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In 1868, New York City teacher Jo March goes to Mr Dashwood, an editor who agrees to publish a story she has written. She reflects back and forth on her life, telling the story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms. Writer/director Greta Gerwig's adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel, starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson and Florence Pugh
2019
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Historical/Period Drama
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Romance
Cast & Crew
Saoirse Ronan
(Actor)
.. Jo March
Emma Watson
(Actor)
.. Meg March
Florence Pugh
(Actor)
.. Amy March
Eliza Scanlen
(Actor)
.. Beth March
Laura Dern
(Actor)
.. Marmee March
Timothee Chalamet
(Actor)
.. Laurie
Meryl Streep
(Actor)
.. Aunt March
Bob Odenkirk
(Actor)
.. Father March
Greta Gerwig
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Saoirse Ronan
(Actor)
.. Jo March
Born:
April 12, 1994
in
New York
Best Known For:
Atonement, The Lovely Bones and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Early-life:
Saoirse Una Ronan was born in New York on April 12, 1994. She moved to County Carlow, Ireland, when she was three and holds dual Irish-American citizenship. Her father is the actor Paul Ronan and she often accompanied him on sets when he was working. Saoirse made her TV debut in 2003 in RTE medical drama The Clinic.
Career:
Ronan received good reviews for her performance in Atonement (2007), a small-budget film that grossed more than $129million worldwide and earned her an Academy Award nomination. She followed this up with the straight-to-DVD romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007). Since then, she has starred in a number of successful movies, including City of Ember (2008), The Lovely Bones (2009), The Way Back (2010), Hanna (2011), Byzantium (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
Quote:
"Learning is the most important thing, no mater how you do it, or where you do it, or who you do it with."
Trivia:
Ronan supports the Irish Blue Cross charity.
Emma Watson
(Actor)
.. Meg March
Born:
April 15, 1990
in
Paris
Best Known For:
The Harry Potter films.
Early-life:
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris on April 15, 1990, the daughter of lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Following her parents' divorce, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Oxfordshire. She studied singing, dancing and acting at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts.
Career:
Casting agents for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone found Watson through her Oxford theatre teacher. The release of the film in 2001 marked her professional acting debut. She went on to star as Hermione Granger in a further seven Harry Potter films, alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint. In the post-Harry Potter era, Watson has starred in My Week with Marilyn (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), The Bling Ring (2013), This is the End (2013) and Noah (2014).
Quote:
"I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world."
Trivia:
Watson made her modelling debut for Burberry in 2009. She attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, for 18 months, and spent an academic year as a visitor student at Worcester College, Oxford University.
Florence Pugh
(Actor)
.. Amy March
Born:
January 03, 1996
in
Oxford
Eliza Scanlen
(Actor)
.. Beth March
Laura Dern
(Actor)
.. Marmee March
Born:
February 10, 1967
in
Los Angeles, California
Best Known For:
Jurassic Park
Early-life:
Laura Elizabeth Dern was born in Los Angeles on February 10, 1967. The second daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd _ her older sister had tragically drowned at the age of 18 months a year before Laura was born. After her parents split in 1969, her father would often take her to work with him, hoping that if she saw how boring film-making really was, she wouldn't want to be a movie star. But after making uncredited appearances in White Lightning and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore alongside her mother during the early 1970s, she decided to become an actress.
Career:
Her official film debut was in the 1980 film Foxes, which also starred Jodie Foster, but her big break came five years later when she played a blind girl in Mask. She went on to appear in David Lynch films Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990) and in 1991 received an Oscar nomination for her role in Rambling Rose, which co-starred her mother. The following year she won a Golden Globe for her role in the TV movie Afterburn, and in 1993 starred in the blockbusting Jurassic Park. Her recent credits include TV movie Recount, Everything Must Go (2010), Little Fockers (2010),The Master (2012), and TV series Enlightened.
Quote:
"It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one."
Trivia:
She picked up Golden Globes for Recount and Enlightened.
Timothee Chalamet
(Actor)
.. Laurie
Meryl Streep
(Actor)
.. Aunt March
Born:
June 22, 1949
in
New Jersey
Best Known For:
Her ability to master any accent.
Early-life:
Mary Louise Streep was born in Summit, New Jersey, on June 22, 1949. A popular high school student, she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen. She always wanted to be a performer, but her first ambition was to be an opera star. She didn't consider acting until she began treading the boards at Vassar College. On completing her degree, Streep enrolled at the Yale School of Drama. While waiting for her big break, she worked as a waitress.
Career:
Streep started out on the New York stage before making her TV and film debuts in 1977 in Secret Service and Julia respectively. She received her first Oscar nomination a year later for The Deer Hunter and has been nominated a further 17 times - a record - with wins for Kramer vs Kramer, Sophie's Choice and The Iron Lady. Other acclaimed projects include Holocaust, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Silkwood, Out of Africa, A Cry in the Dark, Postcards from the Edge, The Bridges of Madison County, The Hours, Adaptation, The Devil Wears Prada, Angels in America and box-office smash Mamma Mia! Other recent hits include Doubt, It's Complicated and Julie and Julia.
Quote:
"Let's face it, we were all once three-year-olds who stood in the middle of the living room and everybody thought we were so adorable. Only some of us grow up and get paid for it."
Trivia:
Streep donated her wardrobe from The Devil Wears Prada (2006) to a charity auction.
Bob Odenkirk
(Actor)
.. Father March
Greta Gerwig
(Director)
Born:
August 04, 1983
in
Sacramento, California
Best Known For:
Frances Ha.
Early-life:
Greta Celeste Gerwig was born in Sacramento, California, on August 4, 1983 to Christine and Gordon. She attended Bernard College in New York, where she studied English and philosophy. While studying at Bernard, she had a minor role in Joe Swanberg's independent movie LOL (2006).
Career:
In 2010, Gerwig starred alongside Ben Stiller in the low-budget comedy drama Greenberg. Other film credits include No Strings Attached (2011) and Arthur (2011) and the title role in the critically acclaimed Frances Ha (2012).
Quote:
"Sitting and waiting is such an awful way to live, but it's a big part of being an actor."
Trivia:
Gerwig was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Frances Ha.
