María Concepción Alonso Bustillo, better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-American actress, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the top seven.

The Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead was one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding lead performance in an independent film. It was first presented in 1985 with Geraldine Page being the first recipient of the award for her role as Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful. It was last presented in 2022 with Taylour Paige being the final recipient of the award for her role in Zola.