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Edmonton's sultry Jill Hennessy fights crime
Compiled by Arts Research Staff
Whereas Jillian Hennessy was previously best known for
portraying assistant district attorney of New York
County, Claire Kincaid on the television series
Law & Order, she is now garnering attention as
Jordan Cavannagh, the starring role in a one-hour
drama, in Crossing Jordan. She plays a Boston
Medical Examiner with a checkered past, imperfect
family life, and a tendency to go beyond her duties in
solving mysterious deaths.
Jill Hennessy was the second of two twins born on
November 25, 1969 in Edmonton, Alberta. Her twin
sister Jacqueline was born three minutes before her
sister. At around age twelve Jillian first expressed
her interest in acting. At fifteen, she began modeling
in Toronto. Her grandmother took on the role of driver
to take her all over town. Her first role on the big
screen was the 1988 film Dead Ringers where
her twin sister also had a role. There have been times
on Law & Order when sister Jacqueline stepped
in to cover Jillian when Jillian was needed in two
places at once, but Jacqueline has opted not to pursue
acting as a career.
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Jillian's talents are wide ranging. She speaks
Italian, French and Spanish. She's known to play the
guitar and someday hopes to use this talent to release
a CD with her sister. In 2000 the comedic film titled
The Acting Class which Jillian wrote,
directed, produced and starred in was released and
compared favourably to the likes of Waiting for
Guffman and Spinal Tap. Highlights of her
television and film acting credits include: television
miniseries Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of
Camelot as Jacqueline Kennedy, the film Autumn in
New York as Lynn with Richard Gere, television
miniseries Nuremberg as Elsie Douglas, and
the 1996 film I Shot Andy Warholas Laura.
Jillian won a Golden Satellite Award from the
International Press Academy for her work on Nuremberg.
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