Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy has been a television actress for more than 30 years. She was born in Edmonton Alberta Canada, on November 25, 1968. She was on Law and Order She was in Law and Order along with Chris Noth. Hennessy, who was born in Edmonton Alberta was a star of the show. Her father, John Hennessy was a meat salesman as well as a sales/marketing executive, a job that required considerable travelling and led to numerous moves for the family. In 1982, the mother Maxine left her family and the daughter was cared for mostly by Eleanor Her maternal grandparents who lived in Kitchener Ontario. Jacqueline has an identical twin brother and an older sister, both of whom have been published in magazines and TV host of shows in Canada. Hennessy is from Sweden, Irish, Italian and French descent on the father's end and carries a majority of Ukrainian Roma and Austrian heritage in her mother. She graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener Ontario. She used to perform in Toronto's subway. Her sister, Hennessy, and she were the first twins to make their debut as call girls on the 1988 film Dead Ringers. Her name was on the short list to play Dana Scully on The X-Files According to Gillian Anderson the actress who ultimately got the part. She married Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. They have two sons.