Lady Bird is a 2017 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. Set in Sacramento, California, the film follows Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), a high-school senior, and her turbulent relationship with her mother (Laurie Metcalf). It also stars Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith.[1]