Merritt Wever
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order
Sunshine Porter
1990
Series
Law & Order
Myra
1990
Series
Law & Order
Jennifer Taylor
1990
Series
NCIS
Wendy Smith
2003
Series
The Walking Dead
Denise Cloyd
2010
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hannah Price
2001
Series
The Wire
Prissy
2002
Series
The Good Wife
Aubrey Gardner
2009
Series
New Girl
Elizabeth
2011
Series
Severance
Gretchen George
2022
Series
Severance
Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited)
2022
Series
Robot Chicken
Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
2005
Series
The Gilded Age
Monica O'Brien
2022
Series
Nurse Jackie
Zoey Barkow
2009
Series
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Kathryn Turman
2025
Series
Roar
Elisa
2022
Film
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Annie
2014
Series
Unbelievable
Detective Karen Duvall
2019
Series
Godless
Mary Agnes
2017
Film
Signs
Tracey Abernathy
2002
Series
Tiny Beautiful Things
Frankie Pierce
2023
Film
Marriage Story
Cassie
2019
Film
Into the Wild
Lori
2007
Series
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Suzanne
2006
Series
Conviction
Bridget Kellner
2006
Film
Christy
Joyce Salters
2025
Film
Righteous Kill
Rape Victim
2008
Film
Primetime
Lynn Keller
2026
Film
Michael Clayton
Anna
2007
Film
Welcome to Marwen
Roberta
2018
Film
Something the Lord Made
Mrs. Saxon
2004
Series
RUN
Ruby Richardson
2020
Film
The Last Face
Marlee
2017
Film
Greenberg
Gina
2010
Film
Strike!
Maureen 'Momo' Haines
1998
Film
Memory
Olivia
2023
The Great Beyond
2027
Film
Charlie Says
Karlene Faith
2019
Film
Irreplaceable You
Mindy
2018
Film
The Messenger
Lara
2009
Film
Series 7
Lindsay
2001
Film
Remember Sunday
Lucy
2013
Film
Meadowland
Kelly
2015
Film
12 and Holding
Debbie Poole
2006
Film
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
2011
Film
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Susan
1998
Film
Tiny Furniture
Frankie
2010
Film
The Strange Ones
Girl
2011
Film
The Missing Person
Mabel Page
2009
Film
Arresting Gena
Tammy
1997
Film
Blue River
Lottie
1995
Film
Midday Black Midnight Blue
Beth
2022
1/4life
2005
Film
A Hole in One
Betty
2004
Film
Season of Youth
2003