Greta Gerwig is an American actress, writer/co-writer, director and filmmaker. She garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films in her early phase of an acting career. She is famous for co-writing and directing with two well-known filmmakers, Joe Swanberg and Noah Baumbach in 2006 and 2010. Viewing from her acting and filmmaking side, In 2018, her nomination for Best Director at the 90th Academy Awards for Lady Bird made her the first woman in eight years (and one of only five women in Oscar history) to have been nominated in that category. Gerwig's work on Lady Bird was nominated for sixteen awards in notable circuits, winning six of those awards. Gerwig played the title role and received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her performance in the 2013 film, Frances Ha.
Greta Gerwig is an actress, writer, director, and filmmaker best known for her work on acclaimed films like, 'Hannah Takes the Stairs','Nights and Weekends', 'Frances Ha,' 'Lady Bird' 'Arthur' and 'Little Women.' She became known as a key figure in the rising mumblecore film movement, often referred to as an "it girl".
Greta was born as Greta Celeste Gerwig in Sacramento, California, USA on August 4, 1983. She is American by nationality and belongs to the German, Irish, and English ancestry. Her birth sign is Leo and her religion is Christianity. She is the daughter of Christine(mother), an Ob-Gyn nurse, and Gordon Gerwig who worked for a credit union on small business loans. Information regarding her childhood details was yet to be disclosed. Further, she has two siblings, an older brother, a landscape architect, and sister, a manager at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Gerwig was an intense child and showed an early interest in dance. She performed at the Columbia University Varsity Show with Kate McKinnon. Gerwig was raised as a Unitarian Universalist. She moved to New York City at 19 to attend Barnard College where she graduated with a degree in English and philosophy. She also attended St. Francis High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Sacramento.
Regarding her career, Greta wanted to become a playwright initially. But she began her acting career after not being admitted to MFA programs. Her first appearance was a minor role in the movies LOL and Baghead in 2006. She then began a partnership with Swanberg, started co-writing scripts for movies like Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), and both writing and directing on Nights and Weekends (2008). She did the horror movie, The House of the Devil in 2009. In the early 2010s, Gerwig has collaborated with a filmmaker, Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination, and Mistress America (2015). She has also appeared in the films Damsels in Distress (2011), To Rome with Love (2012), Maggie's Plan (2015), Jackie (2016), and 20th Century Women (2016).
In May 2014, Gerwig made her stage debut as Becky in Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York. In 2016, she guest-starred in two episodes of the comedy series The Mindy Project as a director she has her solo directorial ventures in several films including, Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019). For the former, she received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Greta is not married yet but she is in a romantic relationship with the filmmaker, Noah Baumbach since 2011. They first met in the early 2010s while collaborating for the movie Greenberg. Since then the couple is enjoying their love life happily to this date. In March 2019, Gerwing gave birth to their first child, a son Harold. The family of three happily living in Brooklyn as of now.
The multi-time award winner, Lady Bird director, Gerwig has an estimated net worth of $4 million at present. However, her salary is yet to be disclosed. Her major sources of income are her multi-talent professionalism as an actress, writer, and director. Being an American actress since 2006, Greta has earned a decent amount of money from the field of the entertainment industry. Further information regarding her cars, houses and other businesses is currently under review.
The 36 years old Lady Bird icon, Greta stands a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall. She has an average body mass which weighs around 61 Kg. She has a slim body with hazel eyes and blonde hair color. Similarly, she puts on 34B bra size, 8.5 (US) shoe size and 7 (US) dress size. Further, She has maintained her body measurement at 34-27-35 inches. She has straight sexuality.