Merritt Wever
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1980-08-11 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- New York, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Meritt Wever · Merrit Wever · 메릿 웨버 · 梅里特・維沃 · مریت ویور
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
TV Shows (20)
Law & Order
1990
as Sunshine Porter / Myra / Jennifer Taylor
NCIS
2003
as Wendy Smith
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Hannah Price
The Walking Dead
2010
as Denise Cloyd
The Good Wife
2009
as Aubrey Gardner
The Wire
2002
as Prissy
New Girl
2011
as Elizabeth
Severance
2022
as Gretchen George / Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited)
Robot Chicken
2005
as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Zoey Barkow
The Gilded Age
2022
as Monica O'Brien
Unbelievable
2019
as Detective Karen Duvall
Conviction
2006
as Bridget Kellner
Godless
2017
as Mary Agnes
Roar
2022
as Elisa
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
2025
as Kathryn Turman
Tiny Beautiful Things
2023
as Frankie Pierce
RUN
2020
as Ruby Richardson
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Suzanne
1/4life
2005
Movies (32)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Annie
Signs
2002
as Tracey Abernathy
Marriage Story
2019
as Cassie
Into the Wild
2007
as Lori
Christy
2025
as Joyce Salters
The Great Beyond
2027
Something the Lord Made
2004
as Mrs. Saxon
Michael Clayton
2007
as Anna
Righteous Kill
2008
as Rape Victim
Primetime
2026
Series 7
2001
as Lindsay
Irreplaceable You
2018
as Mindy
Memory
2023
as Olivia
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
2011
as Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
Strike!
1998
as Maureen 'Momo' Haines
Welcome to Marwen
2018
as Roberta
Charlie Says
2019
as Karlene Faith
The Messenger
2009
as Lara
12 and Holding
2006
as Debbie Poole
The Last Face
2017
as Marlee
Greenberg
2010
as Gina
Remember Sunday
2013
as Lucy
Meadowland
2015
as Kelly
The Missing Person
2009
as Mabel Page
Tiny Furniture
2010
as Frankie
Arresting Gena
1997
as Tammy
A Hole in One
2004
as Betty
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Susan
Season of Youth
2003
The Strange Ones
2011
as Girl
Blue River
1995
as Lottie
Midday Black Midnight Blue
2022
as Beth
About 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… With 52 credits spanning from 1990 to 2027, Merritt Wever has appeared in 32 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Merritt Wever Movies
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) — as Annie
- Signs (2002) — as Tracey Abernathy
- Marriage Story (2019) — as Cassie
- Into the Wild (2007) — as Lori
- Christy (2025) — as Joyce Salters
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