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Jennifer Hennessy

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Jennifer Hennessy

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 1, 1970 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK

Biography

Jennifer Hennessy (born Jennifer Hayes in 1970) is an English actress. She has made numerous television appearances, including as Mrs. Brazendale in the BBC TV series Lilies. Hennessy trained for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1992. She has since appeared in a number of theatrical roles, as well as on television, including the character of Jude in The Office; Julie, the man-hating shop-assistant, in the "Fockin Mokky Bokka" episode of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps; and, in 2007, as Valerie Brannigan (the wife of Ardal O'Hanlon's character, Thomas Kincade Brannigan) in "Gridlock", an episode of Doctor Who, playing a vet in the BBC3 comedy "Pulling" (2008) and in the BBC mini-series South Riding in 2011. As a child, Hennessy was a member of the St Winifred's School Choir which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1980 with the song "There's No One Quite Like Grandma". She also starred in BBC One drama Dickensian, a series based on Charles Dickens' characters. She played the role of Emily Cratchit, a character in A Christmas Carol. She returned to Doctor Who in 2017, playing Moira, the foster mother of Bill Potts.

Known For

Acting
2022SherwoodChief Constable
2022Red RoseAndrea
2020RoadkillBryony Beckett
2016The ViolatorsHelen
2016Lambing SeasonEvelyn
2015No OffenceMichelle Hislop
2014The Passing BellsSusan
2013Father BrownSally Clegg
2013Death Comes to PemberleyMrs. Bidwell
2013The VillageCharity Winkworth
2012Call the MidwifeAda Challis
2011South RidingMrs Holly
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974Mrs Kemplay
2009Is Anybody There?School Mother
2009Red RidingMrs Kemplay
2009Moving OnSue
2007Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie BottomleyGaynor
2007LiliesMadelaine Brazendale
2006PullingVet
2006Waterloo RoadClaire Evans
2005Doctor WhoValerie
2005Doctor WhoMoira
2004In Denial of MurderJackie Dunn
2004Green WingSuzie
2004ShamelessLouise
2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessDS Libby Marks
2003Loving YouMrs. Smithson
2003Blue MurderMary Hunt
2002Flesh and BloodVicky
2002Foyle's WarRuth Shaw
2001Buried TreasureJill Hellings
2001The OfficeJude
1999The Tichborne ClaimantCousin Alicia
1996Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesCheryl Wright
1994Pauline Calf's Wedding VideoOther Pauline
1986CasualtyGemma Fisher