Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy one of Canada's richest TV Actresses was born 25 November 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta. The actress was part of Law and Order with She was a part of Law and Order with Chris Noth.. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy, her father was a sales/marketing executive and meat salesman. This job required regular travel for the family. In 1982, her mother Maxine had to leave her family and the daughter was cared for partly through Eleanor the maternal aunt, who lives in Kitchener Ontario. Jacqueline has an identical twin brother and a younger sister, both of whom are magazine writers and television show hosts in Canada. Hennessy is from Sweden, Irish, Italian and French descent on the father's end and has mostly Ukrainian Roma and Austrian heritage on her mother. She was a graduate of Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener Ontario. She used to act in Toronto's subway. Hennessy as well as her sister, were actors for the first time as twin call girls in the 1988 film Dead Ringers. She was short listed for the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files According to Gillian Anderson the actress who was eventually cast in the role. She married Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. The couple has two sons.