Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy one of Canada's most successful TV actresses was born 25 November 1968, in Edmonton Alberta. She appeared alongside Chris Noth in Law and Order. Hennessy's father was named John Hennessy. John Hennessy worked as a meat marketer and also a marketing executive. It was a job that required lots of traveling, and the Hennessy family was frequently moved. Her mother died in 1982. Maxine quit her family, and the daughter was cared for mostly with Eleanor Her maternal grandparents who lived in Kitchener Ontario. She has a younger brother John Paul J.P. Hennessy Jr. and an identical twin sister Jacqueline She is a magazine writer and television show host from Canada. Hennessy is a member of a family with Irish French Swedish Italian descent, while her mother is mostly Ukrainian Roma with Austrian roots. She attended Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener Ontario. She used to perform in Toronto's subway. Hennessy, along with her sister had their first acting experience on 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. They have two sons.