---
name: "Rebecca Nelson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rebecca-nelson"
fi1m_id: "rebecca-nelson"
imdb_id: "nm0625610"
tmdb_id: 1028998
wikidata_id: "Q22945687"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:55:42.462645+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rebecca Nelson

## Identity

Rebecca Nelson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rebecca-nelson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rebecca-nelson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0625610
- **TMDB ID:** 1028998
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22945687
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22945687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1028998

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** Merritt Nelson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22945687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1028998

## Biography

Rebecca Nelson is an actress, also credited as Merritt Nelson. She played Jean Coughlin in the 1990 film *Trust*.

Her other screen credits include appearances in *Surviving Desire* (1992), *Henry Fool* (1997), episodes of *Law & Order* (1996–2002), and *Bloat* (2025). She has also worked in the art department and as a producer.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Trust* (1990), Fi1m 79, as Jean Coughlin (as Merritt Nelson) — [page](https://film.one/film/trust.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bloat* (2025), as Jack's Mother
- *Hunter&Game* (2014), as Sasha's Mother
- *Caris' Peace* (2011), Producer
- *The Singing Biologist* (2004), as Jennifer
- *Marathon* (2002), as Gretchen's mom (voice)
- *Henry Fool* (1998), as Flight Attendant Lucy
- *A, B, C... Manhattan* (1997), as Janet
- *Surviving Desire* (1992), as Katie
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Maureen Rankin, Mrs. Skinner, Nicole Boswell — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Trust* (1990), as Jean Coughlin (as Merritt Nelson) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/trust.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Katie
- *A Doonesbury Special* (1978), as Barbara Ann 'Boopsie' Boopstein

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