Jennifer Carpenter is an actress greatest recognized for her standout position as Debra Morgan on the critically acclaimed TV sequence Dexter. Along with her highly effective performances and talent to convey depth to her characters, Carpenter has garnered a loyal fan base and established herself as one in every of Hollywood’s most versatile actresses. Now, she has joined the favored Yellowstone spinoff 1923 for Season 2, which additionally stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren.
Discover out extra about Carpenter beneath, together with her position in 1923.
She’s from Kentucky
Carpenter was born on December 7, 1979, in Louisville, Kentucky, and has usually expressed appreciation for the creative alternatives she had whereas rising up there.
In a 2011 interview with the Louisville Courier-Journal, she shared, “Louisville will all the time be my residence. It’s the place my household is, and it’s the place my coronary heart is.”
She graduated from Juilliard
Carpenter attended New York Metropolis’s Juilliard Faculty (Drama Division) from 1998 to 2002. Earlier than graduating, she was solid within the 2002 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
She’s been married twice
Carpenter is at the moment married to Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers. The 2 tied the knot in 2016 however welcomed their son in 2015.
She was beforehand married to Dexter co-star Michael C. Corridor. The 2 started relationship in 2007 and eloped on New 12 months’s Eve 2008 in California. They publicly appeared as a married couple for the primary time on the 66th Golden Globe Awards in January 2009. In December 2010, Corridor and Carpenter introduced they’d filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable variations. Their divorce was finalized in 2011.
She has loads of appearing credit
Carpenter memorably starred as police detective Debra Morgan on Dexter and its revival sequence Dexter: New Blood, enjoying the sister to Corridor’s iconic serial killer character. Reflecting on her time within the position, Carpenter admitted to experiencing “TV PTSD” after Dexter. In 2015, as she transitioned to the CBS sequence Limitless, she shared, “Whereas (Debra) was layered, she was heavy, very, very heavy. There weren’t lots of scenes the place Debra was caught smiling or laughing.”
She continued, “So once I completed that present and put these weights down, I felt like there was lots to be completed. I didn’t get to discover as a lot as I, the actress, wished to, despite the fact that I discovered unimaginable classes on that present, and discovered what the time period ‘cry on cue’ means.”
Whereas she is greatest recognized for Dexter, Carpenter has additionally loved a profitable profession outdoors of the serial killer drama. She appeared in notable movies reminiscent of White Chicks, the place she performed Lisa, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, portraying the titular Emily, and Quarantine, the place she performed Angela.
She now performs Deputy Mamie Fossett on 1923
Within the Season 2 trailer, Deputy Mamie Fossett was first seen encountering Spencer Dutton, a personality portrayed by Brandon Sklenar.
Carpenter’s character was launched in Season 2, episode 2, the place Fossett briefly meets with Marshal Kent (Jamie McShane) and Father Renaud (Sebastian Roché) to debate their seek for Teonna Rainwater (Aminah Nieves).
