Merritt Wever Movies and TV Shows, Awards, Emmy

Merritt Carmen Wever is an American actress. She is known for starring as perennially upbeat young nurse Zoey in Nurse Jackie, an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless, and a detective investigating a serial rapist in the Netflix crime miniseries Unbelievable.

Merritt Wever Movies and TV Shows

She has guest-starred on several television series, including New Girl, The Good Wife, Conviction, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Wire. She also starred in Ed Zwick’s ill-fated pilot Quarterlife, with Rachel Blanchard, Austin Nichols, and Shiri Appleby. She also had a recurring role on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Suzanne.

Wever is perhaps best known for her role as Zoey Barkow in the television series Nurse Jackie, which premiered on Showtime in June 2009. Zoey is described on the official Nurse Jackie website as “an irrepressibly bubbly trauma nurse, who serves as a comic foil to Edie Falco’s hard-bitten (and prescription drug-addicted) titular character”. Wever received widespread critical acclaim for her role on the show.

Awards

2020Independent Spirit Awards-Robert Altman Award: winner.
2018 Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or A Movie: winner.
2014Critics’ Choice Television Awards-Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: nominated.

Emmy

For Godless, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2018.