Merritt Wever
Acting
Born: August 11, 1980 (age 46) · New York, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Walking Dead
2010
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
Into the Wild
2007
Marriage Story
2019
Signs
2002
Severance
2022
The Wire
2002
NCIS
2003
Michael Clayton
2007
New Girl
2011
Righteous Kill
2008
Welcome to Marwen
2018
Photos (6)
Movies (30)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Annie
Into the Wild
Lori
Signs
Tracey Abernathy
Christy
Joyce Salters
Marriage Story
Cassie
Something the Lord Made
Mrs. Saxon
Righteous Kill
Rape Victim
Michael Clayton
Anna
Memory
Olivia
Charlie Says
Karlene Faith
Greenberg
Gina
Series 7
Lindsay
Welcome to Marwen
Roberta
Strike!
Maureen 'Momo' Haines
The Messenger
Lara
The Last Face
Marlee
Irreplaceable You
Mindy
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
12 and Holding
Debbie Poole
Meadowland
Kelly
Remember Sunday
Lucy
The Missing Person
Mabel Page
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Susan
Tiny Furniture
Frankie
A Hole in One
Betty
Arresting Gena
Tammy
The Strange Ones
Girl
Midday Black Midnight Blue
Beth
Blue River
Lottie
Season of Youth
2003
TV Shows (22)
NCIS
Wendy Smith · 1 eps
Law & Order
Sunshine Porter · 1 eps
Law & Order
Myra · 1 eps
Law & Order
Jennifer Taylor · 1 eps
The Walking Dead
Denise Cloyd · 9 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hannah Price · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Aubrey Gardner · 1 eps
New Girl
Elizabeth · 7 eps
The Wire
Prissy · 1 eps
Robot Chicken
Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice) · 1 eps
Severance
Gretchen George · 4 eps
Severance
Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Gilded Age
Monica O'Brien · 2 eps
Nurse Jackie
Zoey Barkow · 80 eps
Unbelievable
Detective Karen Duvall · 8 eps
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Kathryn Turman · 6 eps
Conviction
Bridget Kellner · 1 eps
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Suzanne · 12 eps
Roar
Elisa · 1 eps
Godless
Mary Agnes · 7 eps
Tiny Beautiful Things
Frankie Pierce · 8 eps
RUN
Ruby Richardson · 7 eps
