Jillian Noel Hennessy
Jillian Noel Hennessy, born November 25 1968, is a Canadian actress from Canada. Her appearances on American television shows Law & Order were three-seasons long. Crossing Jordan lasted six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh was her lead character. She also appeared in movies like RoboCop 3 & Most Wanted as well as independent films Chutney Popcorn & The Acting Class. The film was directed and written by her. Hennessy was raised in Edmonton. John Hennessy her father was a salesman and marketing executive. This required frequent travel which led to many family moves. Maxine, her mother, was secretary. Her daughter was left behind by Eleanor, her paternal grandmother from Kitchener, Ontario. John Paul Hennessy Jr. is her younger brother. Jacqueline Hennessy is her identical twin sister. Jacqueline is an editor for a magazine in Canada. Hennessy has Irish, French, Swedish and Italian ancestry from her father's side, and mainly Ukrainian Roma, as well as Austrian as well as Austrian ancestry on her mother's side. She was a student at Stanley Park Senior Public School. Grand River Collegiate Institute was her graduation. She would busk in Toronto's subway. Hennessy as well as her sister were the first to appear as twin call girls on 1988's Dead Ringers. She was not selected to play Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson, the actress who eventually got the role.She was in Broadway in the musical Buddy The Buddy Holly Story in 1990. The Buddy Holly Story in 1990.In 1993, she appeared in the role of Dr. Marie Lazarus in RoboCop 3.In 1993, Dick Wolf signed Hennessy as an assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid in the NBC crime drama Law & Order. The role was played by her for three seasons before resigning the show in the year 1996.
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