Jill Hennessy

Date of birth (location)
25 November 1968
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Trivia
Twin sister of Jacqueline Hennessy. Jill and Jacqueline played twin sisters in Dead Ringers (1988).
Speaks Italian, French and SpanishHas Irish, Italian, Swedish, French and Ukrainian ancestry.
Has a song named after her: "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy" by Mollycuddle.Graduated from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada's Grand River Collegiate (high school).Loves to cook, and opened Hennessy's Tavern in Northvale, NJ in 1999. The Tavern serves "comfort food."Loves riding motorcycles with her husband.
Is fluent in German.Jill father, John, was a meat salesman, which required considerable travel and resulted in frequent moves. Her mother, Maxine, left the family when Jill was small. She also has a younger brother, John Jr.Described by Miguel Ferrer as being a non-angry version of her _Crossing Jordan (2001)_ character Jordan Cavanaugh.Voted one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" by Cosmopolitan Magazine (2002.)Had a second marriage ceremony in January 2001 at New York City Hall with Rudolph Giuliani officiating.She used to busk (play the guitar and sing for money) in the New York City subway.Sometimes makes appearances at music events as a guest guitarist where she will usually performs barefootShe is such a fan of the folk duo Indigo Girls that a poster of the act hangs in the kitchen set of her character in "Crossing Jordan" (2001).Jill and Paolo welcomed a son Marco on September 17, 2003.