Jill Hennessy

Although she came to prominence as a no-nonsense assistant district attorney on the long-running crime series Law & Order, this fun-loving, guitar-playing beauty is the antithesis of that serious...
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11/24/1968
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Made her Broadway debut in the Buddy Holly musical Buddy in 1990.
Song "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy" by Mollycuddle was written about her.
Speaks Italian, French, Spanish and German.
In 1988's Dead Ringers, her first movie role, Hennessy and her twin sister, Jacqueline Hennessy, played twin prostitutes.
Opened Hennessy's Tavern in Northvale, NJ, in 1999.
Performed Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and Tom Waits' "You're Innocent When You Dream" on the 2003 Crossing Jordan soundtrack.
Used to play guitar and sing in the New York subway for money.