Jill Hennessy Biography
Jill Hennessy is a singer and actress from Canada best known for her roles in the American television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Crossing Jordan, and Most Wanted, as well as the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, which she also wrote and co-directed.
How old is Jill Hennessy? – Age
Jill is 54 years old as of 25 November 2022. She was born Jillian Noel Hennessy in 1968 in Edmonton, Canada.
Does Jill Hennessy have a twin? – Parents
Hennessy was born to John Hennessy, who worked as a meat salesman and sales/marketing executive, a job that required a lot of travel and forced the family to relocate frequently. Her mother, a secretary, abandoned the family in 1982, leaving her daughter with her paternal grandmother, Eleanor, in Kitchener, Ontario. She has an identical twin sister, Jacqueline, who is a magazine writer and TV show host in Canada, and a younger brother, John Paul “J.P.” Hennessy, Jr. On her father’s side, Hennessy has Irish, French, Swedish, and Italian ancestry, and on her mother’s side, she has mostly Ukrainian Roma and Austrian ancestry.
Who Is Jill Hennessy married to? – Husband
Hennessy has been married to Paolo Mastropietro since 2000. In January 2001, they married for the second time, this time at New York City Hall, with Mayor Rudy Giuliani officiating. Marco was born in 2003, and Gianni, their second son, was born in 2007.
What happened to Jill Hennessy on law and order? – Law & Order
Hennessy was cast as Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid in the fourth season episode “Sweeps”, and made her last appearance in the sixth season episode “Aftershock”. of the American police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order. She also appeared in the Homicide: Life on the Street crossover episode “For God and Country”.
Jill Hennessy Career
In the 1988 film Dead Ringers, Hennessy and her sister played twin call girls. According to Gillian Anderson, the actress who eventually got the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files, she was considered for the role of Dana Scully. In 1990, she appeared on Broadway in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. She played Dr. Marie Lazarus in RoboCop 3 in 1993. Hennessy’s big network break came in 1993, when Dick Wolf cast her as assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid on NBC’s hit crime drama Law & Order. She was on the show for three seasons before leaving in 1996. She played Lisa in Chutney Popcorn in 1999. Hennessy wrote, produced, and co-directed (with Elizabeth Holder).
In the film Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot, she played Jackie Kennedy. That same year, she played Commander Annette Mulcahy in Steven Seagal’s action film Exit Wounds, playing a car crash victim similar to the one in Law & Order. Owen Gleiberman, a critic, praised her, saying, “With the right role, Hennessy might just be a movie star.” She made a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Abby Singer. From 2001 to 2007, she played Jordan Cavanaugh on the television show Crossing Jordan. In the 2007 film Wild Hogs, she played the wife of Tim Allen’s character. She was honored with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame on June 9, 2007.
Hennessy recorded the album Ghost in My Head in Austin, Texas, and it was released in June 2009. She appeared as a guest of the Indigo Girls on a Mountain Stage show in November 2009 and was the focus of her own show later that month. She appeared on the Village Stage at Lilith Fair 2010 in 2010. In 2010, Hennessy starred in the independent crime thriller Small Town Murder Songs. She also played a veterinarian in the HBO series Luck and appeared in two television commercials for Zaxby’s “Zalads” in 2012.
What is Jill Hennessy’s Net Worth?
Hennessy has an estimated net worth of $12 million.
Jill Hennessy Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
♦ 2019 – Crypto
♦ 2019 – Standing Up, Falling Down
♦ 2017 – Don’t Sleep
♦ 2013 – If I Had Wings
♦ 2012 – Dawn Rider
♦ 2011 – Roadie
♦ 2010 – Small Town Murder Songs
♦ 2008 – Lymelife
♦ 2007 – Wild Hogs
♦ 2007 – Game of Life
♦ 2002 – Pipe Dream
♦ 2001 – Exit Wounds
♦ 2000 – The Acting Class
♦ 2000 – Autumn in New York
TV Shows:
♦ 2019 – City on a Hill
♦ 2018 – Crawford
♦ 2018 – Yellowstone
♦ 2018 – Bull
♦ 2017 – Shots Fired
♦ 2017 – The Blacklist
♦ 2015 – Madam Secretary
♦ 2014 – The Good Wife
♦ 2013 – Jo
♦ 2012 – Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
♦ 2004–06 – Las Vegas