Jennifer Hennessy
| Jennifer Hennessy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1970 (age 44–45) Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK |
Jennifer Hennessy (sometimes misspelled Hennesy, born 1970 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English actress best known for playing Mrs Brazendale in the BBC TV series Lilies.
She 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 the UK Singles Chart in 1980 with the song "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma".[1]
She describes herself as loyal, sociable, caring, volatile and organised.[2]
Jennifer made a cameo appearance in ITV's Scott and Bailey Series 1 episode 2 as Mrs Farrall, her son committed murder and she went to prison for "assisting an offender".
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1998 | The Tichborne Claimant | Cousin Alicia | |
| 1999 | Dead End | Dr. Browning's Nurse | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Pauline Calf's Wedding Video | Other Pauline | |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Cheryl Wright | Episode: Poison Pen |
| 1997–1999 | Coronation Street | D.C. Kay | Episode: No. 1.4269 Episode: No. 1.4536 |
| 1998 | The Broker's Man | WPC | Episode: Swansong |
| Undercover Heart | Saffron | ||
| Casualty | Gemma Fisher | Episode: One from the Heart | |
| 1998–2005 | The Bill | Julie Houghton Becky Foster Marion Clarke |
Episode: The Parent Trap Episode: 035 Episode: 349 |
| 1999 | People Like Us | Episode: The Solicitor | |
| 2000 | Clocking Off | Young Doctor | Episode: The Leaches' Story |
| 2001 | World of Pub | Various | Episode: Ladies Episode: Caine Episode: Bookshop Episode: Queen |
| Swallow | Jenny Lawler | ||
| Buried Treasure | Jill Hellings | TV-film | |
| Micawber | Rebecca Rideout | ||
| 2002 | Barbara | Melanie | Episode: Crime |
| Flesh and Blood | Vicky | ||
| The Office | Jude | Episode: Episode No. 2.3 Episode: Episode No. 2.4 Episode: Episode No. 2.6 | |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Female Reporter | |
| Loving You | Mrs. Smithson | ||
| William and Mary | Sal Jordan | Episode: No. 1.1 | |
| Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | Julie | Episode: Fockin Mokky Bokka | |
| Danielle Cable: Eyewitness | DS Libby Marks | ||
| Emmerdale | Juanita Taylor | ||
| A Touch of Frost | Elizabeth Drew | Episode: Held in Trust | |
| 2004 | Fat Friends | Lorraine Frost | Episode: Food of Love Episode: Eat Your Heart Out |
| In Denial of Murder | Jackie Dunn | ||
| The Lenny Henry Show | Episode: No. 1.1 | ||
| Blue Murder | Mary Hunt | Episode: Up in Smoke | |
| Conviction | Judy Fairley | Episode: Episode No. 1.1 Episode: Episode No. 1.2 Episode: Episode No. 1.6 | |
| 2005 | Holby City | Moira Roberts | Episode: No Pain No Gain |
| 2006 | Green Wing | Suzie | Episode: No. 2.5 |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous | Kerry Willis | ||
| 2007 | Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley | Gaynor | |
| Lilies | Mrs. Brazendale | ||
| Doctor Who | Valerie | Episode: Gridlock | |
| 2008 | The Cup | Janice McConnell | |
| 2010 | Marchlands | Liz Runcie | |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Registrar | |
| 2011 | South Riding | ||
| 2011 | Psychoville | Rachel Groves | |
| 2011 | Scott & Bailey | Mrs Farell | Series 1 Episode 2 |
| 2012 | Holby City | Pam Barker | Episode: Butterflies |
| 2012 | Wizards vs Aliens | Helen Clarke | Episode: The Last Day Part 1 and 2 |
| 2013 | Death Comes to Pemberly | Mrs Bidwell | |
References
- ↑ Jamieson, Alastair (22 November 2009). "St Winifred's choir reunites for charity version of 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandma'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ↑ "BBC See Hear - Switch".