Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy was born on November 25 on the 25th of November, 1968. She is a Canadian actress, singer and musician. She is most famous for her roles as Claire Kincaid, a US prosecutor, in the television show Law & Order for three seasons. Crossing Jordan was six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh, the main character in Crossing Jordan, lasted six seasons. She also appeared in films such as RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, and the indie films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class which is the latter of which she also wrote and co-directed. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy her father was a marketing executive and salesman. He was a frequent traveler that led to numerous family moves. Maxine Hernnessy, Maxine's mom and secretary, died in the year 1982. Eleanor her paternal grandmother in Kitchener (Ontario) was involved in the raising of her daughter. Her younger brother named John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Jr., and an identical twin sister named Jacqueline She is a journalist for magazines and a television show host in Canada. Hennessy's ancestral ancestry includes Irish, French, Swedish and Italian heritage from her father's side and predominantly Ukrainian Roma on her mother's. She went to Stanley Park Senior Public School and graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute, both in Kitchener, Ontario, and used to busk in the Toronto subway. Hennessy as well as her sister were the first to act as twin call girls on 1988's Dead Ringers. Gillian Anderson, Gillian Anderson's actress, says she was shortlisted for Dana Scully, The X-Files role. She also appeared on the 1988 film Dead Ringers as twin call girls. Dick Wolf signed Hennessy in 1993 to play Claire Kincaid, an assistant district attorney, in the NBC crime drama Law & Order. The role was held for three seasons before she left the show in 1996.