Merritt Wever
Actor
August 11, 1980 (45 years)
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.
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
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Christy · as Joyce Salters |
| 2025 | The Bombing of Pan Am 103 · as Kathryn Turman |
| 2023 | Memory · as Olivia |
| 2023 | Tiny Beautiful Things · as Frankie Pierce |
| 2022 | Midday Black Midnight Blue · as Beth |
| 2022 | Roar (2022) · as Elisa |
| 2022 | Severance · as Gretchen George |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age · as Monica O'brien |
| 2020 | Run (2020) · as RubyOn Plex |
| 2019 | Marriage Story · as Cassie |
| 2019 | Unbelievable · as Detective Karen Duvall |
| 2018 | Charlie Says · as Karlene Faith |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen · as Roberta |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You · as Mindy |
| 2017 | Godless · as Mary Agnes |
| 2016 | The Last Face · as MarleeOn Plex |
| 2015 | Meadowland · as KellyOn Plex |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Remember Sunday · as LucyOn Plex |
| 2011 | Boys on Film 7: Bad Romance · as Girl (segment "the Strange Ones") |
| 2011 | New Girl · as Elizabeth |
| 2011 | The Strange Ones · as Girl |
| 2010 | Tiny Furniture · as Frankie |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead · as Denise Cloyd |
| 2010 | Greenberg · as Gina |
| 2009 | The Messenger · as LaraOn Plex |
| 2009 | The Missing Person · as Mabel PageOn Plex |
| 2009 | The Good Wife · as Aubrey Gardner |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie · as Zoey Barkow |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill · as Rape Victim |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton · as Anna |
| 2007 | Into the Wild · as Lori |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip · as Suzanne |
| 2006 | Conviction · as Bridget Kellner |
| 2005 | 12 and Holding · as Debbie Poole |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken · as Mandy / Susan The Tauntaun (voice) |
| 2005 | 1/4life · as Bailey |
| 2004 | Something the Lord Made · as Mrs. Saxon |
| 2004 | A Hole in One · as Betty |
| 2003 | NCIS · as Wendy Smith |
| 2003 | Bringing Rain · as Monica Greenfield |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Signs · as Tracey Abernathy |
| 2002 | The Wire · as Prissy |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent · as Hannah Price |
| 2001 | Series 7: The Contenders · as Lindsay |
| 1998 | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole · as Susan |
| 1998 | All I Wanna Do! · as Maureen 'momo' Haines |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena · as Tammy |
| 1995 | Blue River · as LottieOn Plex |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Jennifer Taylor |
| 2024 | The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2020 | 2020 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2013 | The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2012 | The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Today · as Self - Guest |