Merritt Wever

Merritt Wever Biography

Merritt Wever (born August 11, 1980) is an American actress best known for her Emmy-winning role Zoey Barkow in Nurse Jackie.

Early life

Wever was raised by her mother, and graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and Sarah Lawrence College. She trained in acting in New York and has appeared in Brooke Berman's play, Smashing and in Cavedweller with Deidre O'Connell, both Off Broadway.

Career

Wever has appeared in the feature films Into the Wild, Neal Cassady, Michael Clayton, Series 7: The Contenders, Signs, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, Bringing Rain, and All I Wanna Do, among others. She has guest starred on the TV shows Conviction, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Wire, among others. She also starred in Ed Zwick's ill-fated ABC pilot, 1/4life, with Rachel Blanchard, Austin Nichols, and Shiri Appleby. She had a recurring role on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Suzanne.

Wever is arguably best known for her ongoing role as Zoey Barkow in the dark comedy series Nurse Jackie, which premiered on Showtime in June 2009. Zoey"?an irrepressibly bubbly student nurse"?serves as a comic foil to Edie Falco's hard-bitten (and prescription drug-addicted) titular character. Wever was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Nurse Jackie in 2012 and 2013, 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 gotta go. Bye."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Blue River	Lottie	Television movie
1997	Alaska	April	Short film
1998	'	Maureen 'Momo' Haines	AKA, The Hairy Bird
1998	'	Susan
1998	Arresting Gena	Tammy
2001	Series 7: The Contenders	Lindsay
2002	Signs	Tracey Abernathy
2003	Season of Youth
2003	Bringing Rain	Monica Greenfield
2004	'	Betty
2004	Something the Lord Made	Mrs. Saxon	Television movie
2005	1/4life	Bailey	Television movie
2005	12 and Holding	Debbie Poole
2007	Michael Clayton	Anna
2007	Into the Wild	Lori
2007	Neal Cassady	Mountain Girl
2008	Righteous Kill	Rape Victim
2009	Mr. Softie	Gail
2009	'	Mabel Page
2009	'	Lara
2010	Greenberg	Gina
2010	Tiny Furniture	Frankie	Nominated"?Gotham Award for Best Cast
2011	'	Girl	Short film
2013	Remember Sunday	Lucy	Television movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Law & Order	Myra	Episode: "Mad Dog"
2002	Law & Order	Jennifer Taylor	Episode: "American Jihad"
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Hannah Price	Episode: "Tomorrow"
2003	'	Prissy	2 episodes
2005	Law & Order	Sunshine Porter	Episode: "Sects"
2005	NCIS	Wendy Smith	Episode: "Switch"
2006	Conviction	Bridget Kellner	Episode: "Pilot"
2006"2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Suzanne	12 episodes
2009"present	Nurse Jackie	Zoey Barkow	56 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2013) Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2012) Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2012	'	Aubrey Gardner	Episode: "After the Fall"
2013	New Girl	Elizabeth	6 episodes

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