Merritt Wever
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Wever at Gotham Hall, New York City, March 18, 2010
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Siobhán Merritt Wever August 11, 1980 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Merritt Carmen Wever (born August 11, 1980), known professionally as Merritt Wever, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as the perennially upbeat young nurse Zoey Barkow in Nurse Jackie (2009-2015), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013. She is also known for her supporting roles as Suzanne in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), as Elizabeth in New Girl (2013), and as Denise Cloyd in The Walking Dead (2015-2016). Wever has also played supporting roles in such films as Michael Clayton (2007), Tiny Furniture (2010), and Birdman (2014).
Wever was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan. She was conceived via a sperm donor and raised by her mother, Georgia. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and Sarah Lawrence College, and she trained in acting in New York.
Wever began her career starring in low budget, independent short and feature films. She has also performed in theatre productions, including a performance in Brooke Berman's play, Smashing, and in 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.
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