Acting · New York, New York, USA · Born August 11, 1980
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.
The Great Beyond
2027
MoviePrimetime
2026
MovieChristy
2025
as Joyce Salters
TVThe Bombing of Pan Am 103
2025
as Kathryn Turman
MovieMemory
2023
as Olivia
TVTiny Beautiful Things
2023
as Frankie Pierce
MovieMidday Black Midnight Blue
2022
as Beth
TVRoar
2022
as Elisa
TVSeverance
2022
as Gretchen George
TVThe Gilded Age
2022
as Monica O'Brien
TVRUN
2020
as Ruby Richardson
MovieMarriage Story
2019
as Cassie
TVUnbelievable
2019
as Detective Karen Duvall
MovieCharlie Says
2019
as Karlene Faith
MovieWelcome to Marwen
2018
as Roberta
MovieIrreplaceable You
2018
as Mindy
TVGodless
2017
as Mary Agnes
MovieThe Last Face
2017
as Marlee
MovieMeadowland
2015
as Kelly
MovieBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Annie
MovieRemember Sunday
2013
as Lucy
MovieBoys On Film: Bad Romance
2011
as Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
TVNew Girl
2011
as Elizabeth
MovieThe Strange Ones
2011
as Girl
MovieTiny Furniture
2010
as Frankie
TVThe Walking Dead
2010
as Denise Cloyd
MovieGreenberg
2010
as Gina
MovieThe Messenger
2009
as Lara
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Aubrey Gardner
TVNurse Jackie
2009
as Zoey Barkow
MovieThe Missing Person
2009
as Mabel Page
MovieRighteous Kill
2008
as Rape Victim
MovieMichael Clayton
2007
as Anna
MovieInto the Wild
2007
as Lori
TVStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Suzanne
Movie12 and Holding
2006
as Debbie Poole
TVConviction
2006
as Bridget Kellner
1/4life
2005
TVRobot Chicken
2005
as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
MovieSomething the Lord Made
2004
as Mrs. Saxon
MovieA Hole in One
2004
as Betty
TVNCIS
2003
as Wendy Smith
MovieSeason of Youth
2003
MovieSigns
2002
as Tracey Abernathy
TVThe Wire
2002
as Prissy
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Hannah Price
MovieSeries 7
2001
as Lindsay
MovieThe Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Susan
MovieStrike!
1998
as Maureen 'Momo' Haines
MovieArresting Gena
1997
as Tammy
MovieBlue River
1995
as Lottie
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Sunshine Porter
