Background
Hennesy was born on June 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Oscar-winning art director Dale Hennesy.
Hennesy was born on June 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Oscar-winning art director Dale Hennesy.
She studied at the American Conservatory Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
She played Rosalyn Harris on the Home Box Office series True Blood. She appeared on the Disney Channel show Jessie as the scheming Mistress Chesterfied. Hennesy is a veteran of many stage productions as well as the comedy troupes the Groundlings and the Association for Convention Marketing Executives Comedy Theater.
She starred as Mistress
Valentine on the teen drama Dawson"s Creek in the 2000-2001 season, and she had supporting roles in the films Global Effect (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003), Click (2006), The Heat Chamber (2003) and Cougar Club (2007). She made three appearances on That "70s Show and has guest-starred on Reba as the mother of Reba"s son-in-law, Van. She made a guest appearance on Drake & Josh as Mistress
Abernathy, the boss of the Ball & Vance Fish Corporation
Additionally, she appeared as Judith Haven in an episode of What I Like About You and she voiced Blair Lansfield in the video game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Currently, she stars as Rosalyn Harris in the fifth season of Home Box Office hit series True Blood.
Hennesy has written a series of children"s books based on the character Pandora. The first one, called Pandora Gets Jealous, was released January 2008.
The sequel, Pandora Gets Vain, was released August 2008.
The third book in the series, Pandora Gets Lazy, released March 2009. Book four, Pandora Gets Heart, was released in January 2010. The fifth book, Pandora Gets Angry, was released in February 2011.
Book six, Pandora Gets Greedy, was released in June 2012.
Book seven, """Pandora Gets Frightened",was released in 2013. Hennesy wrote The Secret Life Of Damien Spinelli featuring the characters of General Hospital"
In October 2011, Hennesy appeared on Jessie as Mistress
Chesterfield, and in November 2011 as Myrna in the "That Still Small Voice" episode of Once Upon a Time. She also guest starred in "Bucket and Skinner".