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Jill Hennessy

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  • Birth Name: Jillian Hennessy
  • Birth Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/25/1968, Sagittarius
  • Profession: Actor
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Although she came to prominence as a no-nonsense assistant district attorney on the long-running crime series Law & Order, this fun-loving, guitar-playing beauty is the antithesis of that serious character. Hennessy appeared in a handful of big- and small-screen roles in her native Canada before moving to New York to pursue acting in the early '90s. In 1993 she made her name on L&O but left after three years to pursue more lively roles. For the rest of the decade, she played supporting parts in a number of independent films before wisely returning to series television in 2001 as a mouthy medical examiner on Crossing Jordan.Jill Hennessy Fast Facts:
  • Speaks Italian, French, Spanish and German.
  • Song "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy" by Mollycuddle was written about her.
  • Used to play guitar and sing in the New York subway for money.
  • In 1988's Dead Ringers, her first movie role, Hennessy and her twin sister, Jacqueline Hennessy, played twin prostitutes.
  • Made her Broadway debut in the Buddy Holly musical Buddy in 1990.
  • Opened Hennessy's Tavern in Northvale, NJ, in 1999.
  • Performed Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and Tom Waits' "You're Innocent When You Dream" on the 2003 Crossing Jordan soundtrack.
  • Released debut album, Ghost in My Head, in 2009.
  • Jill Hennessy Relationships:
  • Eleanor Hennessy - Grandmother
  • Gianni Mastropietro - Son
  • Jacqueline Hennessy - Sister
  • John Hennessy - Father
  • John Paul Hennessy - Brother
  • Marco Mastropietro - Son
  • Maxine Hennessy - Mother
  • Paolo Mastropietro - Husband
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