Jillian Noel Hennessy was born on November 25,1968 and is a Canadian actress and singer.
16 Facts About Jill Hennessy
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Jill Hennessy has acted in films such as RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, and the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class, the latter of which she wrote and co-directed.
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Jill Hennessy attended Stanley Park Senior Public School and graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute, both in Kitchener, Ontario, and used to busk in the Toronto subway.
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Jill Hennessy was short listed for the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson, the actress who eventually got the role.
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Jill Hennessy played the role for three seasons, leaving the show in 1996.
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In 2000, Jill Hennessy wrote, produced, and jointly directed an independent film mockumentary titled The Acting Class, which looked at the trials and tribulations of a dysfunctional acting class.
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Jill Hennessy starred in the film Nuremberg, as Elsie Douglas.
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Jill Hennessy played the wife of Tim Allen's character in the 2007 film Wild Hogs.
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Jill Hennessy performed as a guest of the Indigo Girls on a November 2009 show of Mountain Stage and was the focus of a show for herself later that same month.
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Jill Hennessy performed on the Village Stage of the 2010 edition of Lilith Fair.
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Jill Hennessy starred in the independent crime thriller Small Town Murder Songs in 2010.
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Jill Hennessy appeared as a veterinarian in the HBO series Luck, while serving as an endorser of Zaxby's "Zalads" in a pair of television commercials during 2012.
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In 2015, Jill Hennessy appeared in several episodes of Madam Secretary.
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Jill Hennessy is multilingual, speaking English, Italian, French, Spanish and German.
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Jill Hennessy plays the guitar and sings, and enjoys riding motorcycles with her husband, Paolo Mastropietro, whom she married in 2000.
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Jill Hennessy was reportedly very pleased and offered to perform with the band on rhythm guitar.