Merritt Wever
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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
Credits
Primetime (2026)
as Andie Bender
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
as Annie
Michael Clayton (2007)
as Anna
Into the Wild (2007)
as Lori
Signs (2002)
as Tracey Abernathy
Marriage Story (2019)
as Cassie
Christy (2025)
as Joyce Salters
Righteous Kill (2008)
as Rape Victim
Series 7 (2001)
as Lindsay
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
as Roberta
Something the Lord Made (2004)
as Mrs. Saxon
The Great Beyond (2027)
Actor
Memory (2023)
as Olivia
Greenberg (2010)
as Gina
The Messenger (2009)
as Lara
The Last Face (2017)
as Marlee
Charlie Says (2019)
as Karlene Faith
Boys On Film: Bad Romance (2011)
as Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
Strike! (1998)
as Maureen 'Momo' Haines
Irreplaceable You (2018)
as Mindy
12 and Holding (2006)
as Debbie Poole
Remember Sunday (2013)
as Lucy
Meadowland (2015)
as Kelly
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
as Susan
Tiny Furniture (2010)
as Frankie
Midday Black Midnight Blue (2022)
as Beth
A Hole in One (2004)
as Betty
The Missing Person (2009)
as Mabel Page
Making Of Primetime (—)
as Self
Arresting Gena (1997)
as Tammy
Blue River (1995)
as Lottie
The Strange Ones (2011)
as Girl
Season of Youth (2003)
Actor