Jill Hennessy's confidence and maturity propelled her to early success in the long-running crime drama series "Law & Order." She portrayed Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid for three seasons. Despite her nomadic childhood, Hennessy refused to limit her creative endeavours. She took on roles in films like "The Paper" and "I Shot Andy Warhol." After leaving "Law & Order," she appeared in smaller roles in movies such as "A Smile Like Yours" and "Most Wanted." Hennessy returned to television in the miniseries "Nuremberg" before starring in her own series, "Crossing Jordan." In this show, she played a determined medical examiner seeking justice for the deceased. Following the conclusion of "Crossing Jordan," Hennessy continued to take on film roles, including in movies like "Wild Hogs" and "Lymelife." Currently, she can be seen in Showtime's "City on a Hill" and has appeared in other series such as "Shots Fired," "Crawford," and the pilot episode of "Yellowstone." Jill, a singer/songwriter, wrote all the songs on her first album "Ghost In My Head" and also performed on the Lilith Tour with Sarah McLachlan, The Indigo Girls, and the Dixie Chicks. She was even featured on The Indigo Girls' live album "Staring Down The Brilliant Dream". Jill went on to write all the songs on her second album "I Do" and is currently working on her third album. Although not widely known, Jill's talent and charm have enabled her to pursue both practical and personal projects.

Filmography

• Hope Valley: 1874 — Hattie Quinn
• 2024Madame Web — Beautiful Woman
• Accused — Lynn Corbett
• 2022The Road to Galena — Teresa Baird
• 2020Standing Up, Falling Down — Vanessa
• City on a Hill — Jenny Rohr
• 2019Crypto — Robin
• Crawford — Cynthia
• Yellowstone — Senator Huntington
• 2017Don't Sleep — Cindy Bradford
• 2017Lost in Time — Dr. Katherine James
• Shots Fired — Alicia Carr
• Bull — Ellen McCrory
• Madam Secretary — DIA Agent Jane Fellows
• 2013If I Had Wings — Sandy Taylor
• Jo — Karyn
• The Blacklist — Margot Rochet
• 2012Dawn Rider — Alice
• Luck — Jo
• 2012Roadie — Nikki Stevens
• 2012Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town — Agnes Leacock
• 2010Small Town Murder Songs — Rita
• The Good Wife — Rayna Hecht
• 2008Lymelife — Brenda Bartlett
• 2007Game of Life — Brenda
• 2007Wild Hogs — Kelly Madsen
• The Celebrity Apprentice
• 2003Abby Singer — Jill Hennessy (uncredited)
• Las Vegas — Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh
• 2002Love in the Time of Money — Ellen Walker
• 2002Pipe Dream — Marina Peck
• 2001Chutney Popcorn — Lisa
• Crossing Jordan — Jordan Cavanaugh, Director
• 2001Exit Wounds — Annette Mulcahy
• Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot — Jackie Bouvier Kennedy
• 2000Autumn in New York — Lynn
• Nuremberg — Elsie Douglas
• 2000The Acting Class — Amanda Smythe/Jill/Anonymous, Director, Camera Operator, Screenplay
• 2000Two Ninas — Mike the Bartender
• 1999Komodo — Victoria the Shrink
• 1999Molly — Susan Brookes
• 1999Row Your Boat — Patti
• 1999The Florentine — Brenda
• 1998Dead Broke — Kate
• 1997A Smile Like Yours — Lindsay Hamilton
• 1997Kiss & Tell — Interrogator Angela Pierce
• 1997Most Wanted — Dr. Victoria Constantini
• 1996I Shot Andy Warhol — Laura
• 1994The Paper — Deanne White
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Claire Kincaid
• 1993RoboCop 3 — Dr. Marie Lazarus
• 1993Trip nach Tunis — Kathryn Darby
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Law & Order — Claire Kincaid
• 1988Dead Ringers — Mimsy
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• War of the Worlds — Patty, Scott
• Friday the 13th: The Series — Spanish Hooker, Vampire Woman, Lifeguard / Leah, Secretary
• The Hitchhiker — Marla, Elisabeth

Appearances as themselves (8)

• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002The Making of Exit Wounds — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Seitenblicke — self
• Today — Self