Jennifer Hennessy
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1970-01-01 (age 56)
- 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
TV Shows (26)
Doctor Who
2005
as Valerie / Moira
Call the Midwife
2012
as Ada Challis
Casualty
1986
as Gemma Fisher
Father Brown
2013
as Sally Clegg
Waterloo Road
2006
as Claire Evans
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Elizabeth Drew
Shameless
2004
as Louise
Foyle's War
2002
as Ruth Shaw
Moving On
2009
as Sue
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Cheryl Wright
The Office
2001
as Jude
Blue Murder
2003
as Mary Hunt
Sherwood
2022
as Chief Constable
The Village
2013
as Charity Winkworth
No Offence
2015
as Michelle Hislop
Green Wing
2004
as Suzie
Roadkill
2020
as Bryony Beckett
Red Riding
2009
as Mrs Kemplay
Red Rose
2022
as Andrea
The Body Farm
2011
as Eleanor Garrick
Death Comes to Pemberley
2013
as Mrs. Bidwell
Lilies
2007
as Madelaine Brazendale
Pulling
2006
as Vet
Undercover Heart
1998
as Saffron
South Riding
2011
as Mrs Holly
The Passing Bells
2014
as Susan
Movies (12)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
as Mrs Kemplay
Loving You
2003
as Mrs. Smithson
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
2007
as Gaynor
Is Anybody There?
2009
as School Mother
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Cousin Alicia
Flesh and Blood
2002
as Vicky
Buried Treasure
2001
as Jill Hellings
Pauline Calf's Wedding Video
1994
as Other Pauline
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003
as DS Libby Marks
The Violators
2016
as Helen
In Denial of Murder
2004
as Jackie Dunn
Lambing Season
2016
as Evelyn
About Jennifer Hennessy
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 Bran… With 38 credits spanning from 1986 to 2022, Jennifer Hennessy has appeared in 12 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009) — as Mrs Kemplay
- Loving You (2003) — as Mrs. Smithson
- Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley (2007) — as Gaynor
- Is Anybody There? (2009) — as School Mother
- The Tichborne Claimant (1999) — as Cousin Alicia
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