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  • BIRTH 04/08/1983
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 14
  • MOVIES 26
  • DIRECTOR 6
  • SCRIPT 10
  • PRODUCTION 3

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director based in NY. She has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Mistress America (2015). Gerwig made her solo directorial debut with the critically acclaimed comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017), which she also wrote, and has also had starring roles in the films Damsels in Distress (2011), Jackie (2016), and 20th Century Women (2016).

Greta Celeste Gerwig was born in Sacramento, California, to Christine Gerwig (née Sauer), a nurse, and Gordon Gerwig, a financial consultant and computer programmer. She has German, Irish, and English ancestry. Gerwig was raised as a Unitarian Universalist, but also attended an all-girls Catholic school. She has described herself as "an intense child". With an early interest in dance, she intended to get a degree in musical theatre in New York. She graduated from Barnard College in NY, where she studied English and philosophy, instead.

Originally intending to become a playwright, after meeting young film director Joe Swanberg, she became the star of a series of intellectual low budget movies made by first-time filmmakers, a trend dubbed "mumblecore". Gerwig was cast in a minor role in Swanberg's LOL (2006) in 2006, while still studying at Barnard. She then appeared in many of Swanberg's films, and personally co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced one entitled Nights and Weekends (2008). She has worked with good quality directors such as Ti West (The House of the Devil (2009)), Whit Stillman (Damsels in Distress (2011)), or Woody Allen (To Rome with Love (2012)) but success and (international) recognition did not come until Frances Ha (2012), directed by Noah Baumbach, a film she also co-wrote. Both tall and immature, awkward and graceful, blundering and candid, annoying and engaging, Greta has won all hearts in the title role of Frances Ha(liday).

In 2017, she wrote and directed the highly acclaimed, semi-autobiographical teen movie Lady Bird (2017), set in 2002-2003, and starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Timothée Chalamet. In 2011, Gerwig received an award for Acting from the Athena Film Festival for her artistry as one of Hollywood's definitive screen actresses of her generation.

Greta Gerwig

Shows (14)

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project
Sarah Branum
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
The View
The View
Self
The Ghost and Molly McGee
The Ghost and Molly McGee
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Herself / Self
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
China, IL
China, IL
Pony Merks
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Variety: Actors on Actors
Variety: Actors on Actors
Self
Vogue: 73 Questions
Vogue: 73 Questions
Self
60 Minutes
60 Minutes
Self

Movies (26)

No Strings Attached
No Strings Attached
Patrice
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
Tracy Walker (voice)
Jackie
Jackie
Nancy Tuckerman
White Noise
White Noise
Babette Gladney
Frances Ha
Frances Ha
Frances Halladay
To Rome with Love
To Rome with Love
Sally
20th Century Women
20th Century Women
Abbie
The House of the Devil
The House of the Devil
Megan
Maggie's Plan
Maggie's Plan
Maggie Hardin
Side by Side
Side by Side
Self
Wiener-Dog
Wiener-Dog
Dawn Wiener
Arthur
Arthur
Naomi Quinn
Lola Versus
Lola Versus
Lola
Damsels in Distress
Damsels in Distress
Violet Wister
Mistress America
Mistress America
Brooke Cardinas
Baghead
Baghead
Michelle
The Humbling
The Humbling
Pegeen Mike Stapleford
Greenberg
Greenberg
Florence Marr
Nights and Weekends
Nights and Weekends
Mattie
Northern Comfort
Northern Comfort
Cassandra
The Dish & the Spoon
The Dish & the Spoon
Rose
Eden
Eden
Julia
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Hannah
LOL
LOL
Greta
Une aventure New-Yorkaise
Une aventure New-Yorkaise
Tamera
Yeast
Yeast
Gen

Director (6)

Barbie
Barbie
Little Women
Little Women
Lady Bird
Lady Bird
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2
Nights and Weekends
Nights and Weekends

Script (10)

Barbie
Barbie
Little Women
Little Women
Lady Bird
Lady Bird
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1
Frances Ha
Frances Ha
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2
Mistress America
Mistress America
Nights and Weekends
Nights and Weekends
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Northern Comfort
Northern Comfort

Production (3)

Barbie
Barbie
Mistress America
Mistress America
Nights and Weekends
Nights and Weekends