Greta Celeste Gerwig (
/ˈɡɜːrwɪɡ/; born August 4, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, and director, known for acting in and making dialogue-driven
independent films. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several
mumblecore movies. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films by
Joe Swanberg, some of which she co-wrote or co-directed, including
Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) and
Nights and Weekends (2008).
Since the early 2010s, Gerwig has collaborated with her partner
Noah Baumbach on several films, including
Greenberg (2010),
Frances Ha (2012), for which she received a
Golden Globe Award nomination,
Mistress America (2015),
White Noise (2022) and
Barbie (2023). She also appeared in
Whit Stillman's
Damsels in Distress (2011),
Woody Allen's
To Rome with Love (2012),
Rebecca Miller's
Maggie's Plan (2015),
Pablo Larraín's
Jackie (2016),
Mike Mills'
20th Century Women (2016), and
Wes Anderson's
Isle of Dogs (2018).
Gerwig has had two solo directorial ventures, the coming-of-age films
Lady Bird (2017) and
Little Women (2019), both of which earned nominations for the
Academy Award for Best Picture. For the former, she received
Academy Award nominations for
Best Director and
Best Original Screenplay, and for the latter, she was nominated for
Best Adapted Screenplay.
Gerwig was included in the annual
Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2018.
