Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy is a Canadian singer and actress. Her appearances on American TV shows such as Law & Order were three-seasons long. Crossing Jordan lasted six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh was her leading character. She has also been an actress in films like RoboCop 3: Most Wanted and the indie films Chutney Popcorn (which she also co-directed) and The Acting Class (which was written by her). Hennessy was raised in Edmonton. John Hennessy, John's father was a marketing and meat sales and marketing executive. The job required significant traveling and the family had to move frequently. Maxine Hernnessy, Maxine's mother and secretary, passed away in 1982. Eleanor her paternal grandmother from Kitchener (Ontario) took part in the raising of her daughter. Her younger brother, John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Jr., and a identical twin sister named Jacqueline, who is a magazine writer and TV show host in Canada. Hennessy has Irish as well as French, Swedish, Italian, and Swedish roots from her father. most of her Ukrainian Roma and Austrian heritage from her mother. She went to Stanley Park Senior Public School and graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute, both located in Kitchener, Ontario, and utilized to be a busker on the Toronto subway. Hennessy's sister and she made their acting debut as twin callgirls on 1988's Dead Ringers. She was short listed to play Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson, the actress who ultimately got the role.She made an appearance in Broadway in the musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story in 1990.In 1993, she appeared as 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. She portrayed the role for three seasons, and then leaving the show as an actress in 1996.