About
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...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
NCISSeries • 2003
Nurse JackieSeries • 2009
The Walking DeadSeries • 2010
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001
The Good WifeSeries • 2009
The WireSeries • 2002
Robot ChickenSeries • 2005
New GirlSeries • 2011
PrimetimeMovie • 2026
SeveranceSeries • 2022
The Gilded AgeSeries • 2022
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Movie • 2014
RoarSeries • 2022
Marriage StoryMovie • 2019
UnbelievableSeries • 2019
Righteous KillMovie • 2008
Studio 60 on the Sunset StripSeries • 2006
GodlessSeries • 2017
SignsMovie • 2002
The Bombing of Pan Am 103Series • 2025
Into the WildMovie • 2007
ConvictionSeries • 2006
Tiny Beautiful ThingsSeries • 2023