Merritt Wever
Biography
Merritt Wever is an American actress whose career began in low budget independent films before she turned to television. Born in Manhattan, she attended LaGuardia High School and later Sarah Lawrence College and performed off-Broadway in Brooke Berman's Smashing and in Cavedweller. Her film work includes Series 7: The Contenders (2001), Signs (2002), Michael Clayton (2007), Tiny Furniture (2010), Birdman (2014), Welcome to Marwen (2018) and Marriage Story (2019). On television she won three Primetime Emmy Awards, for Nurse Jackie as an earnest student turned nurse, Godless as a strong-willed widow and Severance as an EMT worker. She was also Emmy nominated for Unbelievable, Tiny Beautiful Things and The Gilded Age, had recurring roles on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, New Girl and The Walking Dead, and starred in Run.
46years old
Turns 47 on August 11in 301 days
- Born Manhattan
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Merritt Carmen Wever
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 28 years1998 to 2026
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Behind the award
Wever won the 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Nurse Jackie and accepted it with a speech that was only her stunned reaction, ending with "I gotta go. Bye."
Getting ready for a role
Wever played Mary Agnes McNue in the miniseries Godless, a tough leader of a town run by women. She said the role intimidated her and she feared nobody would buy her as this.
Merritt Wever movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014 Comedy, Drama, Romanceas Annie
IMDb rating 7.7704K votes
Most often with
Noah Baumbach directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Amy Ryan's page
Matthew Maher's page
Frank Wood's page
Jennifer Van Dyck's page
All films by Noah Baumbach
Box office
What Merritt Wever's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$630 million
13 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$408M64.8% of the total
- 2$103M16.4% of the total
- 3$93M14.8% of the total
- 4$13M2.1% of the total
- 5$6.3M1.0% of the total
- 6$2.3M0.4% of the total
- 7$1.2M0.2% of the total
- 8$914K0.1% of the total
$1.5 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors from 2013 to 2018, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2018 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Godless | Won |
| 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nurse Jackie | Won |
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Official profiles and reference pages.