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 Centu...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Magicians Nephew
2026
Director, Writer
Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer discover the magical world of Narnia through Digory’s uncle’s magic.

Jay Kelly
2025
Two middle-aged friends rediscover their youthful spirit during a chaotic weekend reunion, facing hilarious mishaps and heartfelt moments that force t...

Dua Lipa: Live at Mad Cool Festival
2025
Producer
Live concert that captures the energy and passion of British singer, Dua Lipa in her presentation at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, España.

Pavements
2025
as Self (uncredited)
Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of...

Pavements
2025
Thanks
Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of...

Snow White
2025
Additional Writing
Following the benevolent King's disappearance, the Evil Queen dominated the once fair land with a cruel streak. Princess Snow White flees the castle w...

Carole & Grey
2024
as Greta Gerwig
Best friends Carole and Grey go on an odyssey from Brooklyn to the Upper West Side to get Grey's Dog.

Barbie
2023
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to...

White Noise
2022
as Babette Gladney
Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by...

Little Women
2019
Writer, Director
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Isle of Dogs
2018
as Tracy Walker (voice)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must ...

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as Victoria (voice)
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Lady Bird
2017
Writer, Director
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her up...

20th Century Women
2016
as Abbie
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment ...

Jackie
2016
as Nancy Tuckerman
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

Wiener-Dog
2016
as Dawn Wiener
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

Maggie's Plan
2016
as Maggie Hardin
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love with John, an older married professor, destroying his vo...

Mistress America
2015
as Brooke Cardinas
A college freshman (Lola Kirke) cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsist...

Mistress America
2015
Screenplay, Producer
A college freshman (Lola Kirke) cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsist...

China, Il The Musical
2015
as Pony Merks
In the explosive hour long finale Baby Cakes wants a magical pet while Pony and Steve prove to each other that they love their respective crushes.

China, Il The Musical
2015
Writer
In the explosive hour long finale Baby Cakes wants a magical pet while Pony and Steve prove to each other that they love their respective crushes.

Jagoo
2015
as Olivia
After a bad break up, Elodie meets a enigmatic stranger at a Brooklyn bar. When she goes back to his apartment with him, the night takes an unsettling...

The Humbling
2014
as Pegeen Mike Stapleford
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace w...

Eden
2014
as Julia
Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife ...

Making a Scene
2013
as Woman
For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsibl...

The Making of 'Making a Scene'
2013
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the year's [2013] best performers starring in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Jan...

Making a Scene
2013
Writer
For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsibl...

Frances Ha
2013
as Frances Halladay
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbac...

Frances Ha
2013
Writer
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbac...

Side by Side
2012
as Self
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmak...

Lola Versus
2012
as Lola
Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiance, Luke (Joel Kinnaman), dump...

To Rome with Love
2012
as Sally
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful in...

Damsels in Distress
2012
as Violet Wister
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy He...

Arthur
2011
as Naomi Quinn
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.

The Dish & the Spoon
2011
as Rose
Two wounded souls commiserate through drinking and aimless wandering while acting out the roles of the happy relationships that elude them in reality....

No Strings Attached
2011
as Patrice
Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attach...

Northern Comfort
2010
as Cassandra
Two strangers' paths crisscross as they make their way toward Canada.

Northern Comfort
2010
Writer
Two strangers' paths crisscross as they make their way toward Canada.

Art House
2010
as Nora Ohr
A communal house left in trust many years ago to provide art students support in the way of free housing, ART HOUSE has accumulated its share of legen...

Greenberg
2010
as Florence Marr
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother (...

The House of the Devil
2009
as Megan
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes he...

Family Tree
2009
Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.

A NY Thing
2009
as Tamera
Masquerading as another man, Antoine flies to New York for a three-day stay and promptly falls in love with Alice, who's dating someone else. When tha...

You Wont Miss Me
2009
as Bridget
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

Nights and Weekends
2008
as Mattie
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

Nights and Weekends
2008
Director, Writer, Producer
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

Quick Feet, Soft Hands
2008
as Lisa
A young woman's hopes of moving up are tied to a minor league baseball player. As he falls deeper into a batting slump, the couple must cope with the ...

Yeast
2008
as Gen
A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships.

Baghead
2008
as Michelle
Four actors go to a cabin in the woods to write, direct, and act in a film that will jump-start their careers. Their idea is a horror film about a man...

Hannah Takes the Stairs
2007
as Hannah
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an off...

Hannah Takes the Stairs
2007
Writer
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an off...

Thanks for the Add!
2006
as Girl
A woman borrows a man's cell phone and makes a call.

LOL
2006
as Greta
The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.

Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2
N/A
Director, Writer
The second film of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia.