Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach are within the movie-making enterprise — however they select to maintain their romance out of the limelight every time doable.
The twosome started as coworkers in 2010 when Gerwig performed Florence in Baumbach’s Greenberg. Later that yr, Baumbach cut up from Jennifer Jason Leigh, with whom he shares son Rohmer, after 5 years of marriage. Within the wake of his breakup, the Whereas We’re Younger author’s dynamic with Gerwig turned romantic.
Gerwig and Baumbach proceeded to grow to be two of Hollywood’s best-known collaborators within the years that adopted cowriting 2012’s Frances Ha, 2015’s Mistress America and 2022’s White Noise.
Their joint writing enterprise for 2023’s Barbie, nevertheless, could also be their largest challenge up to now — and in keeping with Gerwig, Baumbach had no clue she signed them as much as write the Margot Robbie-led movie.
“I stated, ‘And Noah want to write it too.’ And I had not likely talked to Noah about this,” Gerwig recalled throughout a November 2022 look on Dua Lipa’s “At Your Service” podcast. “I believe I had a 6-month-old child once I stated sure? And I wasn’t essentially working all the things by him … It was in March of 2020 that Noah stated, ‘Are we meant to be writing a Barbie film?’ I stated, ‘Sure.’”
She continued: “He stated, ‘I don’t have any concepts for that! Why didn’t you signal us as much as write a unique factor?’ And I used to be like, ‘As a result of I’ve a sense. I like Margot and I’ve a sense.’”
Scroll all the way down to be taught extra about Gerwig and Baumbach’s relationship — together with after they welcomed their two sons:
2011
After Gerwig starred in Baumbach’s Greenberg, which was launched in 2010, the twosome started courting in late 2011.
2012
As their relationship grew off display, Gerwig and Baumbach teamed up for the primary time as cowriters for Frances Ha. Gerwig additionally starred as Frances within the movie, whereas Baumbach served as a producer and director on the challenge.
January 2018
The pair made their pink carpet debut on the Golden Globes in Los Angeles. Two months later, Gerwig and Baumbach attended the ninetieth Academy Awards as a pair. Gerwig was nominated for 2 Oscars that yr for Finest Achievement in Directing and Finest Authentic Screenplay for Woman Hen.
March 2019
Us confirmed that the duo welcomed their first little one, a child boy named Harold.
January 2020
Gerwig revealed throughout an look on the Late Late Present With James Corden that she and Baumbach don’t like relationship labels. “‘Boyfriend’ makes it sound like I simply met him final week,” she informed the comic. “‘Lover’ is disgusting. And ‘fiancé’ makes it sound like there’s an imminent wedding ceremony. So none of it really works.”
February 2020
Gerwig and Baumbach turned the primary couple to compete on the Academy Awards in the identical classes — they usually each earned six nods for his or her particular person movies. They confronted off for Little Girls and Marriage Story, respectively, in three classes: Finest Image, Lead Actress and Supporting Actress. Little Girls gained Finest Achievement in Costume Design, whereas Marriage Story’s Laura Dern took house the trophy for Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Supporting Position.
December 2022
The Mistress America actress introduced on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon that she and Baumbach had been anticipating their second child, his third. “I went to an occasion lately, and I wore one thing, and I believed everybody can be so that I used to be having one other little one, and no person cared,” Gerwig joked. “It didn’t get reported on. Seems no person’s paying consideration.”
July 2023
Gerwig confirmed to Elle U.Ok. in an interview revealed on July 19 that her and Baumbach’s second son arrived 4 months prior. “He’s a bit Schmoo. I don’t know when you can inform power from the image, however that’s very a lot his power,” she gushed to the outlet. “He’s a smart little child.”
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig on the Gotham Movie Awards in November 2023. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photographs for The Gotham Movie & Media Institute
December 2023
A rep for Gerwig confirmed to Individuals that she and Baumbach had formally tied the knot after 12 years collectively.
January 2024
Although they’d been individually nominated for different tasks, the couple shared their first Oscar nomination for Barbie within the Finest Tailored Screenplay class. The movie additionally obtained a Finest Image nod.
