Greta Gerwig Net Worth

What Is Greta Gerwig's Net Worth?

Greta Gerwig is an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer who has a net worth of $16 million. Greta Gerwig earned numerous awards and nominations for her work as a writer and director on 2017's "Lady Bird" and 2019's "Little Women," including Academy Award nominations for both films. Greta also wrote and directed the 2008 film "Nights and Weekends," and she wrote the screenplays for "Hannah Takes the Stairs" (2007), "Northern Comfort" (2010), "Frances Ha" (2012), and "Mistress America" (2015); she appeared in those films as well. Gerwig also produced "Nights and Weekends" and "Mistress America."

Greta has more than 40 acting credits to her name, including the films "The House of the Devil" (2009), "Greenberg" (2010), "No Strings Attached" (2011), "Arthur" (2011), "To Rome with Love" (2012), "Maggie's Plan" (2015), and "White Noise" (2022) and the television series "The Mindy Project" (2016). Gerwig voiced Pony Merks on the Adult Swim series "Adult Swim" (2011–2015), and she has also lent her voice to the film "Isle of Dogs" (2018). In 2011, the Athena Film Festival honored Greta with an award that is given to "extraordinary women and some men for their leadership and creative accomplishments in the film industry," and in 2014, she was chosen to be a member of the jury for the Berlin International Film Festival.

In July 2023, Greta's film "Barbie" earned $162 million in North America alone in its first weekend. That set the weekend record for 2023 and shattered the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman. Worldwide, Barbie eventually grossed $1.45 billion.

Early Life

Greta Celeste Gerwig was born on August 4, 1983, in Sacramento, California. Her father, Gordon, worked in the small business loans division of a credit union, and her mother, Christine, was an OB-GYN nurse. Both later made cameo appearances as her character's parents in "Frances Ha." She grew up with a sister who would go on to work for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a brother who became a landscape architect. Gerwig was raised in a Unitarian Universalist household, and her ancestry includes Irish, German, and English roots. She attended St. Francis High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Sacramento, where she developed an early interest in performance. Greta initially trained in dance and also explored competitive fencing but abandoned the sport due to its cost. After arriving at Barnard College, she shifted her ambitions from musical theater to academics and graduated with a degree in philosophy and English. During college, she appeared in the Columbia University Varsity Show alongside dorm-mate Kate McKinnon, marking the beginning of a creative partnership that would come full circle decades later when they collaborated on "Barbie."

Early Career

Gerwig made her film and television debuts in 2006 with roles in the microbudget indie "LOL" and the web series "Young American Bodies." Her early work placed her at the center of the mumblecore movement, and she quickly became a creative partner to filmmaker Joe Swanberg. Together, they co-wrote "Hannah Takes the Stairs" in 2007, followed by co-writing and co-directing "Nights and Weekends" in 2008. Gerwig also starred in both films, establishing herself as one of the scene's most compelling performers. Over the next few years, she appeared in a wave of low-budget independent productions including "Baghead," "Yeast," "You Wont Miss Me," "The House of the Devil," "Art House," and "Damsels in Distress." She also co-wrote the 2010 film "Northern Comfort."

Her breakout into mainstream filmmaking arrived with prominent supporting roles in studio projects. She starred opposite Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach's "Greenberg" (2010), followed by appearances in "No Strings Attached" (2011) and the remake of "Arthur" (2011). In 2012, she co-wrote and starred in "Frances Ha," her first major creative collaboration with Baumbach. The film became a critical success and elevated Gerwig's profile as both an actor and writer.

Acting and Writing in the Mid-2010s

Gerwig continued to balance independent work with more commercial films. She appeared in "Lola Versus," Woody Allen's "To Rome with Love," the French drama "Eden," and "The Humbling" with Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest. She starred as the title character in "Maggie's Plan" (2015) and co-wrote and starred in "Mistress America" (2015). On television, she made guest appearances on "Portlandia" and "The Mindy Project." In 2016, she took roles in "Wiener-Dog," "Jackie," and "20th Century Women." She also provided the voice of Tracy Walker in Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs" (2018).

Breakthrough as a Director

Gerwig made her solo directorial debut with "Lady Bird" in 2017, a coming-of-age story starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf. The film became a major critical and commercial success, earning more than 80 awards, including the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. It also received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Gerwig.

She followed with "Little Women" (2019), her adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel. With a cast led by Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, and Timothée Chalamet, the film grossed more than $200 million worldwide and became one of the most acclaimed releases of the year. Gerwig earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Major Projects and Continued Success

Gerwig appeared on screen in the 2022 Baumbach film "White Noise," starring alongside Adam Driver and Don Cheadle. Behind the scenes, she and Baumbach had been developing the screenplay for a live-action "Barbie" film, a project that was formally announced in 2019. Gerwig was confirmed as the film's director in 2021.

Worldwide Breakthrough with "Barbie"

Gerwig's most transformative career moment came with the release of "Barbie" in 2023. Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the film became a cultural phenomenon and a global box office juggernaut. It earned more than $1.4 billion worldwide and set multiple records, including the highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman. Gerwig's work received widespread acclaim for blending satire, pop aesthetics, emotional storytelling, and feminist themes. The film cemented her position as one of the most commercially successful and critically respected filmmakers of her generation.

Projects After "Barbie"

Following the massive success of "Barbie," Gerwig continued to take on high-profile directing opportunities. She signed on to direct two film adaptations of "The Chronicles of Narnia" for Netflix, giving her the chance to shape a large-scale fantasy franchise. She has also remained in demand as a writer, collaborator, and producer, while continuing to develop her own original film projects.

Personal Life

Greta began a relationship with fellow filmmaker Noah Baumbach in late 2011. The couple welcomed son Harold Ralph Gerwig Baumbach in 2019, followed by another son in early 2023. Gerwig met Baumbach when he cast her in "Greenberg," and they later co-wrote "Mistress America," "Frances Ha," and "Barbie."

Awards and Nominations

Gerwig has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for "Lady Bird" (2018) and Best Adapted Screenplay for "Little Women" (2020). She earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for "Frances Ha" (2014) and Best Screenplay – Motion Picture for "Lady Bird" (2018), and she received BAFTA Award nominations for Best Screenplay for "Lady Bird" (2018) and Best Screenplay (Adapted) for "Little Women" (2020). Greta has earned 11 nominations from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, winning for Best Woman Director and Best Woman Screenwriter for "Lady Bird" and Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Woman Screenwriter for "Little Women." She won Best Adapted Screenplay awards for "Little Women from the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, Austin Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Circle, and Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

"Lady Bird" earned Gerwig Best Screenplay awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics, Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Houston Film Critics Society, and Seattle Film Critics Society, and she received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film and a National Board of Review award for Best Director. Greta won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for "Lady Bird" and earned a Best Female Lead nomination for "Greenberg." She received National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Director for "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" and Best Screenplay for "Lady Bird," and the Women Film Critics Circle named her Best Woman Storyteller for both films. Gerwig also received Writers Guild of America Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for "Lady Bird" and Best Adapted Screenplay for "Little Women."

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