Merritt Carmen Wever (born August , ) is an American actress. She is
known for starring as a perennially upbeat young nurse in Nurse Jackie
(â€"), an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless (),
and a detective investigating a serial rapist in the Netflix crime
miniseries Unbelievable (). For Nurse Jackie, she won the Primetime
Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in ,
for Godless, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in and for
Unbelievable, she was nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress â€" Miniseries or Television Film in .Wever has also had
supporting roles in other television series, including Studio on the
Sunset Strip (â€"), New Girl (), and The Walking Dead (â€"). She has
also played supporting roles in such films as Michael Clayton (),
Birdman (), and Marriage Story (), all of which were nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture, with Birdman winning.Wever was born in
the New York City borough of Manhattan. She was conceived via a sperm
donor and raised by her mother, Georgia. Her mother is from Texas, and
is a feminist and political activist. Wever graduated from Fiorello H.
LaGuardia High School and Sarah Lawrence College, and she trained in
acting in New York.
known for starring as a perennially upbeat young nurse in Nurse Jackie
(â€"), an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless (),
and a detective investigating a serial rapist in the Netflix crime
miniseries Unbelievable (). For Nurse Jackie, she won the Primetime
Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in ,
for Godless, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in and for
Unbelievable, she was nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress â€" Miniseries or Television Film in .Wever has also had
supporting roles in other television series, including Studio on the
Sunset Strip (â€"), New Girl (), and The Walking Dead (â€"). She has
also played supporting roles in such films as Michael Clayton (),
Birdman (), and Marriage Story (), all of which were nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture, with Birdman winning.Wever was born in
the New York City borough of Manhattan. She was conceived via a sperm
donor and raised by her mother, Georgia. Her mother is from Texas, and
is a feminist and political activist. Wever graduated from Fiorello H.
LaGuardia High School and Sarah Lawrence College, and she trained in
acting in New York.
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