Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy one of Canada's most successful TV actresses was born on November 25, 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta. Her appearance on Law and Order She was featured on Law and Order along with Chris Noth. Hennessy, born in Edmonton Alberta was one of the main characters of the show. Her father John Hennessy was a meat salesman and sales/marketing executive a job that required considerable travel and resulted in frequent shifts of the entire family. Maxine was a secretary and was mother to her son, left the family in 1982. Her daughter Eleanor took care of her the child in Kitchener Ontario. The twin sister Jacqueline is an American journalist, while her older brother John Paul J.P. Hennessy Jr. was born in Canada. Hennessy comes from a family with Irish French Swedish Italian descent Her mother, however, is predominantly Ukrainian Roma with Austrian roots. She went to Stanley Park Senior Public School, graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute and performed in Toronto. Hennessy was a twin in Dead Ringers with her older sister. The actress was not short-listed to play Dana Scully on The X-Files According to Gillian Anderson the actress who was eventually cast in the role. She married Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. They have two sons.