Q 01/05

How was Jill Hennessy's character Claire Kincaid written out of Law & Order at the end of its sixth season?

A) Shot by a defendant

B) Promoted to a judgeship

C) Killed in a car crash

D) Fired for misconduct

Answer · why

C) Killed in a car crash

Killed in a car crash by a drunk driver: that was Claire Kincaid's exit after Jill Hennessy chose not to renew her three-year contract.

Q 02/05

Jill Hennessy made her film debut in the 1988 thriller Dead Ringers alongside which real-life relative?

A) Her twin sister

B) Her younger brother

C) Her father

D) Her grandmother

Answer · why

A) Her twin sister

Her twin sister shared the scene, the two playing call girls in a film that is itself about a pair of identical doctors.

Q 03/05

Jill Hennessy was reportedly on the shortlist to play the female FBI agent in which 1990s paranormal series?

A) Millennium

B) Profiler

C) The Pretender

D) The X-Files

Answer · why

D) The X-Files

The X-Files role of Dana Scully went to Gillian Anderson, who has said Jill Hennessy was on the shortlist for the part.

Q 04/05

Before finding fame as an actress, Jill Hennessy used to busk in the subway of which Canadian city?

A) Toronto

B) Montreal

C) Vancouver

D) Ottawa

Answer · why

A) Toronto

Toronto commuters heard her long before television audiences did, and she later released two albums as a singer-songwriter.

Q 05/05

Jill Hennessy appeared on Broadway in 1990 in a musical about which bespectacled rock and roll pioneer?

A) Roy Orbison

B) Chuck Berry

C) Buddy Holly

D) Elvis Presley

Answer · why

C) Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly was the subject, and Hennessy played several parts in the show, among them the singer's wife Maria Elena.