Jennifer Hennessy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Sherwood
TV · as Chief Constable · 1 ep
Red Rose
TV · as Andrea · 4 eps
Roadkill
TV · as Bryony Beckett · 4 eps
The Violators
Movie · as Helen
Lambing Season
Movie · as Evelyn
No Offence
TV · as Michelle Hislop · 1 ep
The Passing Bells
TV · as Susan · 5 eps
Father Brown
TV · as Sally Clegg · 1 ep
Death Comes to Pemberley
TV · as Mrs. Bidwell · 3 eps
The Village
TV · as Charity Winkworth · 1 ep
Call the Midwife
TV · as Ada Challis · 1 ep
South Riding
TV · as Mrs Holly · 3 eps
The Body Farm
TV · as Eleanor Garrick · 1 ep
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Movie · as Mrs Kemplay
Is Anybody There?
Movie · as School Mother
Red Riding
TV · as Mrs Kemplay · 1 ep
Moving On
TV · as Sue · 1 ep
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Movie · as Gaynor
Lilies
TV · as Madelaine Brazendale · 8 eps
Pulling
TV · as Vet · 1 ep
Waterloo Road
TV · as Claire Evans · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Valerie, Moira · 1 ep
In Denial of Murder
Movie · as Jackie Dunn
Green Wing
TV · as Suzie · 1 ep
Shameless
TV · as Louise · 1 ep
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
Movie · as DS Libby Marks
Loving You
Movie · as Mrs. Smithson
Blue Murder
TV · as Mary Hunt · 1 ep
Flesh and Blood
Movie · as Vicky
Foyle's War
TV · as Ruth Shaw · 1 ep
Buried Treasure
Movie · as Jill Hellings
The Office
TV · as Jude · 3 eps
Swallow
TV · as Jenny Lawler · 3 eps
The Tichborne Claimant
Movie · as Cousin Alicia
Undercover Heart
TV · as Saffron · 5 eps
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV · as Cheryl Wright · 1 ep
Pauline Calf's Wedding Video
Movie · as Other Pauline
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Elizabeth Drew · 1 ep
Casualty
TV · as Gemma Fisher · 1 ep