Jill Hennessy

This resident of Edmonton, Alberta has a diverse ancestry spanning Irish, Italian, Swedish, French and Ukranian. Jacqueline is the twin sister of her and an actor. Jill was proficient in a variety of languages throughout her childhood. It comprised Italian, French, and Spanish. As a teenager, she started to get attracted to acting. When she was in Toronto she started her professional career as an actor in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. She played an escort along with their twin sisters. Then she studied improv comedy at Second City with Deb Kimmet. They moved in New York two years later and signed a contract as the assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid in the hit long-running series Law & Order. For the duration of her 3 year stint in the show, she was also acting in feature films such as RoboCop 3 (1993), Ron Howard's The Paper (1994), and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). She worked in a few boring films during the subsequent several years before securing a starring part in the miniseries uremberg which was co-produced by Alec Baldwin. Autumn in New York followed the show, along with Exit Wounds. The actress was cast as the lead for the NBC criminal comedy Crossing Jordan in 2001. In 2007, she was honored with the Gracie Allen Award for "Outstanding female leading actress in a drama series" to honor her performance in the series. Her husband was another actor Paolo Mastropietro in 2000. They have two kids. In 2007 the couple was recognized as a member of Canada's Walk of Fame.