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Jennifer Carpenter

Facts of Jennifer Carpenter

Date of Birth: 1979 , December-7
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 5 Feet 9 Inch

Quick Timeline of Jennifer Carpenter

1979 Born in Louisville, Kentucky
1998 Joined Drama school
2001 Began her acting career
2006 Began playing in Dexter
2009 Won Academy of Science Fiction
2006 Won MTV Movie Awards
2006 Won Scream Awards
2009 Nominated in Screen Actors Guild Awards
2012 Won IGN Summer Movie Awards
2007 Began dating Michael C Hall
2008 Married to Michael C Hall
2011 Divorced with her first husband
2015 Engaged with Seth Avett
2015 Gave birth to her first child

Detail Timeline of Jennifer Carpenter

December 7 , 1979

Born in Louisville, Kentucky

Jennifer Carpenter was from a middle class family born as Jennifer Leann Carpenter to parents from United States named Catherine Mitchell Carpenter and Robert Carpenter. She is a tall actress with five feet nine inch tall and she is of average weight.

1998

Joined Drama school

She received her formal education from St. Raphael the Archangel and she also attended several high schools. She later joined drama school and bean taking some acting lessons. She completed her education there in 2002 and then she began her acting career.

2001

Began her acting career

Jennifer Carpenter was fond of acting from her early days. She also acted when she was in her high school days. It was 2001 when she first portrayed her acting role. Before that she has also appeared in the low budget movie named Nice Guys Sleep Alone. Her first movie role was in People Are Dead.

2006

Began playing in Dexter

After appearing in several movies she had established herself as a popular actress. So, in 2006, she got her chance to appear in the massive hit television series Dexter. She played her role in each season of this television series.

2009

Won Academy of Science Fiction

She has been nominated in Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror, USA for nine times in her life. She first got her nomination in this award in 2006. Since then she is being nominated in this award in a regular basis and she won this award for the first time in 2009.

2006

Won MTV Movie Awards

She has been nominated in MTV Movie Awards twice in her life both times in 2006. That year she was nominated in this award for Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Frightened Performance. She was honored with this award from her later nomination.

2006

Won Scream Awards

She has been honored with Scream Awards twice in her life but she got nominated in this award for four times. She first got nominated in this award in 2006 and that was for Breakout Performance, she won this award that time. She also won this award in 2009.

2009

Nominated in Screen Actors Guild Awards

She has been nominated in lots of prestigious award in her life and one of them is Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has actually been nominated in this award for four times and 2009 when she was first nominated in this award. She also got nominated in this award the following year.

2012

Won IGN Summer Movie Awards

She is also lucky to be the winner of IGN Summer Movie Awards, as she won this award from her only nomination. She got nominated in this award in 2012 for best actress from the television series. She was actually nominated for her role in the Dexter.

2007

Began dating Michael C Hall

Jennifer Carpenter was married women but not these days as she is already divorced with her first spouse. When she portrayed her role in the series Dexter, she was often linked with Michael C. Hall. She actually started dating him from the start of 2007.

December 31 , 2008

Married to Michael C Hall

After dating her co-star Michael C. Hall for a year, she finally decided to marry him in 2008. They got married at the last day of 2008. They remained together for more than three years and played television series Dexter together. They didn’t have any children together.

December 2 , 2011

Divorced with her first husband

After being married for about two years news came out that they are about to get divorced. The actual reason for their feud was differenced in their career level. They finally got separated after a year in 2011 when their divorce was finalizes in 2nd of December.

February 10 , 2015

Engaged with Seth Avett

She actually began her love affairs with  Seth Avett back in 2013. He is a musician and has released many albums till now. They had romantic love life for more than one and half year and decided to get married at the start of 2015.

2015

Gave birth to her first child

For the first time in her life she became the mother of her own child in real life. She reveled that she was pregnant with her first child at the start of 2015. She gave birth to her first child in May 2015. The name of her child is unknown and it was the result of her relation with Seth Avett.

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Jennifer Carpenter's full name Jennifer Leann Carpenter is a renowned actress from the United States. She is popular in the world for portraying her role in the massive fit television series Dexter.

Childhood & Education

Jennifer Carpenter was from a middle-class family born as Jennifer Leann Carpenter to parents from the United States named Catherine Mitchell Carpenter and Robert Carpenter. She is a tall actress with five feet nine inches tall and she is of average weight.

Her body physique is so alluring that it attracted many actors towards her. She received her formal education from St. Raphael the Archangel and she also attended several high schools.

Jennifer Carpenter Marriage & Divorce With Michael C. Hall

Jennifer Carpenter was a married woman but not these days as she is already divorced from her first spouse. When she portrayed her role in the series Dexter, she was often linked with Michael C. Hall.

She actually dated him for a year and finally got married in 2008. They remained together for three years and finally separated in 2011. The actual reason for her divorce is unknown.

Who is her Current Husband?  

Following her divorce from her first husband, she got married to Seth Avett, the lead singer of The Avett Brothers. He was previously married to Susan Avett. They dated for a couple of years before getting married in May 2016. 

The two reportedly started dating in 2013.

Do They have Child Together?

The husband and wife do have a child together from their relationship. They first announced Jennifer's pregnancy on February 10, 2015. And later in August 2015, they revealed that their son Isaac was born in May of the same year.

Her Movies And TV Works: Career in Detail

Jennifer Carpenter was fond of acting from her early days. She also acted when she was in her high school days. She used to take part in several drama competitions and was developing herself as an actress. It was 2001 when she first portrayed her acting role.

Before that, she has also appeared in the low-budget movie named Nice Guys Sleep Alone. Her first movie role was in People Are Dead. And then she acted in White Chicks whose earning was the net worth of $113,086,475. She became renowned through Dexter, where, her salary was $75,000 for each episode. 

How Much is her Net Worth?

As of 2019, the actress has a net worth of around $8 million. Most of her income can be credited to her work in movies and TV shows.

For her appearance in Dexter, the actress reportedly charged around $100 thousand per episode.