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5 THINGS YOU OUGHTA KNOW ABOUT JORDAN 1. Flunked out of anger management class in LA.2. Prefers not to mix long-term commitments with sex.3. Still grappling with questions about her mother's mysterious murder and her parents' marriage.4. Plays the guitar and sings folk songs to relieve stress.5 . Tends to confuse the phrase 'back off' with 'go on girl.' | |
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JILL HENNESSY as DR. JORDAN CAVANAUGH "Jordan had to confront a lot of difficult things when she was very young, including the unsolved murder of her mother, so consequently she's unafraid of how people will react to her," says Jill Hennessy, describing the character of medical examiner Jordan Cavanaugh in the NBC series "Crossing Jordan." Where from: Edmonton, CanadaWhere to: Toronto for acting classes, NYC (to the street where the neon lights shine bright), currently a dual resident of LA & NYCNotable Credits: Most known for playing ADA Claire Kincaid on "Law and Order" (1993-1996); TV work includes playing famed first lady in Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot (miniseries); Mobile Suit Gundam (series); Film features include Nuremberg, Chutney Popcorn; Dead Broke; Komodo; Molly, A Smile Like Yours; Most Wanted; I Shot Andy Warhol; The Paper; Robocob 3; Dead Ringers; Love in the Time of Money (Sundance/Redford); Stage credits include Those Summer Nights When the Dark Comes Late; The Buddy Holly Story; The Acting Class (on which she wrote and co-directed). Romantic Status: Taken (married to Paolo Mastropietro)Esoterica Etcetera: People's Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series; Golden Satellite Award (Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television) from the International Press Academy for her work in the cable movie "Nuremberg"; Bicoastal (maintains homes in both LA & NYC) | |
Mariel's crossing over to Jill Hennessy. (the Buzz).
Advocate, The, Oct 29, 2002
MARIEL HEMINGWAY IS at it again, folks--playing a lesbian on TV. The Personal Best icon, who famously locked prime-time lips with Roseanne several seasons ago, will appear on an upcoming episode of NBC's Crossing Jordan. This time she's Dr. Lisa Fromer--a conservative talk-radio shrink accused of murdering her female lover. "It's not like I went out looking for it," she says of her queer history. "Playing gay is sometimes difficult for people ... I just don't have a problem with it."
Neither does Crossing Jordan star Jill Hennessy, who played the lesbian character Lisa in the 1999 indie film Chutney Popcorn and now blurs gender boundaries weekly as velvet-voiced, sexy-yet-single coroner Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh. "My acting teacher used to say, `Gosh, you walk like a track driver,'" says Hennessy, who, like her TV heroine, was raised by her single father. "I guess I just learned that by being with my dad. I feel like the perception of what feminine is in this culture is so narrow," says the star. "That's why I was really happy to play a character who's not overly feminized. You know, somebody who could be misinterpreted. People might think, Well, what the heck's up with her? Is she gay, straight--does she have issuers? I like to keep them thinking."
When Hennessy first meets Hemingway on-screen--in an episode written by Jordan's openly gay executive story editor, Elizabeth Sarnoff--a spark ignites and a deep bond starts to form. "There's some energy there definitely," admits Hemingway. "But no kiss, no kiss."
MY FAVORITE THINGS
Jill Hennessy
Sponging is fun for "Crossing Jordan" star
How You Know Her: "Law and Order," "Autumn in New York," "The Women of Camelot" and currently starring in NBC's "Crossing Jordan."
Her Apartment Is Filled With: "Throw-away furniture given to me by friends. I just moved to Los Angeles from New York a few weeks ago to do the show, and my apartment is filled with two couches a friend was literally going to throw out."
Her Favorite Style: Eclectic. "Integrating old with new, like really old antique deteriorated wooden French furniture with ultra-modern Milanese furniture pieces."
She Loves to Walk on: Sisal carpets.
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Her Last Decorating Challenge: "Sponge painting. I love it. I'm a great sponger. You put on some good music, sponge all day and work up a really good sweat."
TV Guide Pick 9/23/02::
A second season begins with a tense 90-minute episode (written by series creator Tim Kring) that finds Jordan (Jill Hennessey) in Los Angeles.
She's trailing murderer Herman Redding (Jack Laufer), who previously tricked her into helping him gain a release from a mental-health facility. Back in Boston, there's political pressure to solve a series of killings, and Macy suspects that his friend, District Attorney Olson (William Russ), may be involved.
Lorraine Toussaint joins the cast as coroner Elaine Duchamps. Woody: Jerry O'Connell. Matt: Robert Duncan McNeill. George Grebs: Fred Koehler. Martin Griffith: Christopher Boyer.
