Jennifer Carpenter

Jennifer Carpenter

actress, producer

Jennifer Carpenter was born on Dec 07, 1979 in USA. Jennifer Carpenter's big-screen debut came with Ash Tuesday directed by Jim Hershleder in 2003. Jennifer Carpenter is known for Dexter: New Blood directed by Marcos Siega, Michael C. Hall stars as Dexter 'Jim Lindsay' Morgan and Jack Alcott as Harrison Morgan. Jennifer Carpenter has got 5 awards and 23 nominations so far. The most recent award Jennifer Carpenter achieved is IGN Summer Movie Awards. The upcoming new movie Jennifer Carpenter plays is The Factory which will be released on Jan 23, 2023.

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.

  • Birthday

    Dec 07, 1979
  • Place of Birth

    Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • Also known

    Jennifer Leann Carpenter, Τζένιφερ Κάρπεντερ, Дженнифер Карпентер

Known For

Awards

5 wins & 23 nominations

IGN Summer Movie Awards
2012
Best TV Actress
Winner - IGN Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2009
Best Supporting Actress on Television
Winner - Saturn Award
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