Jill Hennessy

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Actor
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Jillian Hennessy
BIOGRAPHY
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 character. Hennessy appeared in a handful of big- and small-screen roles in her native Canada before moving to New York to pursue acting in the early '90s. In 1993 she made....
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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 character. Hennessy appeared in a handful of big- and small-screen roles in her native Canada before moving to New York to pursue acting in the early '90s. In 1993 she made her name on L&O but left after three years to pursue more lively roles. For the rest of the decade, she played supporting parts in a number of independent films before wisely returning to series television in 2001 as a mouthy medical examiner on Crossing Jordan.
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Family

Brother:  John Paul Hennessy  
Father:  John Hennessy  
Grandmother:  Eleanor Hennessy  ((helped raise Jill after parents' separation))
Husband:  Paolo Mastropietro  ((married October 1, 2000))
Mother:  Maxine Hennessy  
Sister:  Jacqueline Hennessy  ((Jill's identical twin))
Son:  Gianni Mastropietro  ((born November 21, 2007))
Son:  Marco Mastropietro  ((born September 17, 2003))

Education

Attended Grand River Collegiate High School, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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