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