Merritt Wever

Merritt Wever

Actor Aug 11 (age 45) New York, New York, USA 1990–2026 (36 year career)

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Biography

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 Outstandin…

Known For

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

Lori

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Annie

Marriage Story

Marriage Story

Cassie

Signs

Signs

Tracey Abernathy

Unbelievable

Unbelievable

Detective Karen Duvall

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

Anna

Godless

Godless

Mary Agnes

Welcome to Marwen

Welcome to Marwen

Roberta

Filmography

Acting (52)

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Movies (32)

The Great Beyond

The Great Beyond

Nov 11

Christy

Christy

as Joyce Salters

Memory

Memory

as Olivia

Midday Black Midnight Blue

Midday Black Midnight Blue

as Beth

Marriage Story

Marriage Story

as Cassie

Charlie Says

Charlie Says

as Karlene Faith

Irreplaceable You

Irreplaceable You

as Mindy

Welcome to Marwen

Welcome to Marwen

as Roberta

The Last Face

The Last Face

as Marlee

Meadowland

Meadowland

as Kelly

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

as Annie

Remember Sunday

Remember Sunday

as Lucy

The Strange Ones

The Strange Ones

as Girl

Boys On Film: Bad Romance

Boys On Film: Bad Romance

as Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")

Greenberg

Greenberg

as Gina

Tiny Furniture

Tiny Furniture

as Frankie

The Messenger

The Messenger

as Lara

The Missing Person

The Missing Person

as Mabel Page

Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill

as Rape Victim

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

as Lori

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

as Anna

12 and Holding

12 and Holding

as Debbie Poole

Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made

as Mrs. Saxon

A Hole in One

A Hole in One

as Betty

Season of Youth

Season of Youth

Signs

Signs

as Tracey Abernathy

Series 7: The Contenders

Series 7: The Contenders

as Lindsay

Strike!

Strike!

as Maureen 'Momo' Haines

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

as Susan

Arresting Gena

Arresting Gena

as Tammy

Blue River

Blue River

as Lottie

Primetime

Primetime

Television (20)

The Bombing of Pan Am 103

The Bombing of Pan Am 103

as Kathryn Turman

Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things

as Frankie Pierce

Severance

Severance

as Gretchen George

The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

as Monica O'Brien

Roar

Roar

as Elisa

RUN

RUN

as Ruby

Unbelievable

Unbelievable

as Detective Karen Duvall

Godless

Godless

as Mary Agnes

New Girl

New Girl

as Elizabeth

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

as Denise Cloyd

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

as Aubrey Gardner

Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie

as Zoey Barkow

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

as Suzanne

Conviction

Conviction

as Bridget Kellner

Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)

1/4life

1/4life

NCIS

NCIS

as Wendy Smith

The Wire

The Wire

as Prissy

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Hannah Price

Law & Order

Law & Order

as Myra