Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta in November 25th of 1968. She is among Canada's richest and most well-known television actresses. She was a part of Law and Order with She was a part of Law and Order with Chris Noth.. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Her father, John Hennessy was a meat salesman and sales/marketing executive which required a lot of travel and resulted in frequent moves for the family. Maxine the secretary mom of Maxine quit the family after she moved to Kitchener Ontario in 1982. She then handed her daughter over to her grandmother Eleanor. Jacqueline Hennessy is an identical twin to her older sister John Paul J.P. Hennessy Jr., a television and magazine writer from Canada. host. Hennessy's father is Irish and Swedish. Her mother is the mix of Ukrainian Roma, Austrian and Austrian. She went to Stanley Park Senior Public School where she graduated Grand River Collegiate Institute and performed in Toronto. Hennessy along with her sister also were actors for the first time as two call-girls in 1988's Dead Ringers. She was short listed to play Dana Scully on The X-Files as per Gillian Anderson the actress who eventually got the role. She married Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. The couple has two sons.