Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy, born on November 25, 1968, is a Canadian actress from Canada. She is most famous for her performances in the American television shows Law & Order (where she was Claire Kincaid, a prosecutor) and Crossing Jordan (where she played Jordan Cavanaugh for six seasons). She was also acting in movies like RoboCop 3 or Most Wanted and independent films Chutney Popcorn, which she co-directed. Hennessy was raised in Edmonton. John Hennessy was her father. He was a meat vendor and an executive in sales and marketing. This position required lots of travel, which led to frequent family moves. Maxine her secretary mother had to leave the family in 1982. Eleanor, Eleanor's paternal grandmother, took care of her daughter, who lived in Kitchener. She has a younger brother, John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Jr., and an identical twin sister, Jacqueline She is a journalist for magazines and a television show host in Canada. Hennessy is of Irish as well as French, Swedish, Italian, and Swedish roots from her father. predominantly Ukrainian Roma and Austrian heritage from her mother. She attended Grand River Collegiate Institute and Stanley Park Senior Public School. Hennessy as well as her sister were among the first to appear as twin call girl in 1988's Dead Ringers. Gillian Anderson, Gillian Anderson's actress, has revealed that she was nominated 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 quit the show in 1996.