I Can’t Stop Thinking About How Heartbreaking This ‘Severance’ Performance Is

Emmy Award-winning actress Merritt Wever has a consistent talent for bringing a certain kind of esteem to her seemingly grounded roles, and for carrying her characters’ tragedies and yearnings in every minute of her performances. Although she is widely known for her portrayal of the lovably bumbling Zoey Barkow on Nurse Jackie, Wever has earned ample respect for a number of more graceful, forceful roles including those in Hulu’s emotional Tiny Beautiful Things, limited Netflix western Godless, and Apple TV+’s feminist anthologyRoar. She imbues her characters with a great sense of wisdom, patience, and maturity, which adds a layer of maternity to even her most youthful roles but never becomes condescending in the slightest.