- Born
- Birth nameJennifer Leann Carpenter
- Height1.73 m
- Jennifer was born in Kentucky. Her mother is Catherine Mitchell and her father is Robert Carpenter.
She attended St. Raphael the Archangel and then Sacred Heart Academy. During her last two years of high school, she studied drama at the Walden Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. She then trained at the Juilliard School in New York City. In 2002, before she graduated, she made her Broadway debut in the revival of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
Her breakthrough film role was "Emily Rose" in L'Exorcisme d'Emily Rose (2005). She won a MTV Movie Award for "Best Frightened Performance" and a Hollywood Life Breakthrough Award. She was also named "Breakout Performer" at the 2006 Scream Awards.
In 2006, she cast as Dexter's adoptive sister in Showtime's Dexter (2006). Here, she met her first husband, Michael C. Hall.
In 2011, she starred in the off-Broadway play, "Gruesome Playground Injuries", at Second Stage Theatre and had a guest appearance on the CBS drama, The Good Wife (2009).
In January, 2014, it was announced that Carpenter will star in a new ABC drama Sea of Fire (2014), playing "FBI Agent Leah Pierce". However, the show was not picked into series.
In August, 2014, it was announced that she will provide the voice of "Juli Kidman" in the survival horror video game, The Evil Within (2014), marking her first video game appearance. The game was released in October 2014.- IMDb mini biography by: Kad
- SpousesSeth Avett(May 29, 2016 - present) (1 child)Michael C. Hall(December 31, 2008 - December 2, 2011) (divorced)
- ChildrenIsaac Avett
- ParentsCatherine MitchellRobert Carpenter
- Michael C. Hall and Jennifer married on December 31, 2008. They subsequently divorced in December 2011, but continued to work together on the series Dexter, where they played brother and sister.
- In 2010, she ran the New York City Marathon with Elementary (2012) lead and former Dexter (2006) co-star, Jonny Lee Miller, completing it in 3:34.
- Attended the Juilliard School in New York City.
- Was 8½ months pregnant with her son Isaac while was shooting the pilot of Limitless (2015).
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 35, a son named Isaac Avett in February 2015. Child's father is her fiancé, Seth Avett.
- I love that there's a beginning, middle and end to a film and you can craft what the whole journey is going to look like.
- I hate to say it because I feel like it might be a jinx, but yes - knock on wood - I have never broken a bone.
- I believe in possibility, but I'm not sure I believe in demons.
- I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.
- I usually spend the hiatus of Dexter (2006) in New York in a way to balance things.
- Dexter (2007) - $75,000 per episode
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