Line #20 Creator/GretaGerwig


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3	Greta Celeste Gerwig (born August 4, 1983 in Sacramento, California) is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director.
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5	Gerwig first gained attention for her work in several [=2000s=] films associated with the "mumblecore" genre, of which she has since been deemed a [[TropeCodifier codifier]]. During the latter half of the decade, she additionally co-wrote or co-directed a number of the films she acted in, which were primarily directed by Joe Swanberg.
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7	Beginning in the [=2010s=], she collaborated with her partner Creator/NoahBaumbach on several films including ''Film/FrancesHa'', for which she received a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe acting nomination. Some of her other film credits as an actress include ''Film/WienerDog'', the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Jacqueline Kennedy]] {{biopic}} ''Film/{{Jackie}}'', and ''Film/TwentiethCenturyWomen''. She also starred as the lead in a planned ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' spinoff, ''How I Met Your Dad'', in 2014, but it wasn't picked up with a series order.
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9	In 2017, a new phase of Gerwig's career and popularity began with her debut as a solo writer-director. To date, she has directed three films: ''Film/LadyBird'', ''Film/{{Little Women\|2019}}'' and ''Film/{{Barbie\|2023}}''. All three were widely acclaimed, and all of them received MediaNotes/AcademyAward nods for Best Picture and for Gerwig's screenplays among other nominations. This gave Gerwig the history-making distinction of being the only director to have their first three films all be Best Picture nominees (though her getting passed over for Best Director for ''Little Women'' and especially ''Barbie'' proved to be controversial). ''Barbie'' marked Gerwig's biggest budget ($145 million) and [[AllStarCast most star-studded cast]] (led by Creator/MargotRobbie and Creator/RyanGosling) yet, and was an undisputed box office sensation, grossing over $1.4 billion. It became the highest-grossing film of 2023 and currently stands as the highest-grossing film released by Creator/WarnerBros and the highest-grossing film by a solo female director.
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11	In July 2023, it was reported that Gerwig had been hired by Creator/{{Netflix}} to write and direct two film adaptations of Creator/CSLewis' ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' book series for the streamer.
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13	Gerwig and Baumbach have two sons together, born in 2019 and 2023.
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16	!!Works with pages on TV Tropes:
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19	[[folder:Acting roles]]
20	* ''Film/Baghead2008'' (2008) as Michelle
21	* ''Film/TheHouseOfTheDevil'' (2009) as Megan
22	* ''Film/{{No Strings Attached\|2011}}'' (2011) as Patrice
23	* ''Film/DamselsInDistress'' (2011) as Violet Wister
24	* ''Film/{{Arthur\|2011}}'' (2011) as Naomi Quinn
25	* ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' (2012) as Sally
26	* ''Film/FrancesHa'' (2013) as Frances Halladay [[note]]also co-writer[[/note]]
27	* ''[[Series/HowIMetYourMother How I Met Your Dad]]'' (2014) as Sally [[note]]unaired pilot[[/note]]
28	* ''Film/WienerDog'' (2016) as Dawn Wiener
29	* ''Film/TwentiethCenturyWomen'' (2016) as Abbie
30	* ''Film/{{Jackie}}'' (2016) as Nancy Tuckerman
31	* ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs'' (2018) as Tracy
32	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' (2021) AsHerself [[note]]episode "Hooray for Mollywood"[[/note]]
33	* ''Film/{{White Noise\|2022}}'' (2022) as Babette Gladney
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36	[[folder:As writer-director]]
37	[[index]]
38	* ''Nights and Weekends'' (2008) [[note]]co-directed and costarred with Joe Swanberg[[/note]]
39	* ''Film/LadyBird'' (2018) [[note]]UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay[[/note]]
40	* ''Film/{{Little Women\|2019}}'' (2019)
41	* ''Film/{{Barbie\|2023}}'' (2023) [[note]]co-written with Creator/NoahBaumbach[[/note]]
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46	!!Tropes in Greta Gerwig's work:
47	* CreatorsOddball: Considering her previous auteurist drama directing efforts, ''Film/{{Barbie\|2023}}'' comes off as quite an oddball.
48	* ProductionPosse: She's made two films with Creator/SaoirseRonan, and has joked about having to share her with Creator/WesAnderson, and about it being "a round robin" with Creator/JoeWright.
49	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The films she has directed have either been in the middle, or more towards the idealistic side.
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