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Merritt Wever is an American actor who works in television, film, and stage. Born in Manhattan, New York, she began her work period in 1995. She is educated at Sarah Lawrence College and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Wever speaks English.
She has received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Her field of work is acting.
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Vinony files it under 1980 births, 20th-century American actresses and 21st-century American actresses.
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Film & TV
New York, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- The Great Beyond2026
- Christy — Joyce Salters2025
- The Bombing of Pan Am 103 — Kathryn Turman2025
- Memory — Olivia2023
- Tiny Beautiful Things — Frankie Pierce2023
- Midday Black Midnight Blue — Beth2022
- Roar — Elisa2022
- Severance — Gretchen George2022
- The Gilded Age — Monica O'Brien2022
- Severance — Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited)2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Merritt Wever 2010.jpg
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- Commons category
- Merritt Wever
- date of birth
- 1980-01-07
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- name in native language
- Merritt Wever
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