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Merritt Wever

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Merritt Wever

Born August 11, 1980 in New York, New York, USA32 films

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.

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) poster7.4Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014Marriage Story poster7.7Marriage Story2019Signs poster6.7Signs2002Michael Clayton poster6.8Michael Clayton2007Something the Lord Made poster8.0Something the Lord Made2004Welcome to Marwen poster6.5Welcome to Marwen2018Irreplaceable You poster7.0Irreplaceable You2018Remember Sunday poster7.1Remember Sunday2013

Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. 2027The Great Beyond
  2. 2026PrimetimeAndie Bender
  3. 2025ChristyJoyce Salters
  4. 2023MemoryOlivia
  5. 2022Midday Black Midnight BlueBeth
  6. 2019Marriage StoryCassie
  7. 2019Charlie SaysKarlene Faith
  8. 2018Welcome to MarwenRoberta
  9. 2018Irreplaceable YouMindy
  10. 2017The Last FaceMarlee
  11. 2015MeadowlandKelly
  12. 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Annie
  13. 2013Remember SundayLucy
  14. 2011Boys On Film: Bad RomanceGirl (segment "The Strange Ones")
  15. 2011The Strange OnesGirl
  16. 2010Tiny FurnitureFrankie
  17. 2010GreenbergGina
  18. 2009The MessengerLara
  19. 2009The Missing PersonMabel Page
  20. 2008Righteous KillRape Victim
  21. 2007Michael ClaytonAnna
  22. 2007Into the WildLori
  23. 200612 and HoldingDebbie Poole
  24. 2004Something the Lord MadeMrs. Saxon
  25. 2004A Hole in OneBetty
  26. 2003Season of Youth
  27. 2002SignsTracey Abernathy
  28. 2001Series 7Lindsay
  29. 1998The Adventures of Sebastian ColeSusan
  30. 1998Strike!Maureen 'Momo' Haines
  31. 1997Arresting GenaTammy
  32. 1995Blue RiverLottie