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Canadian actress and singer (born )

For the Australian politician, see Jill Hennessy (politician).

Jill Hennessy
Hennessy at the Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Jillian Noel Hennessy () November 25, (age&#;56) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years&#;active	–present
Spouse	Paolo Mastropietro &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	2

Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, ) is a Canadian actress and singer.

She is best known for her roles on the American television series Law & Order, on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and Crossing Jordan, on which she played the lead character, Jordan Cavanaugh, for six seasons.

For the Australian politician, see Jill Hennessy politician. Deutsche Biographie DDB. Paolo Mastropietro. In addition to her on-screen appearances, Hennessy has also shown a knack for behind-the-scenes work.

She has also acted in films such as RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, and the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, the latter of which she also wrote and co-directed.

Early life

Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Her father, John Hennessy, was a meat salesman and sales/marketing executive, a job that required considerable travel and resulted in frequent moves for the family.

Her mother, Maxine, a secretary, left the family in , leaving her daughter to be partially raised by her paternal grandmother, Eleanor, in Kitchener, Ontario.^[1] She has a younger brother, John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Jr., an older sister, Faith and an identical twin sister, Jacqueline, who is a magazine writer and TV show host in Canada.

Hennessy has Irish, French, Swedish and Italian ancestry on her father's side, and mostly Ukrainian Roma, as well as Austrian, ancestry on her mother's.^[2] She attended Stanley Park Senior Public School and graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute, both in Kitchener, Ontario,^[3] and used to busk in the Toronto subway.^[4]

Career

Hennessy and her sister, Jacqueline, made their acting debut playing twin call girls in 's Dead Ringers.

She was short listed for the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson, the actress who was eventually chosen for the role.^[5]

She appeared on Broadway in the musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story in

In , she appeared as Dr. Marie Lazarus in RoboCop 3.

Hennesey's big network breakthrough came in , when Dick Wolf signed Hennessy as assistant district attorneyClaire Kincaid in the NBC crime drama Law & Order.

Early life Hennessy, born in Edmonton, Alberta, comes from a family of eclectic backgrounds. She played Lisa in Chutney Popcorn in She has a younger brother, John Paul "J. Her mother, Maxine, a secretary, left the family in , leaving her daughter to be partially raised by her paternal grandmother, Eleanor, in Kitchener, Ontario.

She played the role for three seasons, leaving the show in

In , she appeared as Lisa in Chutney Popcorn. In , Hennessy wrote, produced, and jointly directed (with Elizabeth Holder) an independent filmmockumentary titled The Acting Class, which looked at the trials and tribulations of a dysfunctional acting class.

The film co-starred her sister, Jacqueline, and included cameo appearances from a number of Hennessy's former Law & Order co-stars. She also appeared in the film Nuremberg, as Elsie Douglas.

In , she portrayed Jackie Kennedy in the film Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot.

Actress jill hennessy biography of william Her mother, a secretary, abandoned the family in , leaving Eleanor, her paternal grandmother, in charge of her daughter in Kitchener, Ontario. She appeared on the Village Stage of the Lilith Fair. She also played Elsie Douglas in the film Nuremberg. Hennessy has Irish , French , Swedish and Italian ancestry on her father's side, and mostly Ukrainian Roma , as well as Austrian , ancestry on her mother's.

That same year she appeared in a small role as Commander Mulcahy in the Steven Seagal action film Exit Wounds. She received praise from critic Owen Gleiberman who said "With the right role, Hennessy might just be a movie star."^[6] In , she made a cameo appearance in the film Abby Singer.

From to , she starred on the TV show Crossing Jordan as title character Jordan Cavanaugh. She also played the wife of Tim Allen's character in the film Wild Hogs. On June 9, , she received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

During sessions in Austin, Texas, Hennessy recorded the album Ghost in My Head,^[7] which was released in June She performed as a guest of the Indigo Girls on a November episode of Mountain Stage,^[8] and was the focus of another episode of the show later the same month.^[9] She performed at Lilith Fair in ^[10]

Hennessy starred in the independent crime thriller Small Town Murder Songs in She also appeared as a veterinarian in the HBO series Luck, and promoted Zaxby's "Zalads" in a pair of television commercials in

In , Hennessy appeared in several episodes of Madam Secretary,^[11][12] and in October of that year, her second album, I Do, was released.^[4]

In , she appeared on the Michael Weatherly series Bull as the mother of the deceased hacker character Cable McCrory.^[13] Also in , she began the role of Senator Huntington on the series Yellowstone.

Personal life

Hennessy is multilingual, and fluently speaks English, Italian, French, Spanish, and German.^[14] She plays the guitar and sings, and enjoys riding motorcycles with her husband, who she married in They had a second marriage ceremony in January , which took place at New York City Hall with Mayor Rudy Giuliani officiating.

Their first son was born in , and a second was born in

In popular culture

The Minneapolis-based band Mollycuddle wrote the song "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy" in honor of the actress.^[15] Hennessy was reportedly very pleased and offered to perform with the band on rhythm guitar.^[16]

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