Greta Celeste Gerwig is an American actress, writer, and director. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films by Joe Swanberg, some of which she co-wrote and co-directed.Since the early 2010s, Gerwig has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg, Frances Ha, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Mistress America. She has also performed in Damsels in Distress, To Rome with Love, Jackie, and 20th Century Women, the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.In 2017, Gerwig wrote and made her solo directorial debut with the critically acclaimed comedy-drama film Lady Bird, which won the award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.