Merritt Wever
Born
August 11, 1980 (44 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For

The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Kathryn Turman · (6 episodes)
2025

Memory
Olivia
2023

Tiny Beautiful Things
Frankie Pierce · (8 episodes)
2023

Midday Black Midnight Blue
Beth
2022

Roar
Elisa · (1 episode)
2022

Severance
Gretchen George · (4 episodes)
2022

The Gilded Age
Monica O'Brien · (1 episode)
2022

RUN
Ruby · (7 episodes)
2020

Marriage Story
Cassie
2019

Unbelievable
Detective Karen Duvall · (8 episodes)
2019

Charlie Says
Karlene Faith
2019

Welcome to Marwen
Roberta
2018

Irreplaceable You
Mindy
2018

Godless
Mary Agnes · (7 episodes)
2017

The Last Face
Marlee
2017

Meadowland
Kelly
2015

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Annie
2014

Remember Sunday
Lucy
2013

Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
2011

New Girl
Elizabeth · (7 episodes)
2011

The Strange Ones
Girl
2011

Tiny Furniture
Frankie
2010

The Walking Dead
Denise Cloyd · (9 episodes)
2010

Greenberg
Gina
2010

The Messenger
Lara
2009

The Good Wife
Aubrey Gardner · (1 episode)
2009

Nurse Jackie
Zoey Barkow · (80 episodes)
2009

The Missing Person
Mabel Page
2009

Righteous Kill
Rape Victim
2008

Michael Clayton
Anna
2007

Into the Wild
Lori
2007

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Suzanne · (12 episodes)
2006

12 and Holding
Debbie Poole
2006

Conviction
Bridget Kellner · (1 episode)
2006
1/4life
(1 episode)
2005

Robot Chicken
Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice) · (1 episode)
2005

Something the Lord Made
Mrs. Saxon
2004

A Hole in One
Betty
2004

NCIS
Wendy Smith · (1 episode)
2003

Season of Youth
2003

Signs
Tracey Abernathy
2002

The Wire
Prissy · (1 episode)
2002

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hannah Price · (1 episode)
2001

Series 7: The Contenders
Lindsay
2001

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Susan
1998

Strike!
Maureen 'Momo' Haines
1998

Arresting Gena
Tammy
1997

Blue River
Lottie
1995

Untitled Christy Martin Biopic
Joyce Salters

the revolution
Dorothy
Primetime

Law & Order
Sunshine Porter · (1 episode)
1990

Law & Order
Myra · (1 episode)
1990

Law & Order
Jennifer Taylor · (1 episode)
1990