::NBC 2002-2003 Press Binder::
Crossing Jordan Overview: Also returning is Jerry O'Connell ("Jerry Maguire") as detective Woodrow Hoyt, a naive Wisconsin native who's determined to do his job properly while earning Jordan's trust in the process.
Jerry O'Connell Bio Profile: "Woody is the police muscle for the medical examiner's office and very much desires a little more attention from Jordan," says O'Connell.
::Entertainment Weekly::
Preparing to do battle with fellow forensics drama CSI: Miami, "we're amping up the show in terms of the kinds of stories we're doing," says creator and executive producer Tim Kring. "We're trying to give the NBC promo department as much stuff as we can." Like a 90-minute season opener that takes Boston coroner Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy) to L.A. on the trail of her mother's murderer; Jerry O'Connell's return as Jordan's detective colleague Woody; a quarantine episode; and a hostage situation at the morgue. Any Day Now's Lorraine Toussaint will become a regular as abrasive new medical examiner Elaine Duchamps. "We brought her on because we found the morgue was a lovefest," says Kring. "We needed somebody to mix thing up." In other words, she'll be crossing Jordan
::TV Guide::
Miami vice: This year Jordan faces some tough competition from new spin-off CSI: Miami. "CSI is a powerful franchise, and I expect we will take a [ratings] hit," says series creator and executive producer Tim Kring, who promises to fight back with bigger, "More promotable" crime stories. "We're treating this season like it's nonstop sweeps." And it all starts with a 90-minute premiere at 9:30 P.M., a half hour earlier than usual.
Bring out the knives: Lorraine Toussaint (Any Day Now) joins the series as Elaine Deschamps, a no-nonsense pathologist who is also Jordan's nemesis and Garret's rival... Det. Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell) returns as Jordan' ally and potential beau.
:TV Guide Pick 9/23/02::
A second season begins with a tense 90-minute episode (written by series creator Tim Kring) that finds Jordan (Jill Hennessey) in Los Angeles.
She's trailing murderer Herman Redding (Jack Laufer), who previously tricked her into helping him gain a release from a mental-health facility. Back in Boston, there's political pressure to solve a series of killings, and Macy suspects that his friend, District Attorney Olson (William Russ), may be involved.
Lorraine Toussaint joins the cast as coroner Elaine Duchamps. Woody: Jerry O'Connell. Matt: Robert Duncan McNeill. George Grebs: Fred Koehler. Martin Griffith: Christopher Boyer.
::NBC 2002-2003 Press Binder::
medical examiner's office and very Crossing Jordan Overview: Also returning is Jerry O'Connell ("Jerry Maguire") as detective Woodrow Hoyt, a naive Wisconsin native who's determined to do his job properly while earning Jordan's trust in the process.
Jerry O'Connell Bio Profile: "Woody is the police muscle for the much desires a little more attention from Jordan," says O'Connell.
::Entertainment Weekly::
Preparing to do battle with fellow forensics drama CSI: Miami, "we're amping up the show in terms of the kinds of stories we're doing," says creator and executive producer Tim Kring. "We're trying to give the NBC promo department as much stuff as we can." Like a 90-minute season opener that takes Boston coroner Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy) to L.A. on the trail of her mother's murderer; Jerry O'Connell's return as Jordan's detective colleague Woody; a quarantine episode; and a hostage situation at the morgue. Any Day Now's Lorraine Toussaint will become a regular as abrasive new medical examiner Elaine Duchamps. "We brought her on because we found the morgue was a lovefest," says Kring. "We needed somebody to mix thing up." In other words, she'll be crossing Jordan
::TV Guide::
Miami vice: This year Jordan faces some tough competition from new spin-off CSI: Miami. "CSI is a powerful franchise, and I expect we will take a [ratings] hit," says series creator and executive producer Tim Kring, who promises to fight back with bigger, "More promotable" crime stories. "We're treating this season like it's nonstop sweeps." And it all starts with a 90-minute premiere at 9:30 P.M., a half hour earlier than usual.
Bring out the knives: Lorraine Toussaint (Any Day Now) joins the series as Elaine Deschamps, a no-nonsense pathologist who is also Jordan's nemesis and Garret's rival... Det. Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell) returns as Jordan' ally and potential beau
::TV Guide Pick 9/23/02::
A second season begins with a tense 90-minute episode (written by series creator Tim Kring) that finds Jordan (Jill Hennessey) in Los Angeles.
She's trailing murderer Herman Redding (Jack Laufer), who previously tricked her into helping him gain a release from a mental-health facility. Back in Boston, there's political pressure to solve a series of killings, and Macy suspects that his friend, District Attorney Olson (William Russ), may be involved.
