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Greta Gerwig
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Greta Gerwig (born August 4, 1983) is an American actress and filmmaker. Gerwig is best known for her association with the mumblecore movement. She has collaborated with director Joe Swanberg on several projects, including the film Nights and Weekends, which the two co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in. Gerwig made her mainstream debut in 2010, co-starring alongside Ben Stiller in Greenberg, directed by Noah Baumbach. A native of Sacramento, California, Gerwig graduated from Barnard College, where she studied English and philosophy. Originally intending to become to a playwright, Gerwig was cast in a minor role in Joe Swanberg's LOL in 2006 while still studying at Barnard and from there began a fruitful partnership with the director and an association with other mumblecore filmmakers. Commenting on her work in Greenberg and other films, New York Times critic A. O. Scott described her as "ambassador of a cinematic style that often seems opposed to the very idea of style" and said that "Ms. Gerwig, most likely without intending to be anything of the kind, may well be the definitive screen actress of her generation . . . She seems to be embarked on a project, however piecemeal and modestly scaled, of redefining just what it is we talk about when we talk about acting." Gerwig resides in New York City. She made her first TV appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (March 31, 2010) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may appl
