Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 11, 1980
Place of Birth:
New York, New York, USA
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Merritt Wever
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Memory | Olivia |
| 2022 | Midday Black Midnight Blue | Beth |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Cassie |
| 2019 | Charlie Says | Karlene Faith |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You | Mindy |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Roberta |
| 2017 | The Last Face | Marlee |
| 2015 | Meadowland | Kelly |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Annie |
| 2013 | Remember Sunday | Lucy |
| 2011 | The Strange Ones | Girl |
| 2011 | Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance | Girl (segment "The Strange Ones") |
| 2010 | Greenberg | Gina |
| 2010 | Tiny Furniture | Frankie |
| 2009 | The Missing Person | Mabel Page |
| 2009 | The Messenger | Lara |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Rape Victim |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Anna |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Lori |
| 2006 | 12 and Holding | Debbie Poole |
| 2004 | Something the Lord Made | Mrs. Saxon |
| 2004 | A Hole in One | Betty |
| 2003 | Season of Youth | |
| 2002 | Signs | Tracey Abernathy |
| 2001 | Series 7: The Contenders | Lindsay |
| 1998 | Strike! | Maureen 'Momo' Haines |
| 1998 | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Susan |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Tammy |
| 1995 | Blue River | Lottie |
| Untitled Christy Martin Biopic | Joyce Salters | |
| the revolution | Dorothy | |
| Primetime |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Bombing of Pan Am 103 | Kathryn Turman |
| 2023 | Tiny Beautiful Things | Frankie Pierce |
| 2022 | Roar | Elisa |
| 2022 | Severance | Gretchen George |
| 2020 | RUN | Ruby |
| 2019 | Unbelievable | Detective Karen Duvall |
| 2017 | Godless | Mary Agnes |
| 2011 | New Girl | Elizabeth |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Denise Cloyd |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie | Zoey Barkow |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Aubrey Gardner |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Suzanne |
| 2006 | Conviction | Bridget Kellner |
| 2005 | 1/4life | |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice) |
| 2003 | NCIS | Wendy Smith |
| 2002 | The Wire | Prissy |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Hannah Price |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Sunshine Porter |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Myra |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Jennifer Taylor |