Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy is a Canadian singer and actress. Her roles on American television shows Law & Order were three-seasons long. Crossing Jordan lasted six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh was her main character. She was also an actor in films such as RoboCop 3 or Most Wanted and independent films like Chutney Popcorn, which she co-directed. Hennessy was born in Edmonton. John Hennessy her father was a marketing executive and salesman. It required frequent travel which resulted in numerous family relocations. Maxine Her mother, also known as Maxine passed away in the year 1982. Her daughter was left in the care of Eleanor, her paternal grandmother. John Paul Hennessy Jr. is her younger brother. is Jacqueline Hennessy who is an identical twin, who is a magazine journalist and TV host in Canada. Hennessy is of Irish, French, Swedish and Italian heritage from her father's side, and most Ukrainian Roma, as well as Austrian, ancestry on her mother's. She attended Stanley Park Senior Public School. Grand River Collegiate Institute was her graduation. She used to busk in Toronto's subway. Hennessy was the sister of her brother, who made their acting debut in 1988 as twin call-girls in the TV show Dead Ringers. Gillian Anderson, who was the actress who ultimately got the part, claimed she was a finalist to be the character Dana Scully in The X-Files. She played the role for three seasons before leaving the show in 1996.