Jennifer Hennessy is a British

United Kingdom

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 actress best known for playing Mrs Brazendale in the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 TV series Lilies

Lilies (BBC TV series)

Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920...

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She trained for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama

The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...

, graduating in 1992. She has since appeared in a number of theatrical roles, as well as on television

Television

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, including the character of Jude in The Office

The Office (UK TV series)

The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...

; Julie, the man-hating shop-assistant, in the "Fockin Mokky Bokka" episode of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps was a BBC sitcom created and written by Susan Nickson. It is set in the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, and initially revolves around the lives of five twenty-somethings, played by Ralf Little , Sheridan Smith , Will Mellor , Natalie Casey and...

; and, in 2007, as Valerie Brannigan (the wife of Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O'Hanlon is an Irish comedian and actor, best known for his roles in television sitcoms as Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted and George Sunday in My Hero.-Early life:...

's character, Thomas Kincade Brannigan) in "Gridlock

Gridlock (Doctor Who)

"Gridlock" is the third episode from the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who which aired on 14 April 2007. The Doctor returns to a much grittier New Earth with Martha Jones and meets the Face of Boe one final time. But as New New York becomes a deadly...

", an episode of Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

, playing a vet in the BBC3 comedy "Pulling" (2008) and in the BBC mini-series South Riding

South Riding

South Riding has several meanings:*South Riding , a book from 1936 by Winifred Holtby, featuring a fictional South Riding of Yorkshire*South Riding , a film from 1938 based on the novel...

in 2011.

As a child, Hennessy was a member of the St Winifred's School Choir

St Winifred's School Choir

St Winifred's School Choir, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport, United Kingdom, was a choir of children whose single in 1980 became the British Christmas number one single of that year. The song was entitled "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma", and it spent two weeks at...

 which reached number one the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in 1980 with the song "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma

There's No-one Quite Like Grandma

"There's No One Quite Like Grandma" was a number one hit single by Stockport-based primary school choir St Winifred's School Choir from 27 December 1980 to 3 January 1981. It was written by Gordon Lorenz....

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She describes herself as loyal, sociable, caring, volatile and organised.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...	The Tichborne Claimant The Tichborne Claimant (film) The Tichborne Claimant is a 1998 dramatic film directed by David Yates.-Cast:*Robert Pugh as The Claimant*John Kani as Bogle*Stephen Fry as Hawkins*John Gielgud as Cockburn*Robert Hardy as Lord Rivers*Charles Gray as Arundell...	Cousin Alicia
1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...	Dead End	Dr. Browning's Nurse
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Pauline Calf's Wedding Video	Other Pauline
1996	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a genteel British crime–comedy drama television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 on BBC One. The series starred Patricia Routledge as the title character , Derek Benfield as her patient husband Robert, Dominic Monaghan as their lodger Geoffrey Shawcross...	Cheryl Wright	Episode: Poison Pen
1997–1999	Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...	D.C. Kay	Episode: #1.4269 Episode: #1.4536
1998	The Broker's Man	WPC	Episode: Swansong
	Undercover Heart	Saffron
	Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...	Gemma Fisher	Episode: One from the Heart
1998–2005	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Julie Houghton Becky Foster Marion Clarke	Episode: The Parent Trap Episode: 035 Episode: 349
1999	People Like Us People Like Us People Like Us is a British comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer...		Episode: The Solicitor
2000	Clocking Off Clocking Off Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott...	Young Doctor	Episode: The Leaches' Story
2001	World of Pub World of Pub World of Pub is a radio and television sitcom, set in a pub in the East End of London, written by Tony Roche and produced by Jane Berthoud....	Various	Episode: Ladies Episode: Caine Episode: Bookshop Episode: Queen
	Swallow	Jenny Lawler
	Buried Treasure	Jill Hellings	TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
	Micawber Micawber (TV series) Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason. It was written by John Sullivan, based upon the character of Wilkins Micawber from Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, although the storylines were original...	Rebecca Rideout
2002	Barbara Barbara (TV series) Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot aired in 1995, and three series then aired from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in front of a live studio audience...	Melanie	Episode: Crime
	Flesh and Blood	Vicky
	The Office The Office (UK TV series) The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...	Jude	Episode: Episode #2.3 Episode: Episode #2.4 Episode: Episode #2.6
2003	The Second Coming	Female Reporter
	Loving You Loving You Loving You is an American motion picture directed by Hal Kanter, released by Paramount Pictures on July 9, 1957. The film stars Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott and Wendell Corey...	Mrs. Smithson
	William and Mary William and Mary The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the coregency over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, of King William III & II and Queen Mary II...	Sal Jordan	Episode: #1.1
	Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps was a BBC sitcom created and written by Susan Nickson. It is set in the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, and initially revolves around the lives of five twenty-somethings, played by Ralf Little , Sheridan Smith , Will Mellor , Natalie Casey and...	Julie	Episode: Fockin Mokky Bokka
	Danielle Cable: Eyewitness	DS Libby Marks
	Emmerdale Emmerdale Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...	Juanita Taylor
	A Touch of Frost	Elizabeth Drew	Episode: Held in Trust
2004	Fat Friends Fat Friends Fat Friends is an ITV drama , following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships,...	Lorraine Frost	Episode: Food of Love Episode: Eat Your Heart Out
	In Denial of Murder	Jackie Dunn
	The Lenny Henry Show The Lenny Henry Show The Lenny Henry Show is a comedy sketch show featuring Lenny Henry. In its first incarnation it ran for two seasons on BBC 1, in 1984 and 1985. Each season had six episodes. A 40-minute special was aired in December 1987...		Episode: #1.1
	Blue Murder Blue Murder Blue Murder were an English heavy metal band, founded by ex-Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes.-Background:Blue Murder was formed by John Sykes in 1988...	Mary Hunt	Episode: Up in Smoke
	Conviction Conviction In law, a conviction is the verdict that results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime.The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal . In Scotland and in the Netherlands, there can also be a verdict of "not proven", which counts as an acquittal...	Judy Fairley	Episode: Episode #1.1 Episode: Episode #1.2 Episode: Episode #1.6
2005	Holby City Holby City Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...	Moira Roberts	Episode: No Pain No Gain
2006	Green Wing Green Wing Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....	Suzie	Episode: #2.5
	Drop Dead Gorgeous Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series) Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb , whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency...	Kerry Willis
2007	Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley	Gaynor
	Lilies	Mrs. Brazendale
	Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...	Valerie	Episode: Gridlock Gridlock (Doctor Who) "Gridlock" is the third episode from the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who which aired on 14 April 2007. The Doctor returns to a much grittier New Earth with Martha Jones and meets the Face of Boe one final time. But as New New York becomes a deadly...
2008	The Cup The Cup (TV series) The Cup is a British television programme starring Steve Edge, Pal Aron and Jennifer Hennessy. It is based on the Canadian TV series The Tournament...	Janice McConnell
2010	Marchlands Marchlands Marchlands is a five-part supernatural drama first shown on ITV in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2011, telling the story of three different families living in the same house at three different time periods, in 1968, 1987 and 2010. The three families are linked by the spirit of a young girl who...	Liz Runcie
2011	Hollyoaks Hollyoaks Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...	Registrar
2011	South Riding South Riding South Riding has several meanings:*South Riding , a book from 1936 by Winifred Holtby, featuring a fictional South Riding of Yorkshire*South Riding , a film from 1938 based on the novel...
2011	Psychoville Psychoville Psychoville is an award-winning British dark comedy television serial written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. It debuted on BBC Two on 18 June 2009. Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in...	Rachel Groves

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