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Jill Hennessy is a Canadian actor, street artist, singer, and film director. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1968, she began her work period in 1988. She is a female vocalist who speaks English and has brown hair. Her musical style is associated with alt-country and indie genres.
Hennessy has received the Canada's Walk of Fame award. She has two children. Her professional activities include acting, singing, and directing films. She is recognized as a Canadian artist within the music and entertainment industries.
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Film & TV
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jill Hennessy's confidence and maturity propelled her to early success in the long-running crime drama series "Law & Order." She portrayed Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid for three seasons. Despite her nomadic childhood, Hennessy refused to limit her creative endeavours. She took on roles in films like "The Paper" and "I Shot Andy Warhol." After leaving "Law & Order," she appeared in…
Known for
- Hope Valley: 1874 — Hattie Quinn2026
- Madame Web — Beautiful Woman2024
- Accused — Lynn Corbett2023
- The Road to Galena — Teresa Baird2022
- Standing Up, Falling Down — Vanessa2020
- Crypto — Robin2019
- City on a Hill — Jenny Rohr2019
- Yellowstone — Senator Huntington2018
- Crawford — Cynthia2018
- Don't Sleep — Cindy Bradford2017
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1968
Discography
- Ghost in My Head2010
- I Do2015
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,048
- Total plays
- 23,979
Tags
Jillian Noel "Jill" Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and musician known for her television roles on Law & Order and Crossing Jordan. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Her father, John Hennessy, was a meat salesman and sales/marketing executive, a job that required considerable travel and resulted in frequent moves for the family. Her mother, Maxine, a secretary, left the family in 1982, leaving her daughter to be partially raised by her paternal grandmother, Eleanor
Key facts
- Born
- Edmonton , Alberta, Canada
- Occupations
- Actress, musician
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Spouse
- Paolo Mastropietro ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jill
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Edmonton
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.jillhennessy.com
- Image
- Jill Hennessy - Monte-Carlo Television Festival (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Jill Hennessy
- date of birth
- 1968-11-25
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 22382
- number of viewers/listeners
- 525646
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Encyclopedic overview
Jill Hennessy is a Canadian actress and musician. She is best known for her roles on the American television series Law & Order, on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and Crossing Jordan, on which she played the lead character, Jordan Cavanaugh, for six seasons. She has also acted in films such as RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, and the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, the latter of which she also wrote and co-directed.
As a singer-songwriter and guitarist, she has released two independent albums, Ghost in My Head and I Do. She remains active in the New York City music scene, completing a sold-out residency at City Vineyard in 2026.
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