Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta in November 25th in 1968. She is one of Canada's most famous and wealthiest television actresses. She appeared in Law and Order alongside Chris Noth. Hennessy is from Edmonton, Alberta. Her father, John Hennessy was a meat salesman as well as a sales/marketing executive, which required a lot of travelling and led to numerous shifts of the entire family. In 1982, the mother Maxine had to leave her family and she was taken care of partly with Eleanor her maternal grandmother, who lives in Kitchener Ontario. Jacqueline is the identical twin brother and a younger sister. Both write for magazines as well as television host of shows from Canada. Hennessy has a father with Irish French Swedish Italian descent Her mother, however, is predominantly Ukrainian Roma with Austrian roots. She was a graduate of Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener Ontario. She used to appear in the subway system of Toronto. Hennessy together with her sister began their acting career in Dead Ringers 1988 as twin callgirls. Her name was on the short list for the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson the actress who ultimately got the part. She married Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. The couple has two children.