The Walking Dead Season 6: 5 New Characters You Need To Know
5. Dr Denise Cloyd
When it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Merritt Wever would be joining the cast for season 6, it was rumoured that shed be playing the comics character Dr Denise Cloyd, and now showrunner Scott Gimple has confirmed to EW that is definitely the case.
It makes sense to introduce her now, because since Pete was killed in the season finale by Rick, Alexandria is in need of a medic. Within the comics, she is the only doctor who is actually a qualified surgeon, which could come in very handy to the group, especially if they follow a particular storyline from the comics.
That would mean shed have a pretty major part to play, but even if they dont go down that route shes still likely to be an important character because of her training and role as the primary medic in Alexandria.
Wever of course has form playing a healthcare professional, having starred as the nurse Zoey Barkow in Nurse Jackie, a role that landed her an Emmy award back in 2013. This time around, though, youd imagine therell be far less comedy involved.
As a medic she forms a pretty stable relationship with Rick, because as the leader of the group its fairly important they can have at least a working relationship, but her strongest link is with Heath, another of the new characters were going to be meeting this year.