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 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
- 2023 · Memory as Olivia
- 2023 · Tiny Beautiful Things as Frankie Pierce
- 2022 · Midday Black Midnight Blue as Beth
- 2022 · Roar as Elisa
- 2020 · RUN as Ruby
- 2019 · Marriage Story as Cassie
- 2019 · Unbelievable as Detective Karen Duvall
- 2019 · Charlie Says as Karlene Faith
- 2018 · Welcome to Marwen as Roberta
- 2018 · Irreplaceable You as Mindy
- 2017 · Godless as Mary Agnes
- 2017 · The Last Face as Marlee
- 2015 · Meadowland as Kelly
- 2014 · Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Annie
- 2013 · Remember Sunday as Lucy
- 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 Lara
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Aubrey Gardner
- 2009 · Nurse Jackie as Zoey Barkow
- 2009 · The Missing Person as Mabel Page
- 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 · 12 and Holding as Debbie Poole
- 2006 · Conviction as Bridget Kellner
- 2005 · Robot Chicken as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
- 2004 · Something the Lord Made as Mrs. Saxon
- 2004 · A Hole in One as Betty
- 2003 · NCIS as Wendy Smith
- 2002 · Signs as Tracey Abernathy
- 2002 · The Wire as Prissy
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Hannah Price
- 2001 · Series 7 as Lindsay
- 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 as Sunshine Porter
- 1990 · Law & Order as Myra
- 1990 · Law & Order as Jennifer Taylor
- Future · Lockerbie as
- Future · 1/4life as
- Future · Untitled Christy Martin Biopic as Joyce Salters