Carol Kenney

Dr.  is the mother of Jenny Kenney and one of the main characters on the CBS series Carol's Second Act. She is portrayed by Patricia Heaton.

Biography
After raising her two children, retiring from teaching, and seeing her marriage of twenty-two years end in divorce, Carol decides to embark on a unique second act: pursuing her long-held dream of becoming a doctor.

On her first day as an intern, she finds herself prepped with an abundance of life experience, people skills, talent and enthusiasm, advantages the chief resident and other newly minted interns don't possess - or seem to immediately appreciate.

Carol's first-year partners on rounds include Dr. Lexie Gilani, who's very nervous due to the pressure on her to succeed as the first in her family to go to college, and Dr. Daniel Kutcher, a 2018 grad of Harvard Medical School who's already published in the New England Journal of Medicine... twice.

Carol will need to win over their Chief Resident, Dr. Maya Jacobs, an all-business disciplinarian who doesn't particularly care for Carol's chatty, outgoing nature.

Fortunately, Carol has a couple of friendly faces at the hospital, including Dr. Frost, the accomplished Senior Attending Physician who finds her charming, and her bubbly daughter, Jenny, a successful pharma sales rep who catches the eye of Carol's fellow doctors.

At age 50, Carol is a medical intern who must sink or swim with peers who are half her age, and it's her enthusiasm, perspective, and yes, even her age, that may be exactly what will make her second act a great success.

Trivia

 * Carol's portrayer (Patricia Heaton) is actually 62 while her character is in her 50s.
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