Merritt Wever
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 11, 1980 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
Biography
Merritt Carmen Wever (born August 11, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for starring as a perennially upbeat young nurse in Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless (2017), and a detective investigating a serial rapist in the Netflix crime mini-series Unbelievable (2019). For Nurse Jackie, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013, for Godless, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2018 and for the mini-series Unbelievable, she was nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2020. Wever has also had supporting roles in other television series, including Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–2007), New Girl (2013), and The Walking Dead (2015–2016). She has also played supporting roles in such films as Michael Clayton (2007), Birdman (2014), and Marriage Story (2019), all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Birdman winning.
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Filmography
Durango
TV · as Joni · 1 ep
The Great Beyond
Movie
Primetime
Movie · as Andie Bender
Primetime Production Diary
Movie · as Self
Christy
Movie · as Joyce Salters
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
TV · as Kathryn Turman · 6 eps
Memory
Movie · as Olivia
Tiny Beautiful Things
TV · as Frankie Pierce · 8 eps
Midday Black Midnight Blue
Movie · as Beth
Roar
TV · as Elisa · 1 ep
Severance
TV · as Gretchen George, Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited) · 4 eps
The Gilded Age
TV · as Monica O'Brien · 2 eps
RUN
TV · as Ruby Richardson · 7 eps
Marriage Story
Movie · as Cassie
Charlie Says
Movie · as Karlene Faith
Unbelievable
TV · as Detective Karen Duvall · 8 eps
Irreplaceable You
Movie · as Mindy
Welcome to Marwen
Movie · as Roberta
The Last Face
Movie · as Marlee
Godless
TV · as Mary Agnes · 7 eps
Meadowland
Movie · as Kelly
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Movie · as Annie
Remember Sunday
Movie · as Lucy
The Strange Ones
Movie · as Girl
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Movie · as Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
New Girl
TV · as Elizabeth · 7 eps
Greenberg
Movie · as Gina
Tiny Furniture
Movie · as Frankie
The Walking Dead
TV · as Denise Cloyd · 9 eps
The Missing Person
Movie · as Mabel Page
The Messenger
Movie · as Lara
Nurse Jackie
TV · as Zoey Barkow · 80 eps
The Good Wife
TV · as Aubrey Gardner · 1 ep
Righteous Kill
Movie · as Rape Victim
Michael Clayton
Movie · as Anna
Into the Wild
Movie · as Lori
12 and Holding
Movie · as Debbie Poole
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV · as Suzanne · 12 eps
Conviction
TV · as Bridget Kellner · 1 ep
1/4life
TV · 1 ep
Robot Chicken
TV · as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice) · 1 ep
Something the Lord Made
Movie · as Mrs. Saxon
A Hole in One
Movie · as Betty
Season of Youth
Movie
NCIS
TV · as Wendy Smith · 1 ep
Signs
Movie · as Tracey Abernathy
The Wire
TV · as Prissy · 1 ep
Series 7
Movie · as Lindsay
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Hannah Price · 1 ep
Strike!
Movie · as Maureen 'Momo' Haines
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Movie · as Susan
Arresting Gena
Movie · as Tammy
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Blue River
Movie · as Lottie
Law & Order
TV · as Sunshine Porter, Myra, Jennifer Taylor · 1 ep