Greta Gerwig
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 Century Women (2016). Greta Celeste Gerwig was born in Sacramento, California, to Christine Gerwig (née Sauer), a nurse, and Gordon Gerwig, a financial consultant and computer programmer. She has German, Irish, and English ancestry. Gerwig was raised as a Unitarian Universalist, but also attended an all-girls Catholic school. She has described herself as "an intense child". With an early interest in dance, she intended to get a degree in musical theatre in New York. She graduated from Barnard College in NY, where she studied English and philosophy, instead. Originally intending to become a playwright, after meeting young film director Joe Swanberg, she became the star of a series of intellectual low budget movies made by first-time filmmakers, a trend dubbed "mumblecore". Gerwig was cast in a minor role in Swanberg's LOL (2006) in 2006, while still studying at Barnard. She then appeared in many of Swanberg's films, and personally co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced one entitled Nights and Weekends (2008). She has worked with good quality directors such as Ti West (The House of the Devil (2009)), Whit Stillman (Damsels in Distress (2011)), or Woody Allen (To Rome with Love (2012)) but success and (international) recognition did not come until Frances Ha (2012), directed by Noah Baumbach, a film she also co-wrote. Both tall and immature, awkward and graceful, blundering and candid, annoying and engaging, Greta has won all hearts in the title role of Frances Ha(liday). In 2017, she wrote and directed the highly acclaimed, semi-autobiographical teen movie Lady Bird (2017), set in 2002-2003, and starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Timothée Chalamet. In 2011, Gerwig received an award for Acting from the Athena Film Festival for her artistry as one of Hollywood's definitive screen actresses of her generation.
Jackie
as Nancy TuckermanAn account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F....
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In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs...
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No Strings Attached
as PatriceEmma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best...
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20th Century Women
as Abbie PorterIn 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s...
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Frances Ha
as Frances HalladayAn aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty...
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To Rome with Love
as SallyFour tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a...
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White Noise
as Babette GladneyJack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and...
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A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family...
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Maggie's Plan
as Maggie HardinMaggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love...
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A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which...
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Victoria (voice)An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of...
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The Humbling
as Pegeen Mike StaplefordFollowing a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger...
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Greenberg
as Florence MarrA New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his...
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Side by Side
as SelfSince the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film....
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Baghead
as MichelleFour actors go to a cabin in the woods to write, direct, and act in a film that will jump-start...
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Eden
as JuliaPaul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with...
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Mistress America
as Brooke CardinasTracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be...
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Lola Versus
as LolaJust three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a...
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Wiener-Dog
as Dawn WienerA dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are...
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Damsels in Distress
as Violet WisterA trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the...
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Hannah Takes the Stairs
as HannahHannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing...
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LOL
as GretaThe relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
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The Making of 'Making a Scene'
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the year's [2013] best performers starring in 11 original (very)...
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Making a Scene
as WomanFor this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic...
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Nights and Weekends
as MattieA man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.
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Yeast
as GenA maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to...
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Jagoo
as OliviaAfter a bad break up, Elodie meets a enigmatic stranger at a Brooklyn bar. When she goes back to...
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Northern Comfort
as CassandraTwo strangers' paths crisscross as they make their way toward Canada.
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Family Tree
as uncreditedSiblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family...
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The Dish & the Spoon
as RoseTwo wounded souls commiserate through drinking and aimless wandering while acting out the roles...
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A NY Thing
as TameraMasquerading as another man, Antoine flies to New York for a three-day stay and promptly falls...
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You Wont Miss Me
as BridgetA kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit...
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Quick Feet, Soft Hands
as LisaA young woman's hopes of moving up are tied to a minor league baseball player. As he falls...
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Thanks for the Add!
as GirlA woman borrows a man's cell phone and makes a call.
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
as SelfSeth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - GuestBravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as SelfStephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as SelfAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
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The Mindy Project
as Sarah BranumObstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life,...
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
as SelfPhotographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and...
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as SelfSome of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of...
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The Ghost and Molly McGee
as Self (voice)When a curse from Scratch backfires, he finds himself forever bound to Molly. Despite that,...
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Made in Hollywood
as SelfMade in Hollywood is a talk show hosted by Kylie Erica Mar and Julie L. Harkness airing in...
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as SelfPBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - WinnerAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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60 Minutes
as SelfAmerica's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News...
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The View
as SelfABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
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Portlandia
as uncreditedSatirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as SelfTHR’s famed Roundtables are reimagined for broadcast and offer a fresh perspective on a classic,...
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China, IL
as Pony Merks (voice)China, IL – meaning "China, Illinois" – is an animated television series for the cable network...
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73 Questions
as SelfFilmed in a single shot, some of our favorite personalities answer 73 questions on what they...
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How I Met Your Dad
as Sally JavitsHow I Met Your Dad is a television pilot of a TV series to serve as a spin-off of How I Met Your...
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