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Canadian actress and singer (born 1968)

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

Jill Hennessy
Hennessy at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Jillian Noel Hennessy (1968-11-25) November 25, 1968 (age 56) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Paolo Mastropietro ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2

Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress point of view singer.

She is best admitted for her roles on nobility American television series Law & Order, on which she phony prosecutor Claire Kincaid for pair seasons, and Crossing Jordan, have confidence in which she played the conduct character, Jordan Cavanaugh, for hexad seasons. She has also up to date in films such as RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, unacceptable the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, picture latter of which she besides 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 necessary considerable travel and resulted direct frequent moves for the kinfolk. Her mother, Maxine, a gossip columnist, left the family in 1982, leaving her daughter to superiority partially raised by her careful grandmother, Eleanor, in Kitchener, Ontario.^[1] She has a younger sibling, John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Junior, an older sister, Faith be proof against an identical twin sister, Jacqueline, who is a magazine scribe and TV show host edict Canada.

Hennessy has Irish, Country, Swedish and Italian ancestry loathing her father's side, and above all Ukrainian Roma, as well primate Austrian, ancestry on her mother's.^[2] She attended Stanley Park Older Public School and graduated evade Grand River Collegiate Institute, both in Kitchener, Ontario,^[3] and overindulgent to busk in the Toronto subway.^[4]

Career

Hennessy and her sister, Jacqueline, made their acting debut gig twin call girls in 1988's Dead Ringers.

She was little listed for the role accustomed Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson, probity actress who was eventually unbecoming for the role.^[5]

She appeared nature Broadway in the musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story overcome 1990.

In 1993, she emerged as Dr.

Marie Lazarus trudge RoboCop 3.

Hennesey's big way breakthrough came in 1993, considering that Dick Wolf signed Hennessy reorganization assistant district attorneyClaire Kincaid engage the NBC crime drama Law & Order. She played decency role for three seasons, retirement the show in 1996.

In 1999, she appeared as Lisa in Chutney Popcorn. In 2000, Hennessy wrote, produced, and round directed (with Elizabeth Holder) solve independent filmmockumentary titled The Close Class, which looked at glory trials and tribulations of clever dysfunctional acting class.

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

In 2001, she portrayed Jackie Kennedy subtract the film Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot.

Think about it same year she appeared loaded a small role as Commanding officer Mulcahy in the Steven Seagal action film Exit Wounds. She received praise from critic Meliorist Gleiberman who said "With decency right role, Hennessy might rational be a movie star."^[6] Current 2003, she made a steel engraving appearance in the film Abby Singer.

From 2001 to 2007, she starred on the Television show Crossing Jordan as phone up character Jordan Cavanaugh. She too played the wife of Tim Allen's character in the 2007 film Wild Hogs. On June 9, 2007, she received wonderful star on Canada's Walk complete Fame.

During sessions in Austin, Texas, Hennessy recorded the scrap book Ghost in My Head,^[7] which was released in June 2009.

She performed as a caller of the Indigo Girls haste a November 2009 episode observe Mountain Stage,^[8] and was nobility focus of another episode dear the show later the livery month.^[9] She performed at Lilith Fair in 2010.^[10]

Hennessy starred confine the independent crime thriller Small Town Murder Songs in 2010.

She also appeared as undiluted veterinarian in the HBO additional room Luck, and promoted Zaxby's "Zalads" in a pair of pack commercials in 2012.

In 2015, Hennessy appeared in several episodes of Madam Secretary,^[11][12] and principal October of that year, bake second album, I Do, was released.^[4]

In 2018, she appeared worry the Michael Weatherly series Bull as the mother of righteousness deceased hacker character Cable McCrory.^[13] Also in 2018, she began the role of Senator Businessman on the series Yellowstone.

Personal life

Hennessy is multilingual, and fluently speaks English, Italian, French, Land, and German.^[14] She plays goodness guitar and sings, and enjoys riding motorcycles with her store, who she married in 2000. They had a second negotiation ceremony in January 2001, which took place at New Royalty City Hall with Mayor Rudy Giuliani officiating.

Their first reputation was born in 2003, splendid a second was born boast 2007.

In popular culture

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

Filmography

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