Carolyn Hennesy
{{Short description|American actress (born 1962)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carolyn Hennesy
| image = Carolyn Hennesy 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Hennesy at the 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|06|10}}
| birth_place = Encino, California, U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|Donald Agnelli
|2007|2013|end={{abbr|div.|div}}}}
| partner =
| father = Dale Hennesy
| relatives = Barbara Rush (aunt)
Claudia Cowan (cousin)
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|writer|marine park and zoo advocate}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| website = {{URL|carolynhennesy.com}}
}}
Carolyn Hennesy (born June 10, 1962{{cite web|url=https://soapshows.com/general-hospital/cast-list-general/top-10-facts-about-general-hospitals-carolyn-hennesy/|access-date=February 3, 2016|title=Top 10 Facts About General Hospital's Carolyn Hennesy|work=Soap Shows|location=United States|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226080513/http://soapshows.com/general-hospital/cast-list-general/top-10-facts-about-general-hospitals-carolyn-hennesy/|archive-date=February 26, 2016|url-status=dead}}) is an American actress, writer, and animal advocate. Hennesy's early work consisted of guest appearances and roles in shows and television movies, including Dark Justice and in Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare. She rose to prominence when she was cast in a recurring role in Dawson's Creek. She followed this with a series of guest appearances until she gained international acclaim after landing the role of Diane Miller on the daytime television series General Hospital, for which she earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Following this, she was cast in more recurring roles in shows such as Cougar Town, Revenge, and Jessie. She also received much credibility for her role in The Bay, for which she won her first Daytime Emmy Award.
Hennesy has also taken up writing, including with the 2011 novel The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli, featuring characters from General Hospital, which reached #16 on the New York Times Best Seller list. She is also known for her work as an advocate for animals, notable for her work promoting AZA zoos and aquariums, as well as promoting accredited marine parks like SeaWorld.
Early life and education
Hennesy was born on June 10, 1962, in Encino, California. She is the daughter of production designer and art director Dale Hennesy,{{cite web|url=http://cscottrollins.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-art-of-dale-hennesy-masterful.html|access-date=February 3, 2016|last=Rollins|first=Scott|date=August 23, 2015|title=The Art of Dale Hennesy: Masterful Production Designer/Art Director of FANTASTIC VOYAGE, LOGAN'S RUN, DIRTY HARRY, ANNIE, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN & More}} who won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967 |title=The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-07-23|publisher=Oscars.org}}
Career
Hennesy starred as Mrs. 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), The Heat Chamber (2005), Click (2006), 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 Mrs. Abernathy, the boss of the Ball & Vance Fish Corp. Additionally, she appeared as Judith Haven in an episode of What I Like About You. She starred as Rosalyn Harris in the fifth season of HBO hit series True Blood. In 2016, she joined the cast of the Netflix production Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.
Since 2006, Hennessy has played Diane Miller on the daytime soap opera General Hospital. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_0910_nominations_v03.pdf|title=Daytime Emmys Nominees 2010|publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|date=May 13, 2010|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516014558/http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272631759.shtml|archive-date=May 16, 2010|url-status=dead}} Hennesy wrote the 2011 novel The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli featuring characters from General Hospital.{{cite web|date=2011-03-28|title=Fiction Review: The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli by Diane Miller|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4013-2413-1|access-date=2013-04-15|work=Publishers Weekly}} The novel reached #16 on the New York Times Best Seller list.{{cite web|date=2011-04-24|title=Best Sellers – The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-04-24/combined-print-fiction/list.html?date=2011-04-24&category=combined-print-fiction&pagewanted=print|access-date=2013-04-15|work=The New York Times}} In October 2011, Hennesy appeared on Jessie as Mrs. Chesterfield, a role she would reprise through the series' entire four-year run, and in November 2011 as Myrna in the "That Still Small Voice" episode of Once Upon a Time. She also guest starred in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures.
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.
