What is Greta Gerwig famous for?

Greta Celeste Gerwig is an actress, screenwriter, and director from the United States. She rose to prominence after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films.

Gerwig was named to Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people in 2018.

She appeared in a number of Joe Swanberg films between 2006 and 2009, some of which she co-wrote or co-directed, including Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) and Nights and Weekends (2009).

Gerwig has worked on several films with her partner Noah Baumbach since the early 2010s, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination, and Mistress America.

She was also in Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress (2011), Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love (2012), Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan (2015), Pablo Larran’s Jackie (2016), Mike Mills’ 20th Century Women (2016), and Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs (2018).

Gerwig has had two solo directorial efforts, the coming-of-age films Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), both of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture.

She received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for the former, and Best Adapted Screenplay for the latter.