Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta in November 25 of 1968. She is among Canada's most famous and wealthiest TV actresses. The show she was on was Law and Order. Chris Noth was her co-star. Hennessy was raised in Edmonton. John Hennessy, her father was a sales/marketing executive and meat salesman. The job involved frequent travel for his family. Maxine was a secretary and was mother to her child left in 1982. The daughter Eleanor was her caregiver at home in Kitchener Ontario. Jacqueline is the identical twin brother and one younger sister, both of whom are magazine writers and television show hosts in Canada. Hennessy is of Irish, Swedish, Italian and French descent on the father's end and carries a majority of Ukrainian Roma and Austrian heritage from her mother. She was a graduate of Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener Ontario. She used to perform in Toronto's subway. Hennessy was the first actress to make her debut with her sister in Dead Ringers, 1988. Gillian Anderson, who played Dana Scully at The X-Files, claimed that Hennessy was thought of for the role. She married Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. They have two sons.