Merritt Wever

Merritt Carmen Wever born August 11 1980 is an American actress She is known for starring as a perennially upbeat young nurse in Nurse Jackie 20092015 an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless 2017 and a detective investigating a serial rapist in the Netflix crime miniseries Unbelievable 2019 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 miniseries Unbelievable she was nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Miniseries or Television Film in 2020 Wever has also had supporting roles in other television series including Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 20062007 New Girl 2013 and The Walking Dead 20152016 She has also played supporting roles in such films as Michael Clayton 2007 Birdman 2014 and Marriage Story 2019 all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture with Birdman winning