2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Female Lead Winner
![Room Brie Larson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/room-lenny-abrahamson-image.jpg)
Room
Brie Larson
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Female Lead Nominees
![Carol Rooney Mara](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/carol-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Carol
Rooney Mara
![Carol Cate Blanchett](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/carol-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Carol
Cate Blanchett
![Tangerine Kitana Kiki Rodriguez](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tangerine-sean-baker-image.jpg)
Tangerine
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez
![The Diary of a Teenage Girl Bel Powley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-marielle-heller-image.jpg)