Cast & creator
Merritt Wever
Best known for Law & Order, Law & Order, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Meritt Wever, Merrit Wever
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film credits
24
television credits
57
1990–2027 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (57)
Showing 57 of 57 credits
Law & Order
Sunshine Porter
1990Law & Order
Myra
1990Law & Order
Jennifer Taylor
1990
The Daily Show
Self
1996
NCIS
Wendy Smith
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hannah Price
2001
The Walking Dead
Denise Cloyd
2010
The Good Wife
Aubrey Gardner
2009
Robot Chicken
Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)
2005
New Girl
Elizabeth
2011
Primetime
Andie Bender
2026
The Wire
Prissy
2002
Severance
Gretchen George
2022Severance
Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited)
2022
Nurse Jackie
Zoey Barkow
2009
The Gilded Age
Monica O'Brien
2022
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Annie
2014
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Suzanne
2006
Roar
Elisa
2022
Unbelievable
Detective Karen Duvall
2019
Into the Wild
Lori
2007
Godless
Mary Agnes
2017
Conviction
Bridget Kellner
2006
Signs
Tracey Abernathy
2002
Marriage Story
Cassie
2019
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Kathryn Turman
2025
Michael Clayton
Anna
2007
Tiny Beautiful Things
Frankie Pierce
2023
Righteous Kill
Rape Victim
2008
Something the Lord Made
Mrs. Saxon
2004
Christy
Joyce Salters
2025
Welcome to Marwen
Roberta
2018
RUN
Ruby Richardson
2020
The Last Face
Marlee
2017
The Messenger
Lara
2009
Greenberg
Gina
2010
Irreplaceable You
Mindy
2018
Charlie Says
Karlene Faith
2019
Memory
Olivia
2023
Series 7
Lindsay
2001The Great Beyond
2027
Strike!
Maureen 'Momo' Haines
1998
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Girl (segment "The Strange Ones")
2011
Remember Sunday
Lucy
2013
Tiny Furniture
Frankie
2010
12 and Holding
Debbie Poole
2006
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Susan
1998
A Hole in One
Betty
2004
Midday Black Midnight Blue
Beth
2022
Meadowland
Kelly
2015
The Missing Person
Mabel Page
2009
Blue River
Lottie
1995
Arresting Gena
Tammy
19971/4life
2005
The Strange Ones
Girl
2011
Season of Youth
2003Making Of Primetime
Herself