Merritt Wever

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

54

Gender

Female

Birthday

1980-08-11 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York, USA

Merritt Wever

Biography

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

    NCIS

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Walking Dead

    The Walking Dead

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Severance

    Severance

  • The Wire

    The Wire

  • New Girl

    New Girl

  • Robot Chicken

    Robot Chicken

  • Nurse Jackie

    Nurse Jackie

  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

  • Roar

    Roar

  • Signs

    Signs

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Godless

    Godless

  • Into the Wild

    Into the Wild

  • Unbelievable

    Unbelievable

  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

    Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  • Something the Lord Made

    Something the Lord Made

  • The Messenger

    The Messenger

  • Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill

  • Christy

    Christy

  • Strike!

    Strike!

  • Meadowland

    Meadowland

  • Tiny Beautiful Things

    Tiny Beautiful Things

  • The Strange Ones

    The Strange Ones

  • Marriage Story

    Marriage Story

  • Season of Youth

    Season of Youth

  • Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

  • Greenberg

    Greenberg

  • Series 7: The Contenders

    Series 7: The Contenders

  • Memory

    Memory

  • The Last Face

    The Last Face

  • Charlie Says

    Charlie Says

  • The Missing Person

    The Missing Person

  • RUN

    RUN

  • Remember Sunday

    Remember Sunday

  • Irreplaceable You

    Irreplaceable You

  • Midday Black Midnight Blue

    Midday Black Midnight Blue

  • Welcome to Marwen

    Welcome to Marwen

  • The Bombing of Pan Am 103

    The Bombing of Pan Am 103

  • Blue River

    Blue River

  • A Hole in One

    A Hole in One

  • The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

    The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

  • Primetime

    Primetime

  • Arresting Gena

    Arresting Gena

  • Tiny Furniture

    Tiny Furniture

  • the revolution

    the revolution

  • 12 and Holding

    12 and Holding

  • 1/4life

    1/4life

  • Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance

    Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance