Greta Gerwig
Personal details
  • Born:
    • Birthday: 1983-08-04
    • Born Place: Sacramento, California, USA
  • Also Known As:

    Грета Гервіг, 그레타 게르윅

Greta Gerwig

Greta Celeste Gerwig is an American actress, screenwriter, and film director, born on August 4, 1983, in Sacramento, California. Initially rising to prominence as a key figure in the "mumblecore" movement of independent cinema—characterized by naturalistic dialogue and low-budget production—she transitioned successfully into directing and writing major, critically acclaimed studio films. Her early career involved collaborations with filmmaker Joe Swanberg and her now-husband, Noah Baumbach, with whom she co-wrote and starred in films like Frances Ha (2012), earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Gerwig made her celebrated solo directorial debut with the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story, Lady Bird (2017), which earned her Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, making her the fifth woman in Oscar history to be nominated for Best Director. She followed this success with her acclaimed adaptation of Little Women (2019), which garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her most recent directorial effort, Barbie (2023), which she co-wrote with Baumbach, became a global cultural and commercial phenomenon, the highest-grossing film of all time by a solo female director, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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