Jennifer Carpenter Bio

American actress Jennifer Leann Carpenter was conceived on December 7, 1979. Her credits include Debra Morgan in the Showtime series, for which she was awarded an Saturn Award in 2009. She also played Rebecca Harris, whose role was featured on the CBS television show Limitless. She began her role in the role of Erica Shepherd in The Enemy Within which is an NBC drama. Carpenter's performance in The Exorcism of Emily Rose was her first major hit. She won the 2006 MTV Movie Award for Best Frightened Performance. She was also awarded the Hollywood Life Breakthrough Award. She was also called "Breakout Performer" at the 2006 Scream Awards. In 2007, she began dating her Dexter co-star Michael C. Hall. They got married in California on New Year's Day 2008. In December 2010, Hall and Carpenter released an announcement that they had filed for divorce after having been separated "for some time".The divorce was finalized in December 2011 for irreconcilable differences; However, they remain very close friends. Carpenter and Seth Avett, musician, were announced as married and expecting their first baby on February 10, 2015. Carpenter revealed in August of 2015 that she'd given birth to a son in May and was eight and a half months pregnant while filming the pilot episode of Limitless. Carpenter and Avett were married in May 2016.