Jennifer Hennessy
Jennifer Hennessy (born Jennifer Hayes in 1970[1]) is an English actress. She has made numerous television appearances, including as Mrs Brazendale in the BBC TV series Lilies.
Jennifer Hennessy | |
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| Born | Jennifer Hayes 1970 (age 50–51) |
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 the UK Singles Chart in 1980 with the song "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma".[2] She also starred in BBC One drama Dickensian, a series based on Charles Dickens' characters. She played the role of Emily Cratchit, who was a character in A Christmas Carol. She returned to Doctor Who in 2017, playing Moira, the foster mother of Bill Potts.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | 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 | 3 episodes |
| 1998 | The Broker's Man | WPC | Episode: "Swansong" |
| 1998 | Undercover Heart | Saffron | |
| 1998 | Casualty | Gemma Fisher | Episode: "One from the Heart" |
| 1998–2005 | The Bill | Julie Houghton Becky Foster Marion Clarke |
3 episodes |
| 1999 | People Like Us | Episode: "The Solicitor" | |
| 2000 | Clocking Off | Young Doctor | Episode: "The Leaches' Story" |
| 2001 | World of Pub | Various | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | Swallow | Jenny Lawler | |
| 2001 | Buried Treasure | Jill Hellings | TV-film |
| 2001 | Micawber | Rebecca Rideout | |
| 2002 | Barbara | Melanie | Episode: "Crime" |
| 2002 | Flesh and Blood | Vicky | |
| 2002 | The Office | Jude | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Female Reporter | |
| 2003 | Loving You | Mrs. Smithson | |
| 2003 | William and Mary | Sal Jordan | Episode: No. 1.1 |
| 2003 | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | Julie | Episode: "Fockin Mokky Bokka" |
| 2003 | Danielle Cable: Eyewitness | DS Libby Marks | |
| 2003 | Emmerdale | Juanita Taylor | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | A Touch of Frost | Elizabeth Drew | Episode: "Held in Trust" |
| 2004 | Fat Friends | Lorraine Frost | Episodes: "Food of Love" and "Eat Your Heart Out" |
| 2004 | In Denial of Murder | Jackie Dunn | |
| 2004 | The Lenny Henry Show | Episode: No. 1.1 | |
| 2004 | Blue Murder | Mary Hunt | Episode: Up in Smoke |
| 2003 | Conviction | Judy Fairley | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Holby City | Moira Roberts | Episode: "No Pain No Gain" |
| 2006 | Green Wing | Suzie | Episode: No. 2.5 |
| 2006–2007 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Kerry Willis | 9 episodes |
| 2007 | Dead Clever | Gaynor | |
| 2007 | Lilies | Mrs. Brazendale | 7 Episodes |
| 2007 | Doctor Who | Valerie | Episode: "Gridlock" |
| 2008 | The Cup | Janice McConnell | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Coronation Street | Bernie Sayers | Recurring role |
| 2010 | Marchlands | Liz Runcie | |
| 2010 | Waterloo Road | Claire Evans | Episode: No. 6.3 |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Registrar | |
| 2011 | South Riding | Mrs. Holly | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Psychoville | Rachel Groves | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Scott & Bailey | Mrs Farell | Episode: No. 1.2 |
| 2011 | The Body Farm | Eleanor Garrick | Episode: No. 1.1 |
| 2012 | Holby City | Pam Barker | Episode: "Butterflies" |
| 2012 | Starlings | WPC | Episode: No. 1.5 |
| 2012 | Shameless | Louise | Episode: No. 10.5 |
| 2012 | Monroe | Sally Indale | Episode: No. 2.4 |
| 2012–2013 | Wizards vs Aliens | Helen Clarke | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Death Comes to Pemberley | Mrs Bidwell | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | All at Sea | Cynthia Brice | Episode: "Biscuits" |
| 2014 | Utopia | Coach Station Mum | Episode: No. 2.6 |
| 2014 | The Village | Charity Winkworth | Episode: No. 2.6 |
| 2014 | The Passing Bells | Susan | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | 4 O'Clock Club | Mrs. Hazel | Episode: "Poem" |
| 2015 | Vera | Deirdre Reeves | Episode: "Muddy Waters" |
| 2015 | The Violators | Helen | TV-film |
| 2015 | Rough and Ready | Dr. Winter | TV-film |
| 2015–2016 | Dickensian | Emily Cratchit | 15 Episodes |
| 2017 | Doctor Who | Moira | Episodes: "The Pilot" and "Episode: Extremis"] |
| 2019 | Father Brown | Sally Clegg | Episode: The Blood of the Anarchists |
| 2020 | Doctors | Lou Staunton | Episode: Too Proud |
| 2020 | Roadkill | Bryony Beckett | 1 Episode |
References
- "The Hayes Sisters: About Us". TheHayesSisters.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- 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.