Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy, born on the 25th of November in 1968 was a Canadian actor from Canada. She is best known for her role on the American television show Law & Order, on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons and Crossing Jordan, on which she was the main character, Jordan Cavanaugh, for six seasons. She has also been acting in movies such as RoboCop 3 or Most Wanted and independent films Chutney Popcorn, which she co-directed. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy her father was a marketing executive and salesman. This required frequent travel which led to many family moves. Maxine, Maxine's mother passed away in the year 1982. Her daughter was left in the care of Eleanor her paternal grandmother. John Paul Hennessy Jr. has a younger brother as well as Jacqueline is a twin sister. Jacqueline is an anchor and journalist on the Canadian television program. Hennessy is from Irish, French and Swedish descent, as well as Ukrainian Roma and Austrian ancestry. She was a student at Stanley Park Senior Public School. Grand River Collegiate Institute was her graduation. She would busk in Toronto's subway. Hennessy, her sister and her first performance was as twin call girls on 1988's Dead Ringers. According to Gillian Anderson (the actress who got the role) she was a finalist for Dana Scully's part on The X-Files. In 1993, Hennessy was signed by Dick Wolf as Claire Kincaid an assistant district attorney on the NBC crime drama Law & Order. She played the character for three seasons, leaving the show in the year 1996.