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Aliases: 格蕾塔·葛韦格 , Грета Гервіг , 그레타 거윅 , 그레타 게르윅 , グレタ・ガーウィグ

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Sacramento, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 36

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

60 Minutes
Average
7

60 Minutes

(1968) Self
The Ghost and Molly McGee
Average
8

The Ghost and Molly McGee

(2021) Self (voice)
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
Jackie
Average
6

Jackie

(2016) Nancy Tuckerman
Side by Side
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7

Side by Side

(2012) Self
20th Century Women
Average
7

20th Century Women

(2016) Abbie
Maggie's Plan
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6

Maggie's Plan

(2016) Maggie Hardin
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
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0

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 N/A
Self (Archive Footage)
2024 Greta Gerwig
2023 Self
2022 Babette Gladney
Self - Guest
2021 Self (voice)
Self
2018 Tracy Walker (voice)
2017 Victoria (voice)
2016 Abbie
Nancy Tuckerman
Dawn Wiener
Susan
Maggie Hardin
2015 Self
Brooke Cardinas
Self
Olivia
2014 Pegeen Mike Stapleford
Self
Julia
Self
Self
Self
2013 Woman
Self
Frances Halladay
2012 Sarah Branum
Self
Lola
Sally
Violet Wister
2011 Pony Merks (voice)
Naomi Quinn
Rose
N/A
Patrice
2010 Cassandra
Nora Ohr
Florence Marr
2009 Megan
N/A
Tamera
Self - Guest
Bridget
2008 Mattie
Lisa
Gen
Michelle
2007 Hannah
2006 Girl
Greta
2005 Self
1997 Self
1975 Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1968 Self
1953 Self
1944 Self - Winner
N/A
Sally Javits
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2025 Additional Writing
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
2015 Producer
2008 Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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