Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy was born on November 25 on the 25th of November, 1968. She is a Canadian actor, singer and musician. Her roles on American television shows like Law & Order were three-seasons long. Crossing Jordan lasted six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh was her main character. She also appeared in films like RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted and also in the indie film Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, the latter of which she also co-wrote and directed. Hennessy was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy was her father. He was a meat vendor and a sales/marketing executive. The job involved a lot of travel and caused frequent family changes. Maxine Hernnessy, Maxine's mother and secretary, passed away in 1982. Eleanor her paternal grandmother who lived in Kitchener (Ontario) was involved in the raising of her daughter. Her younger brother, John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Jr., and a identical twin sister, Jacqueline, who is a journalist for magazines and a television show host in Canada. Hennessy is a mixture of Irish, French French, Swedish and Italian origins on her father's side, and most Ukrainian Roma on the mother's. She attended Stanley Park Senior Public School. Grand River Collegiate Institute was where she graduated. She was a busker in Toronto's subway. Hennessy as well as her sister were among the first to act as twin call girls in 1988's Dead Ringers. Gillian Anderson, Gillian Anderson's sister, stated that she was shortlisted for The X-Files for Dana Scully's part. Hennessy also played the part of Dr. Marie Lazarus on RoboCop 3. In 1993 Dick Wolf signed Hennessy to the role as Claire Kincaid assistant district attorney in the show Law & Order. The role lasted for three seasons, before she was fired in the year 1996.