Merritt Wever
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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Movies (33)
The Great Beyond
2027
Primetime Production Diary
2026 · Self
Primetime
2026 · Andie Bender
Christy
2025 · Joyce Salters
Memory
2023 · Olivia
Midday Black Midnight Blue
2022 · Beth
Historia de un matrimonio
2019 · Cassie
Charlie dice
2019 · Karlene Faith
Bienvenidos a Marwen
2018 · Roberta
Y nadie más que tú
2018 · Mindy
Dire tu nombre
2017 · Marlee
Meadowland
2015 · Kelly
Birdman o (La inesperada virtud de la ignorancia)
2014 · Annie
Remember Sunday
2013 · Lucy
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
2011 · Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
The Strange Ones
2011 · Girl
Tiny Furniture
2010 · Frankie
Greenberg
2010 · Gina
El mensajero
2009 · Lara
The Missing Person
2009 · Mabel Page
Frente a frente
2008 · Rape Victim
Michael Clayton
2007 · Anna
Camino salvaje
2007 · Lori
El fin de la inocencia
2006 · Debbie Poole
Una creación del Señor
2004 · Mrs. Saxon
A Hole in One
2004 · Betty
Season of Youth
2003
Señales
2002 · Tracey Abernathy
Series 7
2001 · Lindsay
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998 · Susan
Strike!
1998 · Maureen 'Momo' Haines
Arresting Gena
1997 · Tammy
Blue River
1995 · Lottie
TV shows (22)
Bomba en el Pan Am 103
2025 · Kathryn Turman
Pequeñas cosas hermosas
2023 · Frankie Pierce
Roar
2022 · Elisa
Severance
2022 · Gretchen George, Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited)
The Gilded Age
2022 · Monica O'Brien
RUN
2020 · Ruby Richardson
Inconcebible
2019 · Detective Karen Duvall
Godless
2017 · Mary Agnes
New Girl
2011 · Elizabeth
The Walking Dead
2010 · Denise Cloyd
La esposa ejemplar
2009 · Aubrey Gardner
Nurse Jackie
2009 · Zoey Barkow
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · Suzanne
Rastro de los Culpables
2006 · Bridget Kellner
1/4life
2005
Pollo Robot
2005 · Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
NCIS
2003 · Wendy Smith
Los Vigilantes
2002 · Prissy
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Hannah Price
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990 · Sunshine Porter, Myra, Jennifer Taylor
Durango
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