Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy is a Canadian actor and singer from Canada. She is most known for her roles in the American television series Law & Order, on where she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons as well as Crossing Jordan, on which she played the lead character, Jordan Cavanaugh, for six seasons. She has also acted on films such as RoboCop 3 (most wanted) and Crossing Jordan (which she directed and wrote). Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy, her father was a meat-salesman, as well as an executive in marketing and sales. His job involved a lot of travel, which resulted in numerous changes for the entire family. Maxine her secretary mother, left the family in 1982. Eleanor, Eleanor's paternal grandmother, cared for her daughter, who lived in Kitchener. Her younger brother named John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Jr., and a identical twin sister, Jacqueline She is an editor for magazines and a TV host in Canada. Hennessy's ancestry includes Irish, French, Swedish, and Italian heritage from her father's side and mostly Ukrainian Roma on her mother's. After graduating from Grand River Collegiate Institute (both in Kitchener) She then attended Stanley Park Senior Public School. She also worked on the Toronto subway. She and her sister made their acting debuts as twin callgirls in 1988's Dead Ringers. She was short listed to play Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson, the actress who was eventually offered the role.She was on Broadway in the musical Buddy The Buddy Holly Story in 1990. The Buddy Holly Story in 1990.In 1993, she appeared as Dr. Marie Lazarus in RoboCop 3.In 1993, Dick Wolf signed Hennessy as the assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid in the NBC crime drama Law & Order. The role lasted three seasons. She left the show in 1996.