Greta Gerwig

At 40 years old, Greta Gerwig has this physical status:

Career

Gerwig had intended to be a playwright but she had to give up acting because she was not allowed to write MFA programs. She appeared in Baghead by Jay and Mark Duplass in 2006 when she was still attending Barnard and playing a minor role in Joe Swanberg's LOL. Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), and she began a writing and directing role on Nights and Weekends (2008), which culminated in the duo's co-writing Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007). She became known as a central figure in the burgeoning mumblecore film movement, with those films often referred to as a "it girl." Despite her relationship with a number of other mumblecore filmmakers and appeared in several films, mainstream success remained elusive.

"I was so sad" during her youth, Gerwig has recalled. I was 25 [in 2008] and remembering, 'This is supposed to be the best time and I'm miserable,' but it seemed like acting was happening to me, and acting classes began.'

Gerwig appeared in Noah Baumbach's Greenberg with Ben Stiller, Rhys Ifans, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. A. O. Scott, a New York Times columnist, characterized Gerwig as a "ambassador of a cinematic style that often appears to be inimical to the very idea of style." "She seems to be embarking on a scheme," Scott wrote, "however piecemeal and modestly scaled, of redefining just what it is we talk about when we talk about acting." Gerwig made her first talk show appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2010. She appeared in the Adult Swim animated series China, Illinois, from 2011 to 2015. In 2011, she appeared as a lead in the HBO pilot The Corrections, but she was not chosen up to series. Gerwig appeared in Woody Allen's film To Rome with Love in the vignette John's Story in 2012, as Jesse Eisenberg and Alec Baldwin.

After having toured the festival circuit since September 2012, Gerwig and Baumbach co-wrote Frances Ha, which was released in May 2013. Gerwig appeared in the title role and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her role. Mistress America, Baumbach's third collaboration, received mostly positive feedback in August 2015. Rotten Tomatoes has a score of 75 out of 100 at Metacritic and has an 82% approval rating.

Gerwig made her stage debut as Becky in Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike in New York in May 2014. The display lasted until the end of June. For her appearance, she was selected for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. In 2014, she appeared in a spin-off of How I Met Your Mother called How I Met Your Father, but it wasn't picked up to series.

Gerwig's next acting role was in Rebecca Miller's Maggie's Plan, which opened as an official selection of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving raves. The film was also shown at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Gerwig appeared in Pablo Larra's Jackie and Mike Mills' 20th Century Women the same year, earning acclaim for both performances, particularly her role in the latter, for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She appeared in two episodes of The Mindy Project in 2016.

Gerwig made her solo directorial debut in 2017 (after co-directing Nights and Weekends) with the coming-of-age comedy-drama film Lady Bird, which she also wrote. Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith appear in the film. Lady Bird premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was theatrically launched in November 2017. The film earned more than $78 million in comparison to its $10 million budget globally.

Lady Bird received widespread critical acclaim upon its debut, with reviewers particularly lauding Gerwig's screenplay and direction. The film was selected by the National Board of Review, the American Film Institute, and Time magazine as one of the top ten films of 2017. It had received 196 positive reviews in a row, making it the first "new" reviewer until the first "rotten" one arrived in December 2017. On the aforementioned website, it now has a 99% score.

Lady Bird received Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Saoirse Ronan, as well as Best Support Actress for Laurie Metcalf and Best Screenplay for Gerwig, which are both recognized in the 75th Golden Globe Awards. It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Gerwig, Best Actress for Ronan, and Best Support Actress for Metcalf at the 90th Academy Awards. Gerwig became the fifth woman in Oscar history to be nominated for Best Director with the nominations. Gerwig said she was "in several states of laughing and screaming, and yelling with joy" when she learned of the nominations.

Following Lady Bird's popularity, Gerwig was part of Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs, which premiered at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival to critical acclaim, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Gerwig would direct a new film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's book Little Women, whose script she had been previously hired to write in June 2018. Little Women was launched in December 2019 to widespread critical acclaim, with Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, and Meryl Staceep. It received six awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Ronan, Best Adapted Screenplay for Gerwig, Best Original Score, and Best Costume Design. Since no woman (including Gerwig) had been nominated for Best Director, a snub that was prominently noted by Hillary Clinton and Saturday Night Live among others, the film was often mentioned as part of an Oscars controversy. Gerwig's name was one of those on the gown that actress Natalie Portman wore to the wedding, which featured the surnames of snubbed female directors from that year's celebration.

In Baumbach's forthcoming film White Noise, directed from Don DeLillo's novel of the same name, Gerwig will co-star with Adam Driver. In late 2022, the film will premiere at both the 79th Venice International Film Festival and the 60th New York Film Festival, as well as on the streaming platform. Gerwig co-wrote with her partner and is directing Warner Bros.'s live-action Barbie film, starring Margot Robbie in the title role, is scheduled to premiere in 2023, with Margot Robbie as the female lead. Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, N'Cuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, and Michael Cera appear in the film. Gerwig had done work on the screenplay for Disney's forthcoming live-action film Snow White in November 2021.

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