Jill Hennessy’s Net Worth, Height, Age, & Personal Info Wiki

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Jillian Noel Hennessy is a singer and actress from Canada. She is best known for her roles in the American television series Law & Order, where Jill played the prosecutor role of Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and Crossing Jordan, where she played Jordan Cavanaugh for six seasons. She has also appeared in RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, as well as the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, which Jill also wrote and co-directed. (1)

Facts About Jill Hennessy

NationalityAmerican
Estimate Net Worth$12 million
ReligionNA
Zodiac SignSagittarius
BirthplaceAlberta
BirthdayNovember 25, 1968

Jill Hennessy's Appearance (Height, Hair, Eyes & More)

Height1.73 m
Weight61 kg
Hair ColorDark Brown
Eye ColorDark Brown
Body TypeFit
Sexual OrientationStraight

Jill Hennessy's Net Worth

Jill Hennessy is a $12 million net worth Canadian actress and musician. Jill is best known for her role on Crossing, but she has also appeared in a number of television shows and films, including Robocop 3 and Most Wanted. On November 25, 1968, Hennessey was born in Edmonton, Alberta. (2)

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Jill Hennessy's Early Life

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Hennessy was born in the Canadian city of Edmonton. Her father, John Hennessy, was a food salesman and sales and marketing executive, a job that required extensive travel and forced the family to relocate frequently. Maxine, a secretary, abandoned the family in 1982, leaving her daughter to be raised partly by Jill’s grandmother, Eleanor. Jill has an identical twin sister, Jacqueline, who is a magazine writer and T.V. show host, and a younger brother, John Paul “J.P.” Hennessy, Jr. Hennessy’s father has Irish, French, Swedish, and Italian ancestors, and her mother has Ukrainian primarily Roma and Austrian ancestors. (3)

Jill Hennessy's Education

Jill Hennessy attended Stanley Park Senior Public School and graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ontario. She used to panhandle in the Toronto subway.

Jill Hennessy's Husband/Boyfriend and Family Life

Jell Hennessy married Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. Hennessy sings and plays the guitar, and she rides motorcycles with her husband, Paolo. The couple married again in January 2001, this time at New York City Hall, with Mayor Rudy Giuliani officiating. Their first child, Marco, was born in 2003, and their second child, Gianni, was born in 2007.

Jill Hennessy's Career

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In the 1988 film Dead Ringers, Hennessy and her sister played twin call girls. Gillian Anderson was the actress who eventually got the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files was considered for the position of Dana Scully. In 1990, she appeared on Broadway in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. She played Dr. Marie Lazarus in RoboCop 3 in 1993. Hennessy’s big network break came in 1993 when Dick Wolf cast her as assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid on NBC’s hit crime drama Law & Order. She was on the show for three seasons before leaving in 1996.

She played Lisa in Chutney Popcorn in 1999. Hennessy wrote, produced, and co-directed The Acting Class, an independent film mockumentary about the trials and tribulations of a dysfunctional acting class, with Elizabeth Holder in 2000. Her identical twin sister Jacqueline also appeared in the film, as did several of Hennessy’s former Law & Order co-stars. She also played Elsie Douglas in the movie Nuremberg.

Jackie Kennedy was portrayed by her in the 2001 film Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot. That same year, she played Commander Annette Mulcahy in Steven Seagal’s action film Exit Wounds, playing a car crash victim similar to the one in Law & Order. Owen Gleiberman, a critic, praised her especially. She made a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Abby Singer. From 2001 to 2007, she played Jordan Cavanaugh on the television show Crossing Jordan. In the 2007 film Wild Hogs, she played the wife of Tim Allen’s character. Jill was honored with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame on June 9, 2007.

Jill recorded the album Ghost in My Head in Austin, Texas, released in June 2009. Jill appeared as a guest of the Indigo Girls on a Mountain Stage show in November 2009 and was the focus of her performance later that month. She appeared on the Village Stage at Lilith Fair 2010 in 2010. In 2010, Hennessy starred in the independent crime thriller Small Town Murder Songs. She also played a veterinarian in the HBO series Luck and appeared in two television commercials for Zaxby’s “Zalads” in 2012. (4)

References

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  2. Jill Hennessy Net Worth, retrieved from https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/jill-hennessy-net-worth/
  3. Jill Hennessy Biography, retrieved from https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/jill-hennessy/
  4. Jill Hennessy, retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Hennessy