In 2016, Hennesy appeared in the soap opera web series The Bay as Karen Blackwell. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role.{{cite web|title=The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_nominations_v02.pdf |publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 22, 2017 |date=March 22, 2017}} Also in 2016, Hennesy was named an American Humane Association celebrity ambassador and spoke before a congressional committee on the organization's new humane conservation initiative.{{cite web|title=Board Member & Celebrity Advisory Committee Chair – Carolyn Hennesy|url=http://zoonation.org/chair-celebrity-advisory-committee-board-member-carolyn-hennesy/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823005606/http://zoonation.org/chair-celebrity-advisory-committee-board-member-carolyn-hennesy/|archive-date=2016-08-23|access-date=2016-08-12}} Hennesy is also the producer and host of Animal Magnetism, a radio program featuring wildlife and domestic animal professionals. The program focuses on welfare and conservation issues and examines both the human-animal bond and the global increase in human-wildlife conflict resulting from human over-population growth and climate change.{{Cite web|url=http://ubnradio.com/shows/animal-magnetism/|title=Animal Magnetism|website=ubnradio.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403210354/http://ubnradio.com/shows/animal-magnetism/ |archive-date=3 April 2017 |url-status=usurped}}
Personal life
Hennesy is the niece of actress Barbara Rush and cousin of Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan.{{cite news|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/carolyn-hennesy-bio|access-date=February 3, 2016|work=Soap Opera Digest|agency=American Media, Inc.|location=United States|title=Carolyn Hennesy Bio|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710175851/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/carolyn-hennesy-bio|archive-date=July 10, 2011}} She lives in Los Angeles. In 2007, Hennesy married Donald Agnelli.{{cite web|url=http://generalhospital.about.com/od/actorprofiles/p/CarolynHenessy.htm|access-date=February 3, 2016|website=About General Hospital|title=Carolyn Hennesy – Flying High|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413144237/http://generalhospital.about.com/od/actorprofiles/p/CarolynHenessy.htm|url-status=dead}} They divorced in 2013. She is a trapeze artist, a skill she demonstrated during a 2015 episode of Jessie.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1992
| I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore | Bowling Alley Waitress | credited as Carolyn Henessey |
| 1993
| Marsha Timmons | |
| 2001
| Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation | Rose | Voice role (English version) |
| 2001
| The Elite | Elaine | |
| 2002
| Global Effect | Meredith Tripp | |
| 2002
| Engaging Peter | Vivian | |
| 2003
| Wave Babes | Maureen |
| 2003
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Rich Woman | |
| 2003
| Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Congresswoman with Haircut | |
| 2004
| The Second Degree | Chrissy Le Matin | |
| 2005
| Athena Aerios | Voice role; credited as Lee West{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} |
| 2005
| The Heat Chamber | Lila | |
| 2006
| Outta Sync | Phaedra Lee | |
| 2006
| Bambi II | Bambi's Mother | Voice role; direct-to-video film |
| 2006
| Click | Kathy O'Doyle | |
| 2006
| Conversations with God | Sharon Parker | |
| 2007
| Sublime | Cheryl | Direct-to-video film |
| 2007
| Judge Margaret Emerson | |
| 2007
| Lina Vance | Direct-to-video film |
| 2008
| Shattered! | Adrienne | |
| 2008
| Carole Fielding | |
| 2009
| Ronda | Voice role |
| 2014
| Platinum the Dance Movie | Mary | |
| 2015
| Hybrids | Aradia | |
| 2015
| Mothers of the Bride | Kelly Court | |
| 2015
| You're Killing Me | Candice | |
| 2015
| A Kind of Magic | Maggie | |
| 2016
| Courting Des Moines | Gov. Joanna Sampson | |
| 2016
| The Holy Man | Betty Rodriguez | |
| 2016
| Better Criminal | Police Chief Ackerman | |
| 2018
| Mother | |
| 2019
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Domine Lithe | |
| 2020
| Janice | |
| {{TableTBA}}
