Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy (19 November 1975) is a Canadian singer and actor. Her most memorable role is on American TV's Law & Order where she was the prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons and Crossing Jordan for six. She has also appeared on films like RoboCop 3 (most wanted) and Crossing Jordan (which she wrote and directed). Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy, John's father, was a marketing and meat sales/marketing executive. The position required a lot of travel , which meant the family moved frequently. Maxine was her mother. She was secretary. Her daughter was taken away by Eleanor Her paternal grandmother in Kitchener, Ontario. John Paul Hennessy Jr. has a younger brother and Jacqueline who is a twin. Jacqueline works as host and journalist for the Canadian television program. Hennessy is of Irish, French and Swedish origin, and has Ukrainian Roma and Austrian ancestry. After graduating from Grand River Collegiate Institute (both located in Kitchener), she attended Stanley Park Senior Public School. She also busked in the Toronto subway. Hennessy and her sister were among the first to act as twin call girls in 1988's Dead Ringers. Gillian Anderson, Gillian Anderson's actress, has revealed that she was nominated for Dana Scully, The X-Files role. She also appeared on the 1988 film Dead Ringers as twin call girls. Dick Wolf signed Hennessy in 1993 to play Claire Kincaid, an assistant district attorney in the NBC crime drama Law & Order. The role ran for three seasons. The show ended following the year 1996.