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Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

Actor · b. 1983 · Sacramento, California, USA

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.

Movies23

  • Movie6.3

    No Strings Attached

    2011 · 5.1K votes

  • Movie7.8

    Isle of Dogs

    2018 · 5.6K votes

  • Movie6.1

    Jay Kelly

    2025 · 468 votes

  • Movie5.6

    White Noise

    2022 · 837 votes

  • Movie5.8

    To Rome with Love

    2012 · 2.1K votes

  • Movie5.7

    Maggie's Plan

    2016 · 410 votes

  • Movie7.3

    20th Century Women

    2016 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie7.3

    Frances Ha

    2013 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie5.9

    Greenberg

    2010 · 642 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie6.5

    Jackie

    2016 · 2.5K votes

  • Movie5.6

    Arthur

    2011 · 822 votes

  • Movie5.1

    The Humbling

    2014 · 156 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The House of the Devil

    2009 · 882 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Pavements

    2025 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Lola Versus

    2012 · 149 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Mistress America

    2015 · 608 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Wiener-Dog

    2016 · 236 votes

  • Movie1.0

    Carole & Grey

    2024 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Eden

    2014 · 147 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Side by Side

    2012 · 318 votes

  • Movie3.4

    Une aventure New-Yorkaise

    A NY Thing

    2009 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Baghead

    2008 · 131 votes

Series21

  • TV6.1
  • TV4.9
  • TV5.8
  • TV5.1
  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV5.3

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 217 votes

  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV8.1
  • TV6.3

    The Mindy Project

    2012 · 192 votes

  • TV6.5

    60 Minutes

    1968 · 85 votes

  • TV4.2
  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV6.9

    Portlandia

    2011 · 184 votes

  • TV5.0
  • TV4.6

    Made in Hollywood

    2005 · 10 votes

  • TV6.9

    China, IL

    2011 · 31 votes

  • TV2.9
  • TV5.0
  • TV