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Name: Jennifer Carpenter
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Date of Birth:
December 07, 1979
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Place of Birth:
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Mini-bio:
Jennifer Leann Carpenter (born 7 December 1979) is an American film actress.
Carpenter was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She trained at the Walden Theatre Conservatory in Louisville, later ...( read more)the Juilliard School in New York City. Already before graduation she was cast in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. Carpenter currently plays the role of Debra Morgan in the Showtime television series Dexter which premiered 1 October 2006.
Carpenter made quite an impression with her chilling performance in The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Critics raved, and she took home the 2006 MTV Movie Award for 'Best Frightened Performance.' She also received a Hollywood Life Breakthrough Award.
She is currently in a relationship with her Dexter co-star Michael C. Hall.