Jennifer Leann Carpenter (born December 7, 1979) is an American actress best known for playing Debra Morgan on the Showtime drama series Dexter (2006–2013), for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2009.

Biography

In 2007, she began dating her Dexter co-star Michael C. Hall. They eloped on New Year's Eve, 2008 in California, and publicly appeared together for the first time as a married couple at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in January 2009. In December 2010, Hall and Carpenter released a statement announcing that they had filed for divorce after having been separated "for some time". The divorce was finalized in December 2011 for irreconcilable differences; however, the two remain very close friends.

Carpenter started dating folk musician Seth Avett in 2013, after he separated from his wife. On February 10, 2015, it was announced that the couple was engaged and expecting their first child. In August 2015, it was revealed that Carpenter gave birth in May 2015, and she admitted that she was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when shooting the pilot episode of Limitless.

In 2010, she ran the New York City Marathon with Elementary , completing it in 3:34:28.

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