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
Law & Order
Sunshine Porter
Law & Order
Myra
Law & Order
Jennifer Taylor
NCIS
Wendy Smith
The Walking Dead
Denise Cloyd
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hannah Price
The Good Wife
Aubrey Gardner
The Wire
Prissy
New Girl
Elizabeth
Severance
Gretchen George
Robot Chicken
Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
Christy
Joyce Salters
The Gilded Age
Monica O'Brien
Nurse Jackie
Zoey Barkow
Michael Clayton
Anna
Greenberg
Gina
Irreplaceable You
Mindy
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Annie
Godless
Mary Agnes
Unbelievable
Detective Karen Duvall
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Suzanne
Tiny Furniture
Frankie
Roar
Elisa
Into the Wild
Lori
Marriage Story
Cassie
Conviction
Bridget Kellner
Signs
Tracey Abernathy
Primetime
Tiny Beautiful Things
Frankie Pierce
Midday Black Midnight Blue
Beth
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Kathryn Turman
Arresting Gena
Tammy
Welcome to Marwen
Roberta
Righteous Kill
Rape Victim
The Great Beyond
Something the Lord Made
Mrs. Saxon
RUN
Ruby
Memory
Olivia
The Messenger
Lara
The Last Face
Marlee
12 and Holding
Debbie Poole
Charlie Says
Karlene Faith
Strike!
Maureen 'Momo' Haines
Remember Sunday
Lucy
Meadowland
Kelly
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Susan
Blue River
Lottie
A Hole in One
Betty
Series 7: The Contenders
Lindsay
1/4life
The Missing Person
Mabel Page
The Strange Ones
Girl
Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")