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
Born
Jennifer Hayes

1970 (age 5051)
Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK

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

  1. "The Hayes Sisters: About Us". TheHayesSisters.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. 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.


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