Merritt Wever (born in 1980) is an American actress.
She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and then attended Sarah Lawrence College. She was raised by her mother as an active leftist. When not acting or protesting, Merritt enjoys spending time with her cat Spooky or going to the theater with a friend. She also likes to eat steak, have a little wine, walk in the snow, and talk to Canadians. Her favorite actors are Gena Rowlands, Me...
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Merritt Wever (born in 1980) is an American actress.
She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and then attended Sarah Lawrence College. She was raised by her mother as an active leftist. When not acting or protesting, Merritt enjoys spending time with her cat Spooky or going to the theater with a friend. She also likes to eat steak, have a little wine, walk in the snow, and talk to Canadians. Her favorite actors are Gena Rowlands, Meryl Streep and Michael J. Pollard. She lives in Manhattan. 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.
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...
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