# List of awards and nominations received by Jennifer Carpenter

Jennifer Carpenter is an American actress who has received 28 award nominations for roles across American film and television, winning 4 of them. She is most acclaimed for her performance as the character Debra Morgan in Dexter (2006–2013), a crime drama television series about the eponymous protagonist who leads a double life as a forensic technician and vigilante serial killer. For Dexter, she received numerous accolades in Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, winning a Saturn Award and a Scream Award, and earning nominations for a Critics' Choice Television Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Carpenter began acting with cameos in a number of films. Her first nominations were for The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), an American supernatural horror film which is loosely based on the story of Anneliese Michel. Her breakout performance as the film's title character won her a MTV Movie & TV Award and a Scream Award. She received further attention for Quarantine (2008), an American found footage horror film that is a remake of the 2007 Spanish film Rec.
Carpenter's continued television roles include Rebecca Harris in Limitless (2015–2016), an American comedy drama series continuing the 2011 film of the same name, and Erica Shephard in The Enemy Within (2019), an American drama series. She also voiced Sonya Blade in two direct-to-video Mortal Kombat films: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) and Battle of the Realms (2021). She reprises the character of Debra Morgan in Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022), a miniseries set ten years after the events of Dexter's finale.

## Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Jennifer Carpenter :
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2013 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | 2006 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Fright Meter Awards | 2008 | Quarantine | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2010 | Dexter | Drama Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2013 | Dexter | Drama Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Nymph Awards | 2010 | Dexter | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| IGN Awards | 2009 | Dexter | Best Performance | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2006 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2006 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Best Scared-As-Shit Performance | Won |
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | 2013 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| Prism Awards | 2014 | Dexter | Female Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2006 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2007 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2008 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2009 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2011 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2012 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Dexter | Best Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2009 | Dexter | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2010 | Dexter | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2011 | Dexter | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2012 | Dexter | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | 2006 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Breakout Performance | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2009 | Quarantine | Best Horror Actress | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | 2009 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2010 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |