1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Female Lead Winner
![Anna Sally Kirkland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anna-yurek-bogayevicz-image.jpg)
Anna
Sally Kirkland
Anna is a middle-aged actress looking for work in New York City, with the help of her sometime lover, Daniel. She used to be a Czech film star married to the director Tonda, who is now …
1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Female Lead Nominees
![The Glass Menagerie Joanne Woodward](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-glass-menagerie-paul-newman-image.jpg)
The Glass Menagerie
Joanne Woodward
![The Whales of August Lillian Gish](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-whales-of-august-lindsay-anderson-image.jpg)
The Whales of August
Lillian Gish
![Tough Guys Don't Dance Debra Stipe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tough-guys-dont-dance-norman-mailer-image.jpg)
Tough Guys Don’t Dance
Debra Stipe
![Working Girls Louise Smith](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/working-girls-lizzie-borden-image.jpg)