Who is Merritt Wever?
Merritt Wever is an American actress who earned an Emmy Award for playing the character Zoey on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie. She appeared in the films Birdman, Into the Wild, Neal Cassady, Michael Clayton, Series 7: The Contenders, Signs, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, Bringing Rain, All I Wanna Do, and Marriage Story, among others. She appeared as a guest on the following television shows: Conviction, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Wire. For Nurse Jackie, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013; for Godless, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2018 and for the mini-series Unbelievable, she was nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2020. Also, In 2020 receiving a Peabody award for Unbelievable.What do you know about Merritt Wever’s Biography? Well, MideVibez.com uncovers every detail!
Merritt Wever Early Life
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.Merritt Wever Education
Wever graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and Sarah Lawrence College, and she trained in acting in New York.Merritt Wever Career
Wever began her career starring in low-budget, independent short and feature films. She has performed in theater productions, including a performance in Brooke Berman’s play Smashing and Cavedweller with Deidre O’Connell, both off-Broadway. Since she began her career, Wever has performed in numerous feature films, including Into the Wild, Neal Cassady, Michael Clayton, Series 7: The Contenders, Signs, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, Bringing Rain, Tiny Furniture, and All I Wanna Do, among others. She has guest-starred on several TV shows, 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 series Nurse Jackie, 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. Wever was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2012 and 2013 for her role in Nurse Jackie, winning the award in 2013 and delivering a memorable speech that consisted only of her stunned reaction: “Thanks so much. Thank you so much. I have to go. Bye.” In 2016, Wever had a recurring role on AMC’s The Walking Dead as Denise Cloyd. Her character’s death toward the end of the sixth season of the series was controversial. It sparked outrage on social media with many fans, most notable members of the LGBT community. Wever played a lead role in 2017’s miniseries Godless as Mary Agnes McNue, an authoritarian leader of a female-dominated town. She said in interviews that she had been intimidated by the role: “I spent so much of this shoot thinking I would come off as a fool, that nobody would buy me like this and it wouldn’t be believable.” Many critics nonetheless noted her character as a highlight of the show. Entertainment Weekly titled its review of Godless “Merritt Wever rides tall in Netflix’s Godless” and wrote that “no one is more electric than the always extraordinary Merritt Wever.” In 2018, she won an Emmy for the role. In 2019, Wever starred in another Netflix miniseries, Unbelievable, opposite Toni Collette and Kaitlyn Dever, released on September 13, 2019. The series received critical acclaim, with Wever receiving her first Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best Actress- Miniseries or Television Film. In 2020, Wever began starring in the HBO black comedy thriller series Run opposite Domhnall Gleeson. It was canceled after one season.Merritt Wever Personal Life
The American actress Merritt Wever is believed not to keep a boyfriend for now. There is no record of her having a partner or husband too. My DailyPlug conclusion is that she is either single or has decided to keep this vital information about her personal life private. We will update this as soon as it is traced.Merritt Wever Filmography
- 1997: Alaska
- 1998: All I Wanna Do
- 1998: Arresting Gena
- 1999: The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
- 2001: Series 7: The Contenders
- 2002: Signs
- 2003: Season of Youth
- 2003: Bringing Rain
- 2004: A Hole in One
- 2005: 12 and Holding
- 2007: Michael Clayton
- 2007: Into the Wild
- 2007: Neal Cassady
- 2008: Righteous Kill
- 2009: Mr. Softie
- 2009: The Missing Person
- 2009: The Messenger
- 2010: Greenberg
- 2010: Tiny Furniture
- 2011: The Strange Ones
- 2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- 2015: Meadowland
- 2016: The Last Face
- 2018: Irreplaceable You
- 2018: Charlie Says
- 2018: Welcome to Marwen
- 2019: Marriage Story
Merritt Wever Media Controversy
In 2016, Wever had a recurring role on AMC’s The Walking Dead as Denise Cloyd. Her character’s death toward the end of the series’s sixth season was controversial. It sparked outrage on social media with many fans, most notable members of the LGBT community.What is Merritt Wever Known for?
Wever is perhaps best known for her role as Zoey Barkow in the series Nurse Jackie, premiered on Showtime in June 2009.Where is Merritt Wever from?
Wever was born in New York City, United States.Merritt Wever Boyfriend?
Merritt Wever is single or has decided to keep this vital information about her personal life private.Merritt Wever Awards
- 2013: Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- 2014: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards – Best Ensemble
- 2018: Primetime Emmy Awards –Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
- 2020: Independent Spirit Awards – Robert Altman Award
