Sat, 04 March 2023 at 5:35 pm

Taylor Russell, Cate Blanchett, Paul Mescal & More Best Actor in Film Nominees Attend Independent Spirit Awards 2023

The Best Lead Performance film nominees have arrived at the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards.

The likes of Taylor Russell (Bones and All), Cate Blanchett (TAR), Paul Mescal (Aftersun) and Aubrey Plaza (Emily the Criminal) descended on the blue carpet on the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday evening (March 4) in Santa Monica, Calif.

They were joined at the awards show by the remaining nominees in the category. Regina Hall (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul), Jeremy Pope (The Inspection), Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Mia Goth (Pearl), Dale Dickey (A Love Song) and Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) all delivered their own fierce look on the carpet. You can see pics of them all in the gallery!

Cate was also supported by TAR‘s director Todd Field. If you missed it, she recently revealed Todd‘s advice for her after they wrapped on their award-nominated movie.

Check out all of the film nominees here and the television nominees here!

FYI: Aubrey is wearing Saint Laurent with Mejuri jewelry. Michelle is wearing Gucci. Regina is wearing Andrew Kwon, Irene Neurwith jewelry, a Tyler Ellis bag and Alexandre Birman shoes. Cate and Taylor are wearing Loewe. Mia is wearing John Galliano FW98 RTW.