Merritt Wever
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
NCIS
Wendy Smith
Law & Order
Sunshine Porter
Law & Order
Myra
Law & Order
Jennifer Taylor
The Walking Dead
Denise Cloyd
The Wire
Prissy
The Good Wife
Aubrey Gardner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hannah Price
New Girl
Elizabeth
Severance
Gretchen George
Robot Chicken
Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
Christy
Joyce Salters
Roar
Elisa
Nurse Jackie
Zoey Barkow
The Gilded Age
Monica O'Brien
The Messenger
Lara
The Last Face
Marlee
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Annie
Series 7: The Contenders
Lindsay
Godless
Mary Agnes
Unbelievable
Detective Karen Duvall
Into the Wild
Lori
Righteous Kill
Rape Victim
Marriage Story
Cassie
Signs
Tracey Abernathy
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Suzanne
Welcome to Marwen
Roberta
Michael Clayton
Anna
A Hole in One
Betty
Meadowland
Kelly
Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
12 and Holding
Debbie Poole
Blue River
Lottie
Conviction
Bridget Kellner
Charlie Says
Karlene Faith
Memory
Olivia
The Missing Person
Mabel Page
Season of Youth
The Strange Ones
Girl
Something the Lord Made
Mrs. Saxon
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Kathryn Turman
Greenberg
Gina
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Susan
Tiny Beautiful Things
Frankie Pierce
Strike!
Maureen 'Momo' Haines
Remember Sunday
Lucy
RUN
Ruby
Irreplaceable You
Mindy
Arresting Gena
Tammy
Tiny Furniture
Frankie
Primetime
Midday Black Midnight Blue
Beth