Lorraine Toussaint joins the cast as coroner Elaine Duchamps. Woody: Jerry O'Connell. Matt: Robert Duncan McNeill. George Grebs: Fred Koehler. Martin Griffith: Christopher Boyer.
::NBC 2002-2003 Press Binder::
Crossing Jordan Overview: Also returning is Jerry O'Connell ("Jerry Maguire") as detective Woodrow Hoyt, a naive Wisconsin native who's determined to do his job properly while earning Jordan's trust in the process.
Jerry O'Connell Bio Profile: "Woody is the police muscle for the medical examiner's office and very much desires a little more attention from Jordan," says O'Connell.
::Entertainment Weekly::
Preparing to do battle with fellow forensics drama CSI: Miami, "we're amping up the show in terms of the kinds of stories we're doing," says creator and executive producer Tim Kring. "We're trying to give the NBC promo department as much stuff as we can." Like a 90-minute season opener that takes Boston coroner Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy) to L.A. on the trail of her mother's murderer; Jerry O'Connell's return as Jordan's detective colleague Woody; a quarantine episode; and a hostage situation at the morgue. Any Day Now's Lorraine Toussaint will become a regular as abrasive new medical examiner Elaine Duchamps. "We brought her on because we found the morgue was a lovefest," says Kring. "We needed somebody to mix thing up." In other words, she'll be crossing Jordan
::TV Guide::
Miami vice: This year Jordan faces some tough competition from new spin-off CSI: Miami. "CSI is a powerful franchise, and I expect we will take a [ratings] hit," says series creator and executive producer Tim Kring, who promises to fight back with bigger, "More promotable" crime stories. "We're treating this season like it's nonstop sweeps." And it all starts with a 90-minute premiere at 9:30 P.M., a half hour earlier than usual.
Bring out the knives: Lorraine Toussaint (Any Day Now) joins the series as Elaine Deschamps, a no-nonsense pathologist who is also Jordan's nemesis and Garret's rival... Det. Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell) returns as Jordan' ally and potential beau.
::TV Guide Pick 9/23/02::
A second season begins with a tense 90-minute episode (written by series creator Tim Kring) that finds Jordan (Jill Hennessey) in Los Angeles.
She's trailing murderer Herman Redding (Jack Laufer), who previously tricked her into helping him gain a release from a mental-health facility. Back in Boston, there's political pressure to solve a series of killings, and Macy suspects that his friend, District Attorney Olson (William Russ), may be involved.
Lorraine Toussaint joins the cast as coroner Elaine Duchamps. Woody: Jerry O'Connell. Matt: Robert Duncan McNeill. George Grebs: Fred Koehler. Martin Griffith: Christopher Boyer.
::NBC 2002-2003 Press Binder::
Crossing Jordan Overview: Also returning is Jerry O'Connell ("Jerry Maguire") as detective Woodrow Hoyt, a naive Wisconsin native who's determined to do his job properly while earning Jordan's trust in the process.
Jerry O'Connell Bio Profile: "Woody is the police muscle for the medical examiner's office and very much desires a little more attention from Jordan," says O'Connell.
::Entertainment Weekly::
Preparing to do battle with fellow forensics drama CSI: Miami, "we're amping up the show in terms of the kinds of stories we're doing," says creator and executive producer Tim Kring. "We're trying to give the NBC promo department as much stuff as we can." Like a 90-minute season opener that takes Boston coroner Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy) to L.A. on the trail of her mother's murderer; Jerry O'Connell's return as Jordan's detective colleague Woody; a quarantine episode; and a hostage situation at the morgue. Any Day Now's Lorraine Toussaint will become a regular as abrasive new medical examiner Elaine Duchamps. "We brought her on because we found the morgue was a lovefest," says Kring. "We needed somebody to mix thing up." In other words, she'll be crossing Jordan
::TV Guide::
Miami vice: This year Jordan faces some tough competition from new spin-off CSI: Miami. "CSI is a powerful franchise, and I expect we will take a [ratings] hit," says series creator and executive producer Tim Kring, who promises to fight back with bigger, "More promotable" crime stories. "We're treating this season like it's nonstop sweeps." And it all starts with a 90-minute premiere at 9:30 P.M., a half hour earlier than usual.
Bring out the knives: Lorraine Toussaint (Any Day Now) joins the series as Elaine Deschamps, a no-nonsense pathologist who is also Jordan's nemesis and Garret's rival... Det. Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell) returns as Jordan' ally and potential beau.
