Greta Gerwig is an American actress, filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She has received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and an Independent Spirit Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two Directors Guild of America Awards, and three Writers Guild of America Awards.
Gerwig started her career as an actress before collaborating with her creative and romantic partner, director Noah Baumbach. She first acted in his film Greenberg (2010) for which she was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She starred in his coming-of-age romance Frances Ha (2012), and served as a co–writer. As an actress in the film she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She then took roles in Baumbach's Mistress America (2015), which she also co–wrote and portrayed Nancy Tuckerman in the Pablo Larraín directed historical drama Jackie (2016). That same year, she played a photographer in the Mike Mills family dramedy 20th Century Women (2016) earning several award nominations including for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.
As a director, she made her solo freshman effort with the A24 coming-of-age comedy Lady Bird (2017), which she also wrote, earned her widespread critical acclaim and national attention. She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards which made her the first woman in eight years (and one of only five women in Oscar history at the time) to have been nominated in the former category. As a director she also earned a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film and as the screenwriter, she was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. She made her sophomore directorial feature with the period costume drama romance Little Women (2018), earning her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Gerwig received worldwide acclaim directing her third feature, the fantasy comedy Barbie (2023), which she co–wrote with her partner Noah Baumbach. The film became the highest grossing film ever from a female director and a cultural phenomenon. She won the Golden Globe Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay. She also received her fourth Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay as well as nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original Screenplay 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women 2024 Barbie
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2018 Best Original Screenplay Lady Bird 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women 2024 Best Original Screenplay Barbie
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2013 Best Actress in a Comedy Frances Ha 2016 Best Supporting Actress 20th Century Women 2017 Best Director Lady Bird Best Original Screenplay 2019 Best Director Little Women Best Adapted Screenplay 2023Best DirectorBarbieBest Original Screenplay
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Frances Ha 2018 Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Lady Bird 2024 Best Director – Motion Picture Barbie Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AACTA International Awards2017Best DirectionLady Bird Best Screenplay 2024Best Direction Barbie Best Screenplay Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2024 Lina Wertmüller AwardBarbie Best Original Screenplay Directors Guild of America Award 2018 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Lady Bird 2024 Barbie Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017 Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Lady Bird Best Screenplay 2023 Global Icon & Creator Tribute Barbie Independent Spirit Awards 2011 Best Female Lead Greenberg 2017 Best Screenplay Lady Bird National Board of Review 2017 Best Director Lady Bird Satellite Awards 2018 Best Director Lady Bird Best Original Screenplay 2024 Best Director Barbie Best Original Screenplay Saturn Awards 2024 Best Film Direction Barbie Best Film Writing Writers Guild of America Awards 2018 Best Original Screenplay Lady Bird 2020 Best Adapted ScreenplayLittle Women 2024Best Original ScreenplayBarbie
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards2024Best Picture/Best Movie for GrownupsBarbieBest ScreenwriterAlliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 Best Leap from Actress to Director Nights and Weekends 2015 Best Supporting Actress 20th Century Women 2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original Screenplay Best Woman Director Best Woman Screenwriter Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry 2018 Best Animated Female Isle of Dogs 2019 Best Adapted ScreenplayLittle Women Best Woman Director Best Woman Screenwriter 2024 Best DirectorBarbie Best Woman Director Best Woman Screenwriter Best Screenplay, Original Astra Film and Creative Awards 2020 Best Female Director Little Women 2024 Best Director Barbie Best Original Screenplay Austin Film Critics Association2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original Screenplay Breakthrough Artist Award 2019 Best DirectorLittle Women Best Adapted Screenplay 2024 Best DirectorBarbie Best Original Screenplay Boston Society of Film Critics 2017 Best Screenplay Lady Bird 2019 Best Director Little Women Best Screenplay Chicago Film Critics Association2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original Screenplay Most Promising Filmmaker 2019 Best DirectorLittle Women Best Adapted Screenplay 2023 Best DirectorBarbie Best Original Screenplay Columbus Film Critics Association 2024 Best Director Barbie Best Original Screenplay Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2017 Best Director Lady Bird Best Screenplay Detroit Film Critics Society2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Screenplay Dorian Awards 2017 Director of the Year Lady Bird Screenplay of the Year 2019 Director of the Year Little Women Screenplay of the Year Dublin Film Critics' Circle 2017 Best Director Lady Bird Best Screenplay 2023 Best Director Barbie Florida Film Critics Circle2017Best Director Lady Bird Best Original Screenplay Pauline Kael Breakout Award 2019Best Director Little Women Best Adapted Screenplay Georgia Film Critics Association 2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original Screenplay Breakthrough Award 2019 Best Adapted ScreenplayLittle Women 2023 Best DirectorBarbie Best Original Screenplay Houston Film Critics Society2017Best DirectorLady Bird Best Screenplay 2024 Best DirectorBarbie Best Screenplay IndieWire Critics Poll 2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Screenplay 2019 Best DirectorLittle Women Best Screenplay 2023 Best Director Barbie International Cinephile Society 2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original Screenplay 2019 Best Adapted ScreenplayLittle Women London Film Critics' Circle 2018 Screenwriter of the Year Lady Bird 2024Director of the YearBarbie Screenwriter of the Year Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society 2017 Best Original ScreenplayLady Bird Best Female Director Best First Feature National Society of Film Critics2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Screenplay2019 Best DirectorLittle Women Best ScreenplayOnline Film Critics Society 2017Best DirectorLady BirdBest Original Screenplay 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women 2024 Best DirectorBarbie Best Original Screenplay San Diego Film Critics Society 2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original ScreenplayBreakthrough Artist 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women 2023 Best DirectorBarbie Best Original Screenplay San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2017Best DirectorLady BirdBest Original Screenplay 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women 2024 Best DirectorBarbie Best Original Screenplay Seattle Film Critics Society 2017 Best Director Lady Bird Best Screenplay 2019Best Director Little Women 2024 Barbie St. Louis Film Critics Association 2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Original Screenplay 2019 Best Adapted ScreenplayLittle Women 2023 Best DirectorBarbie Best Original Screenplay Toronto Film Critics Association 2017 Best DirectorLady Bird "'The Florida Project' Named Best Film by Toronto Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter, 10 December 2017.Best Screenplay 2023 Best Original ScreenplayBarbie Utah Film Critics Association 2024 Best Achievement in Directing Barbie Best Original Screenplay Vancouver Film Critics Circle2017 Best DirectorLady Bird Best Screenplay 2024 Best Screenplay Barbie Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2017 Best Director Lady Bird Best Original Screenplay 2019 Best Director Little Women Best Adapted Screenplay 2023 Best Director Barbie Best Original Screenplay Women Film Critics Circle 2017 Best Woman Storyteller Lady Bird 2019Little Women
Special honors Organizations Year Award Result Athena Film Festival 2011 Hollywood's definitive screen actresses of her generation Berlin International Film Festival 2014 Was selected as that year's Jury member Cannes Film Festival 2024 Was selected as that year's Jury President
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