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Greta Gerwig

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Come on, Barbie, let's go party! The live-action movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as famous doll couple, Barbie and Ken, is in the works at Warner Bros. Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, and Issa Rae also star in the film co-written and directed by Greta Gerwig.
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Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director. 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.
BornAugust 4, 1983
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars

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Greta Gerwig in White Noise (2022)
May Nivola, Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver, Raffey Cassidy, Heinrich, and Sam Nivola in White Noise (2022)
May Nivola, Henry Moore, Greta Gerwig, Dean Moore, Adam Driver, Raffey Cassidy, Heinrich, and Sam Nivola in White Noise (2022)
Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver in White Noise (2022)
Greta Gerwig in 20th Century Women (2016)
Greta Gerwig in 20th Century Women (2016)
Kai Lennox and Greta Gerwig in 20th Century Women (2016)
Greta Gerwig in 20th Century Women (2016)
Billy Crudup and Greta Gerwig in 20th Century Women (2016)
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig in Greta Gerwig/Noah Baumbach/Demetri Martin (2020)
Gary Oldman and Greta Gerwig in The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Jesse Eisenberg, Elliot Page, and Greta Gerwig in To Rome with Love (2012)

Known for

Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird
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  • Writer
  • 2017
Mistress America (2015)
Mistress America
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  • Brooke
  • 2015
Greta Gerwig in Frances Ha (2012)
Frances Ha
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  • Frances
  • 2012
Ben Stiller in Greenberg (2010)
Greenberg
6.1
  • Florence Marr
  • 2010

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Actress

  • Don Cheadle, May Nivola, Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver, and Raffey Cassidy in White Noise (2022)
    White Noise
  • Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston, and Koyu Rankin in Isle of Dogs (2018)
    Isle of Dogs
    • (voice)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • (uncredited)
  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    20th Century Women
  • Natalie Portman in Jackie (2016)
    Jackie
  • Mindy Kaling in The Mindy Project (2012)
    The Mindy Project
  • Wiener-Dog (2016)
    Wiener-Dog
  • Ethan Hawke and Greta Gerwig in Maggie's Plan (2015)
    Maggie's Plan
  • China, IL (2008)
    China, IL
    • (voice)
  • Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in Portlandia (2011)
    Portlandia
  • Mistress America (2015)
    Mistress America
  • How I Met Your Dad (2014)
    How I Met Your Dad
  • Eden (2014)
    Eden
  • Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig in The Humbling (2014)
    The Humbling
  • Making a Scene (2013)
    Making a Scene

Writer

  • Barbie
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  • Snow White
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  • Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women (2019)
    Little Women
  • Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
    Lady Bird
  • China, IL (2008)
    China, IL
  • Mistress America (2015)
    Mistress America
  • How I Met Your Dad (2014)
    How I Met Your Dad
  • Making a Scene (2013)
    Making a Scene
  • Greta Gerwig in Frances Ha (2012)
    Frances Ha
  • The Dish & the Spoon (2011)
    The Dish & the Spoon
  • Northern Comfort (2010)
    Northern Comfort
  • Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig in Nights and Weekends (2008)
    Nights and Weekends
  • Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
    Hannah Takes the Stairs

Director

  • Barbie
    • Post-production
  • Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women (2019)
    Little Women
    • (directed by)
  • Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
    Lady Bird
    • (directed by)
  • Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig in Nights and Weekends (2008)
    Nights and Weekends
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All About 'Barbie'
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All About 'Barbie'
Greta Gerwig | Career Retrospective
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Greta Gerwig | Career Retrospective
Women Directors on Set
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Women Directors on Set
Bowl Cuts, Wild Accents, & an Epic Mud Battle: What to Watch After 'The King'
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Bowl Cuts, Wild Accents, & an Epic Mud Battle: What to Watch After 'The King'
Most Anticipated Movies for Rest of 2019
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Most Anticipated Movies for Rest of 2019
Greta Gerwig: Movie & TV Moments
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Greta Gerwig: Movie & TV Moments
"How Long Do We Wait" from Greenberg
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"How Long Do We Wait" from Greenberg
“Musso and Frank” from Greenberg
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“Musso and Frank” from Greenberg
"The Thing About You Kids" from Greenberg
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"The Thing About You Kids" from Greenberg
Maggie's Plan
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Maggie's Plan
Maggie's Plan
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Maggie's Plan
Frances Ha
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Frances Ha

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    • August 4, 1983
    • Sacramento, California, USA
    • Noah Baumbach? - present (1 child)
    • Christine Gerwig
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    • 1 Interview
    • 7 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Wrote in detail about the 42 takes she did of one 28-second scene in Frances Ha (2012) in a N.Y. Times Magazine article titled 'I Know I'm Doing the Scene Badly, But I Can't Figure Out How to Do It Well' [May 2013].
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    When I was a kid, I used to do my homework in the living room, where there was a picture window. I was hoping that someone would walk by and see me looking very studious in my living room.
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