Merritt Wever
Actress
Birth Date: August 11, 1980
Age: 46 years old
Birth Place: Manhattan, New York
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Born and raised in Manhattan, Merritt Wever focused on acting at a young age. Even before she studied acting at Sarah Lawrence College, Wever worked to break into acting, first appearing at the age of 14 in the TV movie "Blue River" (1995). Her first bigger role was in the Kirsten Dunst-starring "All I Wanna Do" (1998). As she studied acting in New York City, she focused more on theater early on, though she still appeared in "Signs" (2002) and "The Wire" (HBO 2002-2008) in the early 2000s.
As she reached her late 20s, she started appearing in more major films, including "Michael Clayton" (2007), "Into the Wild" (2007), and "Tiny Furniture" (2010). Her TV career also started to blossom around the same time, first with a role on the short-lived "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC 2006-2007) and then with her Emmy-winning turn on the dark comedy "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime 2009-2015) as Zoey Barkow. As "Nurse Jackie" started to wrap up, Wever branched out to other shows, with brief stints on "New Girl" (Fox 2011-2018) and "The Walking Dead" (AMC 2010- ). A small part in the Best Picture-winning "Birdman" (2014) helped Wever gain more recognition outside of television. Still, she returned to her Emmy-winning ways with her role on the miniseries "Godless" (Netflix 2017). Following that, Wever co-starred with Steve Carell in the Robert Zemeckis-directed "Welcome to Marwen" (2018).
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The Great Beyond
Primetime
The Bombing of Pan Am 103Stream
ChristyStream
Tiny Beautiful ThingsStream
The Daily ShowStream
RoarStream
RunStream
UnbelievableStream
Marriage StoryStream
Irreplaceable You
Welcome to MarwenStream
Charlie SaysStream
Meadowland
BirdmanStream
Remember SundayStream
Live! With Kelly and Michael
New GirlStream
GreenbergStream
Tiny FurnitureStream
The Good WifeStream
Nurse JackieStream
The Missing Person
Studio 60 on the Sunset StripStream
ConvictionStream
Something the Lord MadeStream
A Hole in One
NCISStream
Bringing Rain
The WireStream
Law & Order: Criminal IntentStream
Series 7
All I Wanna Do
Law & OrderStream
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2025 Creative Arts Emmys Night 1: Bryan Cranston, Julianne Nicholson, Merritt Wever & Shawn Hatosy Win
‘The Gilded Age’ Trailer: George & Bertha Facing Divorce, a ‘Rebellion’ Is Nigh & More (VIDEO)
‘The Gilded Age’ Premiere Photos Show Families at Odds — Get a Glimpse at Season 3
Review
Roush Review: ‘Severance’ Just Keeps Getting Wilder and Weirder
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‘Severance’ Adds Gwendoline Christie, Merritt Wever & More for Season 2 — Production Begins (PHOTO)
Premiere
‘Roar’: Alison Brie, Merritt Wever & Fivel Stewart Tease the ‘Surreal’ Feminist Anthology (VIDEO)
‘Roar’: Star-Studded Cast Brings Feminist Fables to Apple TV+ in Trailer (VIDEO)
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The ‘GLOW’ Team’s New Show ‘Roar’ Set at Apple TV+ With Alison Brie, Nicole Kidman and Cynthia Erivo
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