Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

1983-08-04 Sacramento, California, USA 54 Credits

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...

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The Magicians Nephew

The Magicians Nephew

2026

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer discover the magical world of Narnia through Digory’s uncle’s magic.

Jay Kelly

Jay Kelly

2025

Acting

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

Dua Lipa: Live at Mad Cool Festival

2025

Producer

Producing

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

Pavements

2025

as Self (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

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

Pavements

2025

Thanks

7.2

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

Snow White

2025

Additional Writing

4.3

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

Carole & Grey

2024

as Greta Gerwig

1.0
Acting

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

Barbie

Barbie

2023

Executive Producer, Director, Writer

7.0
Producing Directing Writing

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

White Noise

2022

as Babette Gladney

5.5
Acting

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

Little Women

2019

Writer, Director

7.9
Writing Directing

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018

as Tracy Walker (voice)

7.9
Acting

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)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

2017

as Victoria (voice)

6.5
Acting

An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Lady Bird

Lady Bird

2017

Writer, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

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

20th Century Women

2016

as Abbie

7.3
Acting

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

Jackie

2016

as Nancy Tuckerman

6.5
Acting

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

Wiener-Dog

Wiener-Dog

2016

as Dawn Wiener

5.6
Acting

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

Maggie's Plan

Maggie's Plan

2016

as Maggie Hardin

5.7
Acting

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

Mistress America

2015

as Brooke Cardinas

6.5
Acting

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

Mistress America

2015

Screenplay, Producer

6.5
Writing Producing

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

China, Il The Musical

2015

as Pony Merks

Acting

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

China, Il The Musical

2015

Writer

Writing

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

Jagoo

2015

as Olivia

Acting

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

The Humbling

2014

as Pegeen Mike Stapleford

5.1
Acting

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

Eden

2014

as Julia

5.8
Acting

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

Making a Scene

2013

as Woman

5.4
Acting

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'

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

2013

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

Making a Scene

2013

Writer

5.4
Writing

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

Frances Ha

2013

as Frances Halladay

7.4
Acting

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

Frances Ha

2013

Writer

7.4
Writing

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

Side by Side

2012

as Self

7.2
Acting

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

Lola Versus

2012

as Lola

5.0
Acting

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

To Rome with Love

2012

as Sally

5.8
Acting

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

Damsels in Distress

2012

as Violet Wister

5.5
Acting

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

Arthur

2011

as Naomi Quinn

5.5
Acting

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

The Dish & the Spoon

2011

as Rose

5.6
Acting

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

No Strings Attached

2011

as Patrice

6.3
Acting

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

Northern Comfort

2010

as Cassandra

4.8
Acting

Two strangers' paths crisscross as they make their way toward Canada.

Northern Comfort

Northern Comfort

2010

Writer

4.8
Writing

Two strangers' paths crisscross as they make their way toward Canada.

Art House

Art House

2010

as Nora Ohr

Acting

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

Greenberg

2010

as Florence Marr

5.9
Acting

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

The House of the Devil

2009

as Megan

6.3
Acting

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

Family Tree

2009

Acting

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

A NY Thing

A NY Thing

2009

as Tamera

2.7
Acting

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

You Wont Miss Me

2009

as Bridget

5.2
Acting

A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

Nights and Weekends

Nights and Weekends

2008

as Mattie

5.7
Acting

A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

Nights and Weekends

Nights and Weekends

2008

Director, Writer, Producer

5.7
Directing Writing Producing

A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

Quick Feet, Soft Hands

Quick Feet, Soft Hands

2008

as Lisa

Acting

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

Yeast

2008

as Gen

5.7
Acting

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

Baghead

Baghead

2008

as Michelle

5.8
Acting

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

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

as Hannah

5.3
Acting

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

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

Writer

5.3
Writing

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!

Thanks for the Add!

2006

as Girl

3.0
Acting

A woman borrows a man's cell phone and makes a call.

LOL

LOL

2006

as Greta

5.7
Acting

The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.

Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2

Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

The second film of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia.