About Jennifer Carpenter: Jennifer Leann Carpenter 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.
In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.
I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.
I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
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.
Comedy is like math - you can check your answer because you know you've gotten it right if you get a laugh. It just makes sense to me. I feel like because I've had to keep that tool in my box for so long, I'm ready to show it off a bit.
I read Christopher McDougall's book 'Born to Run.' If running were a religion, this would be its bible. I actually scribbled my favorite passages on my arm to read during the race.
