Acting
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.
Filmography
The Great Beyond
Film · 2027
Primetime
Film · 2026
Christy
Film · 2025
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Series · 2025
Memory
Film · 2023
Tiny Beautiful Things
Series · 2023
Midday Black Midnight Blue
Film · 2022
Roar
Series · 2022
Severance
Series · 2022
The Gilded Age
Series · 2022
Severance
Series · 2022
RUN
Series · 2020
Marriage Story
Film · 2019
Charlie Says
Film · 2019
Unbelievable
Series · 2019
Irreplaceable You
Film · 2018
Welcome to Marwen
Film · 2018
The Last Face
Film · 2017
Godless
Series · 2017
Meadowland
Film · 2015
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Film · 2014
Remember Sunday
Film · 2013
The Strange Ones
Film · 2011
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Film · 2011
New Girl
Series · 2011
Greenberg
Film · 2010
Tiny Furniture
Film · 2010
The Walking Dead
Series · 2010
The Missing Person
Film · 2009
The Messenger
Film · 2009
Nurse Jackie
Series · 2009
The Good Wife
Series · 2009
Righteous Kill
Film · 2008
Michael Clayton
Film · 2007
Into the Wild
Film · 2007
12 and Holding
Film · 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Series · 2006
Conviction
Series · 2006
1/4life
Series · 2005
Robot Chicken
Series · 2005
Something the Lord Made
Film · 2004
A Hole in One
Film · 2004
Season of Youth
Film · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
Signs
Film · 2002
The Wire
Series · 2002
Series 7
Film · 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
Strike!
Film · 1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Film · 1998
Arresting Gena
Film · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Blue River
Film · 1995
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Making Of Primetime
Film