Debra Morgan
| Debra Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Dexter character | |
| First appearance |
Novels: Darkly Dreaming Dexter Television: "Dexter" (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance |
Television: "Remember the Monsters?" (episode 8.12) |
| Created by | Jeff Lindsay |
| Portrayed by |
Jennifer Carpenter Haley King (teenager) Laura Marano (young Debra, season 1) Savannah Paige Rae (young Debra, season 7) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation |
Police lieutenant (Miami Metro Homicide Division) |
| Family |
Harry Morgan (father, deceased) Doris Morgan (mother, deceased) Dexter Morgan (adoptive brother) |
| Significant other(s) | Sean "Rudy Cooper" (Brian Moser) Gabriel Bosque Frank Lundy Anton Briggs Joey Quinn Sal Price Andrew Briggs |
| Children |
Novels: Nicholas Morgan (son, with Kyle Chutsky) |
Debra Morgan (spelled Deborah in the novels) is a fictional character created by Jeff Lindsay for his Dexter book series. She also appears in the television series, based on Lindsay's books, portrayed by Jennifer Carpenter. In Lindsay's novels, she first appeared in Darkly Dreaming Dexter, and has been featured in every novel since.
Debra was born to Doris (Kathrin Lautner Middleton) and Harry Morgan (James Remar) on December 7, 1979. She later became foster sister to Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall). A tough, foul-mouthed tomboy, she craved her father's attention and envied Dexter for the amount of time Harry spent with him, unaware that Harry was training him to be a vigilante serial killer.
At the age of 12, her mother died of cancer. From then on, she decided to become a detective, like her father. Debra learned to shoot taking her father's gun. Dexter found out and told Harry, who punished her. Hurt, Debra told Dexter that she wished that Harry had never brought him home. She was immediately remorseful for saying it, however, and apologized.
She was distraught at her father's death and, inspired by his career, joined the Miami-Metro Police Department. She spent three years in patrol and then another two years in vice before being promoted by Captain Tom Matthews (Geoff Pierson) (a friend of her father), becoming a Homicide officer at the start of the first season.
Debra is characterized as smart and capable, yet unsure of herself, and so she relies upon Dexter's seemingly limitless expertise on murderers to solve difficult cases. Initially assigned to Vice, she is desperate to be transferred to Homicide. After Matthews promotes her, she starts to grow self-confident, relying less on Dexter's abilities and more on her own.
Newly promoted to the homicide department, Debra's first case is a series of murders committed by "The Ice Truck Killer", who preys on prostitutes and leaves their dismembered bodies in refrigerated trucks. She works hard on the case, but her progress is hampered by her own insecurity and her antagonistic relationship with Lieutenant Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Vélez).
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