Merritt Wever

Age: 45

born August 11, 1980

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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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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Into the Wild

Marriage Story

Signs

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Dogville (2023)

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Stranger Things

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Charlotte

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Maggie

One from the Heart (2026)

Maggie

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Alicia Masters

Fantastic Four-MCU

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Fargo (2021)

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Merritt Wever

Christine Nelson

Degrassi Junior High/High (1997-2002)

Christine Nelson

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Lydia

Pretty Girls

Lydia

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Annie Wilkes.

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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

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Maria Stark

Iron Man (Severance Edition)

Maria Stark

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Emma

High School Musical (1996-1998)

Emma

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Sadness

Inside Out 2 Live Action

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