Portrait of Merritt Wever

Acting

Merritt Wever

Career

Active from 2001 to 2026, busiest in 2019 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Marriage Story
Marriage Story
GoodWatch score86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

    2018 · Won · 70th Primetime Emmy Awards

    Godless

    Source: Wikidata

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    2013 · Won · 65th Primetime Emmy Awards

    Nurse Jackie

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

9

The characters Merritt Wever played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Merritt Wever Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Wonder
    2.5, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 6
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2
  • Adult Relationships 2
  • True Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 70
Primetime
Primetime (2026)
GoodWatch score 72

as Andie Bender

Christy
Christy (2025)
GoodWatch score 62

as Joyce Salters

The Bombing of Pan Am 103
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Kathryn Turman

Memory
Memory (2023)
GoodWatch score 73

as Olivia

Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Frankie Pierce

Severance
Severance (2022)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Gretchen George / Gretchen George (voice) (uncredited)

The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Monica O'Brien

Midday Black Midnight Blue
Midday Black Midnight Blue (2022)

as Beth

Roar
Roar (2022)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Elisa

RUN
RUN (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Ruby Richardson

2010s

16 titles · average score 66
Unbelievable
Unbelievable (2019)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Detective Karen Duvall

Marriage Story
Marriage Story (2019)
GoodWatch score 86

as Cassie

Charlie Says
Charlie Says (2019)
GoodWatch score 57

as Karlene Faith

Welcome to Marwen
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
GoodWatch score 47

as Roberta

Godless
Godless (2017)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mary Agnes

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

as Annie

Remember Sunday
Remember Sunday (2013)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lucy

The Strange Ones
The Strange Ones (2011)
GoodWatch score 66

as Girl

New Girl
New Girl (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Elizabeth

Greenberg
Greenberg (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

as Gina

The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead (2010)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Denise Cloyd

Tiny Furniture
Tiny Furniture (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

as Frankie

2000s

19 titles · average score 68
Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Zoey Barkow

The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Aubrey Gardner

Into the Wild
Into the Wild (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lori

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Suzanne

Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Mandy / Susan the Tauntaun (voice)

Something the Lord Made
Something the Lord Made (2004)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mrs. Saxon

A Hole in One
A Hole in One (2004)
GoodWatch score 38

as Betty

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Wendy Smith

The Wire
The Wire (2002)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Prissy

Signs
Signs (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tracey Abernathy

Series 7
Series 7 (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Lindsay

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Hannah Price

1990s

5 titles · average score 59
Strike!
Strike! (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maureen 'Momo' Haines

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
GoodWatch score 53

as Susan

Arresting Gena
Arresting Gena (1997)

as Tammy

Blue River
Blue River (1995)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lottie

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Jennifer Taylor / Sunshine Porter