Greta Gerwig
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Though she began her career with playwriting ambitions, Greta Gerwig soon skirted to fame as one of the preeminent actresses in "mumblecore" films. As led by the Amerindie filmmakers including Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha), Jay and Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair), and Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs), this movement of early-21st century American cinema relied on shoestring budgets and characterized itself via such elements as shaky, handheld photography, loosely strung narratives, and ultra-informal, from-the-hip dialogue that sustained the illusion of complete spontaneity. Gerwig -- a graduate of Barnard College and a longtime resident and habitué of Brooklyn, NY -- first made her presence known in Swanberg's 2006 LOL (as a girl who sends pictures of herself to an admirer via cell phone), but only rocketed to fame the following year, as the lead in the same director's Hannah Takes the Stairs. In that feature, she fully evoked the complexities and contradictions of a young woman drifting through a long, hot Chicago summer and blithely but unsuccessfully attempting to fulfill her romantic yearnings. The picture (like LOL) immediately became a sensation and turned Gerwig into a screen favorite among enthusiasts of grassroots independent filmmaking. In many ways, however, 2008 represented Gerwig's breakthrough year -- the year that witnessed her essaying supporting roles in two additional mumblecore features (Yeast and Baghead) and posing a triple threat as lead actress, screenwriter, and co-director (alongside Swanberg) on Nights and Weekends. This off-center romantic comedy stars Gerwig and Swanberg as two geographically estranged lovers grappling with the impracticalities of a long-distance relationship.In 2010, Gerwig received rave reviews and critical acclaim as the female lead opposite Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach's Greenberg. The next year, she moved to mainstream films, appearing in No Strings Attached and with Russell Brand in the remake of Arthur, and in 2012, played a supporting role in Woody Allen's To Rome With Love. Gerwig also continued to star in smaller movies, playing the title role in Lola Versus and reteaming with Baumbach for Frances Ha.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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95% | Little Women |
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90% | Isle of Dogs |
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— | 2018 |
99% | Lady Bird |
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$48.3M | 2017 |
88% | 20th Century Women |
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$5.7M | 2017 |
87% | Jackie |
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$14M | 2016 |
74% | Wiener-Dog |
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$0.3M | 2016 |
86% | Maggie's Plan |
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$3.4M | 2016 |
83% | Eden |
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$41.8k | 2015 |
53% | The Humbling |
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92% | Frances Ha |
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$4M | 2013 |
93% | Side by Side |
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$29.1k | 2012 |
46% | To Rome with Love |
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$16.6M | 2012 |
36% | Lola Versus |
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$0.2M | 2012 |
75% | Damsels in Distress |
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$1.1M | 2012 |
62% | The Dish & The Spoon |
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26% | Arthur |
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$29.2M | 2011 |
49% | No Strings Attached |
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$70.3M | 2011 |
76% | Greenberg |
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$2.3M | 2010 |
85% | The House of the Devil |
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No Score Yet | Northern Comfort |
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No Score Yet | Art House |
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85% | Nights and Weekends |
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79% | Baghead |
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No Score Yet | Yeast |
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59% | Hannah Takes the Stairs |
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— | 2007 |
100% | LOL |
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No Score Yet | Une aventure New-Yorkaise (A NY Thing) |
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TV
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The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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Inside the Actors Studio
1994-2019
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Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter
2015
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Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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The View
1997
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2015-2019
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Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
2015
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86% |
The Mindy Project
2012-2017
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94% |
Portlandia
2011-2018
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China, IL
2011-2015
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Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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Last Call With Carson Daly
2007-2019
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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Quotes from Greta Gerwig's Characters
Maggie: | Does he ever walk?. |
Maggie: | Does he ever walk? |
Brooke: | I think I'm sick and I don't know if my ailment has a name. It's just me sitting and staring at the Internet or the television, interspersed trying not to do that, then lying about what I've been doing. And I will get so excited about something that the excitement overwhelms me. And I can't sleep or do anything and I just am in love with everything, but can't figure out how to make myself work in the world. |
Brooke: | I'm an interior designer. Do you know the Bowery hotel? Well, if you go down two block I did a lazer hair removal place that is very hip. |
Violet: | The scent... in this soap... is what gives me hope. |
Violet: | For someone who is suicidal, like Priss, that can be a real boost. |
Priss: | Oh, I'm not suicidal. |
Violet: | Oh, that's good. I think it's best not to identify as a suicidal person, don't you? |
Frances: | I'm so embarrassed. I'm not a real person yet. |
Florence Marr: | Hurt people hurt people |
Florence Marr: | Hurt people hurt people. |
Mad Madge: | What do you think you're doing?! |
Mad Madge: | What do you think you're doing? |
Violet Wister: | I'm sorry, did I disturb you? |
Mad Madge: | Why are you wearing tap shoes? Are you out of your mind?! |
Mad Madge: | Why are you wearing tap shoes? Are you out of your mind? |
Violet Wister: | I think that's pretty clear... |
Roger Greenberg: | You’re of value. |
Roger Greenberg: | You're of value. |
Florence Marr: | I know that. You don’t have to say that. |
Florence Marr: | I know that. You don't have to say that. |
Lola: | I'm sluty but I'm a good person.. |
Lola: | I'm slutty, but I'm a good person... |
Hobson: | did you kill minnie mouse or did she surrender her dress willingly? |
Hobson: | Did you kill Minnie mouse or did she surrender her dress willingly? |
Naomi: | if it helps she didnt suffer |
Naomi: | If it helps she didn't suffer. |
Lola: | Is your Match.com log in still, letmebeyourhole? |
Lola: | I'm power eating. |
Violet Wister: | Our aspirations are pretty basic. Take a guy who hasn't realized his full potential, or doesn't have much... and then help him realize it... or find more. |
Violet Wister: | Do you know what's the major problem in contemporary social life? The tendency to always seek someone cooler than yourself. |
Florence Marr: | I have got to stop doing things just cuz they feel good |
Florence Marr: | I've gotta stop doing things just because they feel good. |
Patrice: | "It's like a crime scene in my pants" |
Patrice: | It's like a crime scene in my pants. |
Arthur: | If you were sitting alone. I'd bring you a sandwich... |
Arthur: | If you were sitting alone. I'd bring you a sandwich. |
Naomi: | Then I would sit alone then... |
Naomi: | Then I would sit alone then. |
Florence Marr: | You like me so much more than you think you do. |