Disaster
Lili Taylor Girls Town
Elizabeth Peña Lone Star
Mary Kay Place Manny & Lo
Queen Latifah Set It Off

Mare Winningham

Honored for : Georgia

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Celia Weston Dead Man Walking
Mare Winningham Georgia
Chloë Sevigny Kids
Vanessa Redgrave Little Odessa
Jennifer Lopez My Family

Dianne Wiest

Honored for : Bullets Over Broadway

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dianne Wiest Bullets Over Broadway
V.S. Brodie Go Fish
Carla Gallo Spanking the Monkey
Kelly Lynch The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Brooke Smith Vanya on 42nd Street

Lili Taylor

Honored for : Household Saints

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lucinda Jenney American Heart
Lara Flynn Boyle Equinox
Lili Taylor Household Saints
Julianne Moore Short Cuts
Ah Lei Gua The Wedding Banquet

Alfre Woodard

Honored for : Passion Fish

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brooke Adams Gas Food Lodging
Danitra Vance Jumpin' At The Boneyard
Alfre Woodard Passion Fish
Sara Gilbert Poison Ivy
Karen Sillas Simple Men

Diane Ladd

Honored for : Rambling Rose

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sheila McCarthy Bright Angel
Mary B. Ward Hangin' with the Homeboys
Emma Thompson Impromptu
Deirdre O'Connell Pastime
Diane Ladd Rambling Rose

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Honored for : To Sleep with Anger

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tracy Arnold Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Tisha Campbell-Martin House Party
Adrienne-Joi Johnson House Party
Sheryl Lee Ralph To Sleep with Anger
Ethel Ayler To Sleep with Anger

Laura San Giacomo

Honored for : Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Heather Graham Drugstore Cowboy
Mare Winningham Miracle Mile
Mary Woronov Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Laura San Giacomo Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Bridget Fonda Shag

Rosanna DeSoto

Honored for : Stand and Deliver

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Debbie Harry Hairspray
Amy Madigan The Prince of Pennsylvania
Bonnie Bedelia The Prince of Pennsylvania
Rosanna DeSoto Stand and Deliver
Patti Yasutake The Wash

Anjelica Huston

Honored for : The Dead

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Martha Plimpton Shy People
Kathy Baker Street Smart
Anjelica Huston The Dead
Karen Allen The Glass Menagerie
Ann Sothern The Whales of August