Merritt Wever
Acting
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.
Born: August 11, 1980
Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Joyce Salters
as Kathryn Turman
as Olivia
as Frankie Pierce
as Beth
as Elisa
as Gretchen George
as Monica O'Brien
as Ruby
as Cassie
as Detective Karen Duvall
as Karlene Faith
as Roberta
as Mindy
as Mary Agnes
as Marlee
as Kelly
as Lucy
as Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
as Elizabeth
as Girl
as Frankie
as Denise Cloyd
as Gina
as Lara
as Aubrey Gardner
as Zoey Barkow
as Mabel Page
as Rape Victim
as Anna
as Lori
as Suzanne
as Debbie Poole
as Bridget Kellner
as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
as Mrs. Saxon
as Betty
as Wendy Smith
as Tracey Abernathy
as Prissy
as Hannah Price
as Lindsay
as Susan
as Maureen 'Momo' Haines
as Tammy
as Lottie
as Sunshine Porter
as Myra
as Jennifer Taylor
as Dorothy