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January 14, 2004
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New Sunday Night Timeslot at 10:00 p.m. ET Welcomes Third Year Drama
BURBANK, Calif. -- January 14, 2004 -- “Crossing Jordan” will return to NBC’s primetime schedule for its third season in March on Sundays (10-11 p.m. ET). In the new season, Jennifer Finnigan (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) joins the cast in the recurring role of a feisty, spirited medical student beginning her pathology residency.
The announcement was made today by Jeff Zucker, President, NBC Entertainment, News and Cable Group.
“Crossing Jordan” debuted as the #1 new drama among adults 18-49 during the 2001-02 season and followed that with solid averages of a 4.0 rating, 9 share in 18-49 and 10.6 million viewers overall during the 2002-03 season.
This season, the series takes a turn toward the procedural aspects of the world of coroners and cops, with Jill Hennessy (NBC’s “Law & Order”) starring as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, a sexy, smart and fearless Boston medical examiner with a checkered professional past and a penchant for investigating unsolved crimes. Jordan’s greatest ally is Dr. Garret Macy (Miguel Ferrer, “Traffic”), who does his best to offer guidance and support to his most defiant employee. Also carrying out forensic investigations is Dr. Peter Winslow (Ivan Sergei, “The Opposite of Sex”), whose past lapses in work ethic make this job his last chance in his chosen profession.
Adding a fresh dimension to the coroner’s office is pathology resident Dr. Devan Maguire (two time daytime Emmy-winner Jennifer Finnigan), whose eagerness to learn the ropes pushes her colleagues to their limits. Finnigan, a native of Montreal, Canada, attracted a corps of loyal viewers in her racy role as Bridget Forrester on the daytime drama, “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
Jerry O’Connell (“Kangaroo Jack”) reprises his prominent recurring role of Detective Woody Hoyt. As the maturing Wisconsin native who’s determined to do his job properly while earning Jordan’s trust, Hoyt works hand-in-hand with the coroners to bring closure to the families of murder victims and to bring the guilty to justice.
Additional support for the cop and coroner team is provided by grief counselor Lily Lebowski (Kathryn Hahn, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!”), forensic entomologist “Bug” (Ravi Kapoor, “Gideon’s Crossing”) and criminalist Nigel (Steve Valentine, “The Muse”).
Tim Kring (NBC’s “Providence”) is the executive producer and creator of this production from Tailwind Productions in association with NBC Studios.
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| December 3, 2001 People Article On Jill | January 2002 Biography Article On Jill |
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Ready for a quiz? How well do you know them. 1. How many bosses did Jordan tick off before returning to work for Garret? |
| 2. How old was Jordan when her mother was killed? Twenty-One Ten Sweet Sixteen |
| 3. How did Bug earn his nickname? Likes to wear Spiderman underwear to bed Has a penchant for chocolate-covered ants Has a passionate mania for entomology |
| 4. What did Dr. Macy’s teenage daughter, Abby, do to earn a high school suspension? Cheated on a final exam Got discovered smoking pot in the girls’ bathroom Was caught in the act with her boyfriend in the custodial closet at school |
| 5. Which doc keeps an encyclopedic catalog of gourmet coffee flavors? Nigel Jordan Bug |
| 6. In what field of study did Jordan take classes on the west coast? Flower arrangement The art of French pastry making Anger management |
| 7. What is the name of Max Cavanaugh’s bar? The Boston Bean Brewery The Pogue Mahone The Off-Beat Cop |
| 8. Which character does not pay a visit to a shrink during the first season? Garret Bug Lily |
| 9. Which character does not go to a strip club during the first season? Jordan Nigel Garret |
| 10. Which character receives a personal visitation from Elvis? Nigel Lily Garret |
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Q1. How many bosses did Jordan tick off before returning to work for Garret? Answer: Five |
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Q2. How old was Jordan when her mother was killed? Answer: Ten |
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Q3. How did Bug earn his nickname? Answer: Has a passionate mania for entomology |
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Q4. What did Dr. Macy’s teenage daughter, Abby, do to earn a high school suspension? Answer: Was caught in the act with her boyfriend in the custodial closet at school |
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Q5. Which doc keeps an encyclopedic catalog of gourmet coffee flavors? Answer: Nigel |
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Q6. In what field of study did Jordan take classes on the west coast? Answer: Anger management |
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Q7. What is the name of Max Cavanaugh’s bar? Answer: The Pogue Mahone |
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Q8. Which character does not pay a visit to a shrink during the first season? Answer: Lily |
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Q9. Which character does not go to a strip club during the first season? Answer: Garret |
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Q10. Which character receives a personal visitation from Elvis? Answer: Nigel |
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