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Merritt Wever
ActorBorn August 11, 1980 (44 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.
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| 2023 | Memory · as Olivia |
| 2023 | Tiny Beautiful Things (TV Series) · as Frankie Pierce |
| 2022 | Midday Black Midnight Blue · as Beth |
| 2022 | Roar (2022) (TV Series) · as Elisa |
| 2022 | Severance (TV Series) · as Gretchen |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age (TV Series) · as Monica O'brien |
| 2020 | Run (2020) (TV Series) · as Ruby |
| 2019 | Marriage Story · as Cassie |
| 2019 | Unbelievable (TV Series) · as Detective Karen Duvall |
| 2018 | Charlie Says · as Karlene Faith |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen · as Roberta |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You · as Mindy |
| 2017 | Godless (TV Series) · as Mary Agnes |
| 2016 | The Last Face · as Marlee |
| 2015 | Meadowland · as Kelly |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Remember Sunday · as Lucy |
| 2011 | Boys on Film 7: Bad Romance · as Girl (segment "the Strange Ones") |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) · as Elizabeth |
| 2011 | The Strange Ones · as Girl |
| 2010 | Tiny Furniture · as Frankie |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead (TV Series) · as Denise Cloyd |
| 2010 | Greenberg · as Gina |
| 2009 | The Messenger · as Lara |
| 2009 | The Missing Person · as Mabel Page |
| 2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Aubrey Gardner |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie (TV Series) · as Zoey Barkow |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill · as Rape Victim |
| 2007 | Neal Cassady · as Mountain Girl |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton · as Anna |
| 2007 | Into the Wild · as Lori |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Suzanne |
| 2006 | Conviction (TV Series) · as Bridget Kellner |
| 2005 | 12 and Holding · as Debbie Poole |
| 2005 | 1/4life · as Bailey |
| 2004 | Something the Lord Made · as Mrs. Saxon |
| 2004 | A Hole in One · as Betty |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Wendy Smith |
| 2003 | Bringing Rain · as Monica Greenfield |
| 2003 | Season of Youth · as Cast |
| 2002 | Signs · as Tracey Abernathy |
| 2002 | The Wire (TV Series) · as Prissy |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Hannah Price |
| 2001 | Series 7: The Contenders · as Lindsay |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Mandy / Susan The Tauntaun (voice) |
| 1998 | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole · as Susan |
| 1998 | Strike! · as Maureen 'momo' Haines |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena · as Tammy |
| 1995 | Blue River · as Lottie |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Jennifer Taylor |