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Carpenter was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She trained at the Walden Theatre Conservatory in Louisville, later the Juilliard School in New York City. Already before graduation she was cast in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. Carpenter currently plays the role of Deborah Morgan in the Showtime television series Dexter which premiered 1 October 2006.

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