Merritt Wever grew up in downtown New York and has been acting since she was very young. She graduated from LaGuardia High School and then attended Sarah Lawrence College. She was raised by her mother to be politically progressive. When not acting or protesting, Merritt enjoys spending time with her cat Spooky or going to the theater with a friend...
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, Sarah Lawrence College
Nationality
American
Parents
Georgia Wever
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominations
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or...
Movies
Birdman, Signs, Michael Clayton, Tiny Furniture, Meadowland, Into the Wild, Series 7: The Contenders, Greenberg, Bringing Rain, The Missing Person, Righteous Kill, All I Wanna Do, Something the Lord Made, 12 and Holding, A Hole in One, The Strange Ones, Neal Cassady, Blue River
TV Shows
Nurse Jackie, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Godless
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
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Trained in acting in New York.
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She grew up going to socialist summer camps because her mother is a leftist liberal.
$3 Million
