Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy was born on November 25 on the 25th of November, 1968. She is a Canadian singer, actress and musician. 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 has also appeared on films like RoboCop 3 (most wanted) and Crossing Jordan (which she directed and wrote). Hennessy was raised in Edmonton. John Hennessy, John's father, was a marketing and meat sales/marketing executive. The position required significant travel , which meant the family was required to relocate frequently. Maxine Her mother was secretary. Her daughter was abandoned by Eleanor, her paternal grandmother from Kitchener, Ontario. Her younger brother, John Paul "J.P." Hennessy, Jr., and a identical twin sister named Jacqueline, who is a journalist for magazines and a television host in Canada. Hennessy has Irish and French, Swedish, Italian and Swedish roots from her father. most of her Ukrainian Roma and Austrian heritage from her mother. She was a graduate of Grand River Collegiate Institute and Stanley Park Senior Public School. Hennessy as well as her sister were among the first to act as twin call girls in 1988's Dead Ringers. Gillian Anderson, Gillian Anderson's sister, stated that she was chosen for The X-Files for Dana Scully's part. Hennessy also played the role of Dr. Marie Lazarus on RoboCop 3. In 1993, Dick Wolf signed Hennessy to the role as Claire Kincaid assistant district attorney in the show Law & Order. She played the role for three seasons, leaving the show in 1996.