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Merritt Wever

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.

August 11, 1980 (46 years old) New York, New York, USA
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'Christy' Trailer 02:32
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MIH: 'Memory' Exclusive Interviews 02:44
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'Welcome to Marwen' Trailer (2018) 02:30
'Welcome to Marwen' Trailer (2018)

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Movie Review: ‘Primetime’

Movie Review: ‘Primetime’

Opening in theaters on September 25 is ‘Primetime,’ directed by Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt W...
Movie Review: ‘Christy’

Movie Review: ‘Christy’

Opening in theaters November 7 is ‘Christy,’ directed by David Michôd and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt W...
Movie Review: ‘Memory’

Movie Review: ‘Memory’

Opening in theaters in limited release on December 22nd before releasing wide on January 5th is ‘Memory,’ starring Jessi...
‘Memory' Interview: Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard

‘Memory' Interview: Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard

Out now in theaters in limited release before expanding on January 5th is ‘Memory,’ directed by Michel Franco (‘New Orde...
'Tiny Beautiful Things' Interview: Kathryn Hahn

'Tiny Beautiful Things' Interview: Kathryn Hahn

Premiering April 7th on Hulu is the new series ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ which is based on the novel of the same name by...
Exclusive: See the Brand-New Character Posters for Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Welcome to Marwen’

Exclusive: See the Brand-New Character Posters for Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Welcome to Marwen’

Brand new posters for Zemeckis' toy story.

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