Jennifer Hennessy

English actress

Jennifer Hennessy
Born	Jennifer Hayes 1970 (age 53–54) Stockport, England
Alma mater	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

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.

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 on 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, 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"
	Undercover Heart	Saffron
	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
	Swallow	Jenny Lawler
	Buried Treasure	Jill Hellings	TV-film
	Micawber	Rebecca Rideout
2002	Barbara	Melanie	Episode: "Crime"
	Flesh and Blood	Vicky
	The Office	Jude	3 episodes
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	3 episodes
	A Touch of Frost	Elizabeth Drew	Episode: "Held in Trust"
2004	Fat Friends	Lorraine Frost	Episodes: "Food of Love" and "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	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
	Lilies	Mrs. Brazendale	7 episodes
	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
	South Riding	Mrs. Holly	2 episodes
	Psychoville	Rachel Groves	3 episodes
	Scott & Bailey	Mrs Farell	Episode: No. 1.2
	The Body Farm	Eleanor Garrick	Episode: No. 1.1
2012	Holby City	Pam Barker	Episode: "Butterflies"
	Starlings	WPC	Episode: No. 1.5
	Shameless	Louise	Episode: No. 10.5
	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
	The Village	Charity Winkworth	Episode: No. 2.6
	The Passing Bells	Susan	5 episodes
2015	4 O'Clock Club	Mrs. Hazel	Episode: "Poem"
	Vera	Deirdre Reeves	Episode: "Muddy Waters"
	The Violators	Helen	TV-film
	Rough and Ready	Dr. Winter	TV-film
2015–2016	Dickensian	Emily Cratchit	15 episodes
2017	Doctor Who	Moira	Episodes: "The Pilot" and "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
2024	Sherwood	Chief Constable	6 episodes

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.