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File No. 402079 · Adjudicated
Jill Hennessy
Actor — Law & Order, Crossing Jordan, The Paper Chase
Born
1968
Birthplace
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Alberta
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
Her identical twin sister Jacqueline is also an actor and TV host in Canada.
The verdict
Born in Edmonton, raised in Toronto, and proud of it — she's openly talked about her Canadian roots and how growing up in Canada shaped her. Left for the States to chase the Law & Order dream, but Canada claims her right back.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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