Jennifer Hennessy (born Jennifer Hayes in 1970) is an English

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. She has made numerous television appearances, including as Mrs. Brazendale in the

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''. Hennessy trained for three years at the

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

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, including the character of Jude in ''

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''; Julie, the man-hating shop-assistant, in the "Fockin Mokky Bokka" episode of ''

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

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's character, Thomas Kincade Brannigan) in "

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", an episode of ''

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'', 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 St Winifred's School Choir, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, was a choir of children whose single entitled "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" in 1980 became that year's British Christma ...

which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1980 with the song "

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". She also starred in

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drama ''

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'', a series based on

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' characters. She played the role of Emily Cratchit, a character in ''

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''. She returned to ''Doctor Who'' in 2017, playing Moira, the foster mother of Bill Potts.

Filmography

Film

Television

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* 1970 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Stockport Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama English child singers English film actresses English television actresses {{UK-screen-actor-stub