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