Jill Hennessy

Cast as Tim Allen's wife in the comedy adventure, "Wild Hogs"

Had featured role in the romantic comedy "The End of Love"; screened at the Sundance Film Festival

Cast as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in "Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot" (NBC)

Returned to series TV as an unconventional medical examiner in the NBC series "Crossing Jordan"

Returned to the legal world as the assistant to the chief prosecutor of Nazi war criminals in "Nuremberg" (TNT)

Wrote, co-directed (with Elizabeth Holder) and starred in the comedy "The Acting Class"; twin sister Jacqueline has featured role; former TV co-stars Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth and Benjamin Bratt co-star

Cast as the doctor who "cures" the title character's autism in "Molly"

Played the lesbian lover of an Indian woman who decides to serve as a surrogate mother in "Chutney Popcorn"

Appeared as an architect who tries to seduce a construction worker in the comedy "A Smile Like Yours"

Co-starred with Keenen Ivory Wayans as an eyewitness to a political assassination in "Most Wanted"

Announced she was leaving cast of "Law & Order"

First prominent feature film role, "Robocop 3"

Joined the cast of the acclaimed NBC police and courtroom drama, "Law & Order" playing assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid

At age 20, moved to NYC

Made Broadway debut as the musician's Puerto Rican wife in the musical "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story"

Feature film debut in a bit part as half a pair of twin prostitutes in "Dead Ringers"; her sister played the other twin

Moved to Toronto at age 18

As a teenager, began performing with an improvisational comedy troupe in Canada

Became interested in a performing career at age 12 after parents' separation

Lived with father and siblings in Kitchener, Ontario

Raised in Canada; family moved frequently because of father's work

Supported herself as a bartender, waitress and street performer