Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25 on the 25th of November, 1968) is a Canadian actress and singer. Her most well-known work is her role as Claire Kincaid, a US prosecutor, on Law & Order for three seasons. Crossing Jordan was six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh, the main character in Crossing Jordan, lasted six seasons. She also appeared as acting in movies like RoboCop 3 or Most Wanted and independent films like Chutney Popcorn, which she co-directed. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Her father, John Hennessy, was an animal salesman and a executive in sales and marketing, a position that required extensive travel and led to frequent relocations for the family. Maxine the secretary mother of Maxine was the last to leave the family in 1982. Eleanor, Eleanor's paternal grandmother, cared for her daughter in Kitchener. John Paul Hennessy Jr. is her younger brother. is Jacqueline Hennessy the identical twin, who works as a journalist for a magazine and TV host in Canada. Hennessy is of Irish and French, Swedish, Italian, and Swedish roots from her father, and most of her Ukrainian Roma and Austrian heritage from her mother. She attended Stanley Park Senior Public School. Grand River Collegiate Institute was where she graduated. She would busk in the subway system of Toronto. Hennessy was the sister of her brother who made their acting debut in 1988 as twin call-girls in the TV show Dead Ringers. According to Gillian Anderson (the actress who got the role) She was selected for Dana Scully's role on The X-Files. In 1993, Hennessy was signed by Dick Wolf as Claire Kincaid, assistant district attorney in the NBC crime drama Law & Order. The role ran for three seasons. The show ended after 1996.