Early life

A native of Sacramento, California, Gerwig is the daughter of Christine (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 do a degree in musical theatre in New York. She graduated from Barnard College, where she studied English and philosophy instead. Outside of class, she performed in the Columbia Varsity Show.

Career

Gerwig originally intended to become a playwright, but was cast in a minor role in Joe Swanberg's LOL in 2006, while still studying at Barnard. She began a partnership with the director and an association with other mumblecore filmmakers. Commenting on her work in Greenberg and other films, New York Times critic A. O. Scott described the actress as an "ambassador of a cinematic style that often seems opposed to the very idea of style." She made her first talk show appearance, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, in 2010. Mainstream success remained elusive "I was really depressed. I was 25 and thinking, 'this is supposed to be the best time and I'm miserable' but it felt like acting was happening for me, and I went back to acting classes'. 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.

Gerwig voices one of the main characters in the Adult Swim cartoon China, IL. In 2011, she was cast as one of the leads in the HBO pilot The Corrections, but the show was not picked up to series.

Gerwig worked with her boyfriend Noah Baumbach on his film Greenberg in 2010, and they co-wrote Frances Ha, which was theatrically released in May 2013, after being screened on the festival circuit since September 2012. Gerwig's performance was met with widespread critical acclaim, and she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for her performance, though she lost to Amy Adams for American Hustle.

In 2014 she was selected as a member of the jury for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

In February 2014, it was announced that she would lead the spin-off of How I Met Your Mother titled How I Met Your Dad. She would also serve as producer. However, the show was not picked up by the network after the initial pilot was made.

In May 2014, Gerwig made her stage debut, appearing as Becky in Peneolpe Skinner's The Village Bike at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York. The show ran through June.

In August 2015, it was announced that Gerwig would make her solo directorial debut (she previously co-directed Nights and Weekends with Joe Swanberg) with Lady Bird, which she also wrote. Filming is expected to begin in March 2016 in Sacramento, California. The film is produced by IAC Films.

Her third on-screen collaboration with Noah Baumbach, Mistress America was released in August 2015 to good reviews. It currently holds a 75 at Metacritic and a 82% at Rotten Tomatoes.

Greta Gerwig's next starring role in Rebecca Miller's Maggie's Plan was first showcased in the official selection of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, opening to very positive reviews. The film was also screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

Personal life

Gerwig has been dating writer-director Noah Baumbach since late 2011.

Filmography

List of acting credits in film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	LOL	Greta
2007	Hannah Takes the Stairs	Hannah	Also co-writer
2008	Baghead	Michelle
	Yeast	Gen
	Nights and Weekends	Mattie	Also co-writer and co-director
	Quick Feet, Soft Hands	Lisa	Short
	I Thought You Finally Completely Lost It	Greta
2009	You Wont Miss Me
	The House of the Devil	Megan
	Family Tree		Short
2010	Greenberg	Florence Marr	Nominated - Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Film Artist Nominated - Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Breakthrough Performance Nominated - Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Breakthrough Actress Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
	Art House	Nora Ohr
	Northern Comfort	Cassandra	Also co-writer Best Feature Film Award at Southern New England Indie Film Fest
	The Dish & the Spoon	Rose
2011	No Strings Attached	Patrice
	Damsels in Distress	Violet Wister	Dublin Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated - Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated - International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress
	Arthur	Naomi Quinn
	China, IL	Pony
2012	To Rome with Love	Sally
	Lola Versus	Lola
2013	Frances Ha	Frances	Also co-writer Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated - International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress Nominated - International Cinephile Society Award for Best Ensemble Nominated - International Cinephile Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated - London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year Nominated - Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
2014	Eden	Julia
	The Humbling	Pegeen Mike Stapleford
	How I Met Your Dad	Sally	Unsold CBS pilot
2015	Mistress America	Brooke	Also co-writer
	Maggie's Plan	Maggie
2016	Wiener-Dog	Dawn Wiener
	20th Century Women	Abbie	In post-production
2017	Jackie		In post-production

[ Source: Wikipedia ]