Little Women

… as Jo, and Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation. Alcott also wrote other domestic narratives drawn from her early experiences: An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870); Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag, 6 vol. (1872–82); Eight Cousins (1875); and Rose in Bloom (1876).

Her adaptation, which she both wrote and directed, earned rapturous reviews upon its release in 2019, and the drama received a number of Oscar nominations, including nods for best picture and adapted screenplay. Gerwig then moved in front of the camera, starring with Adam Driver in…

She also garnered praise for Little Women (2019), based on the Louisa May Alcott novel. Her comedy-fantasy film Barbie (2023), cowritten with Noah Baumbach, broke box office records to become the highest grossing film in history by a solo female director. Other notable women directors included Lynn Ramsay, Lulu Wang,…

In addition, director-screenwriter Greta Gerwig’s adaptation earned wide acclaim in 2019.

…adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (2019).

… (played by Tom Hanks), and Little Women, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s children’s classic. Cooper then appeared in the second season (2020) of the anthology series Homecoming. In Irresistible (2020)—a political satire written and directed by Jon Stewart—he played a retired U.S. Marine colonel running for mayor of a…

…of Marmee in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019), an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic. It was her portrayal of a divorce attorney in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (2019) that at last brought her an Academy Award. In 2022 Dern reprised the role of Ellie Sattler in Jurassic World…

…My Sons and appeared in Little Women, a film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic. He later was cast in the limited series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022), about the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA.

…Chalamet, and Laura Dern in Little Women. The film was a great critical and financial success, with particular praise for director and screenwriter Greta Gerwig’s nuanced treatment of the much-adapted classic text and for the movie’s many standout performances. It received six Academy Award nominations, which included Pugh’s first, for…

…March in Gerwig’s highly praised Little Women (2019). She later starred with Kate Winslet in the period romance Ammonite (2020). In 2021 Ronan reunited with Anderson on The French Dispatch, and she later appeared in the 1950s whodunit See How They Run (2022). After these comedies, Ronan shifted gears—and earned…

…and portrayed Aunt March in Little Women, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic.

…March in Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed Little Women, which was based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic children’s book.