Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy was born on November 25 on the 25th of November, 1968. She is a Canadian actor, singer and musician. She is most famous for her roles as Claire Kincaid, a US prosecutor, in the television show Law & Order for three seasons. Crossing Jordan was six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh, the lead character on Crossing Jordan, lasted six seasons. She also appeared in films such as RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, and the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, the latter of which she also co-wrote and directed. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy, her father, was a meat-salesman and an executive in sales and marketing. His job required extensive travel, which led to numerous moves for the entire family. Her mother, Maxine, a secretary, left the family in 1982, leaving her daughter to be partially taken care of by her paternal grandmother, Eleanor and her family in Kitchener, Ontario. John Paul Hennessy Jr., her younger brother, is Jacqueline Hennessy who is an identical twin who is a magazine journalist and a TV host in Canada. Hennessy is from Irish, French and Swedish origin, and has Ukrainian Roma and Austrian ancestry. After finishing her studies at Grand River Collegiate Institute (both located in Kitchener), she was a student at Stanley Park Senior Public School. She also busked in the Toronto subway. Hennessy was the sister of her brother. They made their acting debut in 1988 as twin call-girls in the TV show Dead Ringers. According to Gillian Anderson (the actress who played the part) She was selected for Dana Scully's role on The X-Files. In 1993, Hennessy was signed by Dick Wolf as Claire Kincaid as the assistant district attorney on the NBC crime drama Law & Order. The role lasted for three seasons, before ending the show as an actress in 1996.