Jill Hennessy
Her family is from Edmonton, a city with a mix of Irish, Italian and Swedish ancestry, as well as French, Ukrainian French, and Swedish. Jacqueline is the twin sister of her and an actor. When she was growing up, Jill became fluent in a number of languages including Italian, French and Spanish. Jill began to become interested in acting around the age of 12. When she was in Toronto the city she was born, she began her acting career in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. She played an escort in the show with the twins of her. After that, she studied improv-comedy in Second City with Deb Kimmet. After moving to New York, Claire signed a contract for two years in Law & Order to be the Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid. In the three years she lived in New York and worked on several film projects that featured feature actors like RoboCop 3 (1993), Ron Howard's The Paper (1996) and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). The years following, she landed roles in an assortment of uninteresting films. Then, in 1999 she got a role as the lead in the miniseries uremberg along with Alec Baldwin. Autumn in New York followed and so did Exit Wounds. She landed the leading role in the NBC police drama Crossing Jordan in 2001. In 2007, she received the Gracie Allen Award for "Outstanding female character in a drama" in appreciation of her performance in the series. The actress got married to another actor Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. They share two children. In 2007 She was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame.





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