Acting
Merritt Wever
Born Aug 11, 1980 · New York, New York, USA
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.
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Acting
Making Of Primetime
Primetime
2026
Drama · Thriller
Christy
2025
History · Drama
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
2025
Drama · Crime
Memory
2023
Drama
Tiny Beautiful Things
2023
Comedy · Drama
Midday Black Midnight Blue
2022
Drama
Roar
2022
Drama · Comedy
Severance
2022
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Gilded Age
2022
Drama
RUN
2020
Comedy · Drama
Marriage Story
2019
Drama
Unbelievable
2019
Drama · Crime
Charlie Says
2019
Drama · Crime
Welcome to Marwen
2018
Drama · Animation
Irreplaceable You
2018
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Godless
2017
Western · Drama
The Last Face
2017
Drama
Meadowland
2015
Drama
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
Drama · Comedy
Remember Sunday
2013
TV Movie · Romance · Drama
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
2011
Romance · Drama
New Girl
2011
Comedy
The Strange Ones
2011
Drama · Mystery
Tiny Furniture
2010
Romance · Comedy · Drama
The Walking Dead
2010
Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Greenberg
2010
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Messenger
2009
Drama · Romance · War
The Good Wife
2009
Drama
Nurse Jackie
2009
Drama · Comedy
The Missing Person
2009
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
Righteous Kill
2008
Crime · Thriller · Mystery
Michael Clayton
2007
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Into the Wild
2007
Adventure · Drama
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Comedy · Drama
12 and Holding
2006
Drama
Conviction
2006
Drama · Crime
Robot Chicken
2005
Comedy · Animation
Something the Lord Made
2004
TV Movie · Drama
A Hole in One
2004
Comedy
NCIS
2003
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
Season of Youth
2003
Drama
Signs
2002
Thriller · Science Fiction · Horror
The Wire
2002
Crime · Drama
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Drama
Series 7
2001
Action · Comedy · Thriller
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
Comedy · Drama
Strike!
1998
Comedy · Drama
Arresting Gena
1997
Drama
Blue River
1995
Drama
Law & Order
1990
Crime · Drama