Merritt Wever
Biography
Merritt Carmen Wever, born August 11, 1980 in New York, New York, USA, is an American actress. She is recognized for playing a perennially upbeat young nurse on the series Nurse Jackie from 2009 to 2015, an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless (2017), and a detective investigating a serial rapist in the Netflix crime miniseries Unbelievable (2019). For her work on Nurse Jackie she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013, and for Godless she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2018. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2020 for Unbelievable. Her TMDB profile lists 52 credited roles.
Career overview
Merritt Carmen Wever was born on August 11, 1980, in New York, New York, USA. She is an American actress whose professional record includes at least fifty‑two credited performances across film and television, as listed in publicly available databases. Her career has been marked by a series of prominent television roles that have garnered both critical acclaim and industry recognition.
Wever first achieved widespread notice for her portrayal of a perennially upbeat young nurse on the comedy‑drama series Nurse Jackie, which aired from 2009 to 2015. Her work on the show earned her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013. She later appeared as an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless (2017), a performance that secured a second Primetime Emmy Award, this time for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, in 2018. Continuing her collaboration with Netflix, Wever played a detective investigating a serial rapist in the crime miniseries Unbelievable (2019); this role led to a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2020.
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- The Great Beyond (2027)
- Primetime (2026)
- Christy (2025) as Joyce Salters
- The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (2025) as Kathryn Turman
- Tiny Beautiful Things (2023) as Frankie Pierce
- Memory (2023) as Olivia
- Severance (2022) as Gretchen George
- Severance (2022) as Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited)
- The Gilded Age (2022) as Monica O'Brien
- Roar (2022) as Elisa
- Midday Black Midnight Blue (2022) as Beth
- RUN (2020) as Ruby Richardson
- Marriage Story (2019) as Cassie
- Unbelievable (2019) as Detective Karen Duvall
- Charlie Says (2019) as Karlene Faith
- Irreplaceable You (2018) as Mindy
- Welcome to Marwen (2018) as Roberta
- Godless (2017) as Mary Agnes
- The Last Face (2017) as Marlee
- Meadowland (2015) as Kelly
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) as Annie
- Remember Sunday (2013) as Lucy
- New Girl (2011) as Elizabeth
- Boys On Film: Bad Romance (2011) as Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
- The Strange Ones (2011) as Girl
- The Walking Dead (2010) as Denise Cloyd
- Greenberg (2010) as Gina
- Tiny Furniture (2010) as Frankie
- The Good Wife (2009) as Aubrey Gardner
- Nurse Jackie (2009) as Zoey Barkow
- The Messenger (2009) as Lara
- The Missing Person (2009) as Mabel Page
- Righteous Kill (2008) as Rape Victim
- Into the Wild (2007) as Lori
- Michael Clayton (2007) as Anna
- Conviction (2006) as Bridget Kellner
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) as Suzanne
- 12 and Holding (2006) as Debbie Poole
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
- 1/4life (2005)
- Something the Lord Made (2004) as Mrs. Saxon
- A Hole in One (2004) as Betty
- NCIS (2003) as Wendy Smith
- Season of Youth (2003)
- The Wire (2002) as Prissy
- Signs (2002) as Tracey Abernathy
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Hannah Price
- Series 7 (2001) as Lindsay
- Strike! (1998) as Maureen 'Momo' Haines
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998) as Susan
- Arresting Gena (1997) as Tammy
- Blue River (1995) as Lottie
- Law & Order (1990) as Sunshine Porter
- Law & Order (1990) as Myra
- Law & Order (1990) as Jennifer Taylor