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.

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NCIS

NCIS

2003Series
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Law & Order

Law & Order

1990Series
7.3
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The Walking Dead

2010Series
8.1
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The Good Wife

The Good Wife

2009Series
7.6
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001Series
7.6
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New Girl

New Girl

2011Series
7.4
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The Wire

The Wire

2002Series
8.6
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Severance

Severance

2022Series
8.4
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Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

2005Series
7.7
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The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

2022Series
7.6
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Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie

2009Series
7.1
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014Film
7.4