Education
Central School of Speech and Drama.
Central School of Speech and Drama.
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 British Broadcasting Corporation mini-series South Riding in 2011.
She describes herself as loyal, sociable, caring, volatile and organised. She currently stars in British Broadcasting Corporation One drama Dickensian, a series based on Charles Dickens" characters.
She plays the role of Emily Cratchit, who was a character in A Christmas Carol.
As a child, Hennessy was a member of the Street Winifred"s School Choir which reached number one the United Kingdom Singles Chart in 1980 with the song "There"s Number-one Quite Like Grandma".