Hunan Broadcasting System
Carpenter booked her first acting role in 2011, a guest role on the NBC drama series "". She played a young rape victim interviewed by Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni). Around the same time, she performed live on the Chinese television station Hunan Broadcasting System for the Gold Mango Audience festival. She performed Etta James' "Something's Got a Hold on Me", in the style of Christina Aguilera from the movie "Burlesque".