| The Swing of Things | Mama McGursky |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Series ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| Jill | Episode: "Pygmalion" |
| 1995
| Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare | USDA Representative |
| 1995
| Gloria | Episode: "Jimmy Goes Away" |
| 1995
| Night Stand with Dick Dietrick | Layla | Episode: "The Fame Show" |
| 1996
| Night Stand with Dick Dietrick | Amanda | Episode: "Sexaholics" |
| 1997
| Wings | Flight Attendant | Episode: "Just Call Me Angel" |
| 1997
| Alice | Episode: "Leap of Faith" |
| 1997
| Flight Attendant | Episode: "We Almost Had Paris" |
| 1997–1998
| Jenny | Chase Gardner | Recurring role |
| 1998
| Barbara | Episode: "The Diary" |
| 1999
| Sharon Singer | 2 episodes |
| 1999
| Cathy | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1999
| Thanks | Henrietta Randolph | Episode: "Tobacco" |
| 1999
| Vera Ronstadt | Contract role: Season 2 only |
| 2000
| Moesha | Dr. Miller | Episode: "He Doth Protest Too Much" |
| 2000–2001
| Mrs. Valentine | Recurring role |
| 2001
| Caroline Cantwell | Episode: "Barry Boinks Caroline" |
| 2001
| Reba | Mrs. Montgomery | Episode: "Tea and Antipathy" |
| 2002
| Phyllis | Episode: "Boys Will Be Boys" |
| 2002
| Penelope Quinlan | Episode #7351 |
| 2002
| Louise Rodericks | Episode: "Come Back Soon" |
| 2002
| Patricia | Episode: "Goody Two Shoes" |
| 2002
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Kago's Mother (voice: English version) | Episode: "Testation" |
| 2003
| Chigusa Sakamoto (voice: English version) | Unknown episodes |
| 2003
| Mrs. Scranton | Episode: "The Big Sexy Shame Episode" |
| 2003
| Recipe for Disaster | Mrs. Devries | Television film |
| 2003
| Dr. Judith 'Judy' Haven | Episode: "When Holly Met Tina" |
| 2004
| Realtor | Episode: "The Right House, the Wrong Gender & a Turn" |
| 2004
| Patty Ryals | Episode: "Winter" |
| 2005
| Mrs. Kane | Episode: "Debates and Dead People" |
| 2006
| Melora Stewart | Episode: "The Music in Me" |
| 2006
| TV Interviewer | Episode: "Wind Beneath My Wing" |
| 2006
| Mrs. Abernathy | Episode: "I Love Sushi" |
| 2006–present
| Recurring role, 419 episodes |
| 2007
| General Hospital: Night Shift | Diane Miller | Episode: "Falling Star" |
| 2008
| Little Miss CEO | Ms. Rivers | Television film |
| 2009
| Carolyn | Episode: "Feeding" |
| 2009–2012
| Barb | Recurring role |
| 2009
| Dorothy | Episode: "All Tomorrow's Parties" |
| 2010
| Everyone Counts | Sheila | 2 episodes |
| 2010
| Better People | Ivy | Television film |
| 2011
| Everyone Counts | Sheila | 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Mrs. Neidereiter | Episode: "But at Last Came a Knock" |
| 2011
| Myrna | Episode: "That Still Small Voice" |
| 2011–2015
| Jessie | Mrs. Rhoda Chesterfield | Recurring role |
| 2012
| Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures | R.J. Caldwell | Episode: "Epic Cuffs" |
| 2012
| Rosalyn | Recurring role (season 5) |
| 2013
| Connie McDonald | Episode: "Winners and Losers" |
| 2014
| Mrs. Parker | Episode: "You Can't Take It With You" |
| 2014
| Revenge | Mrs Ellis | Recurring role |
| 2016
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Toni | 2 episodes |
| 2016
| The Bay | Karen Blackwell | Web series |
| 2017
|Wanda |Episode: "A Blowjob Before Dying" |
| 2018
| Grandma Gayle | Episode: "Grandma Dearest" |
| 2018
| General Leia Organa (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2018
| General Leia Organa (voice) | Episode: "Station Theta Black" |
| 2018
| He Knows Your Every Move | Caitlin | Television film |
| 2019
| Miranda | Episode: "Adam Ruins Little Bugs" |
| 2022
| Big Nate | Mrs. Godfrey (voice) | Main role |
| 2025
|Caroline McGrath |Episode: "A Deadly Secret" |
=Web=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2019
| Cora Reeves | Episode "What Up, Fam" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Game ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2000
| Jump Start 1st Grade | Ms. Nobel | Credited as Carolyn Hennessy |
| 2000
| Casper: Friends Around the World | |
| 2001
| Aloram Vas (voice) | Credited as Carolyn Hennessy |
| 2001
| Casper the Friendly Ghost (voice) | |
| 2002
| Captain Eina Zeiss/Captain Elizabeth Haley/Captain Torenn (voice) | Credited as Carolyn Hennesey |
| 2002
| .hack//Infection | Gardenia (voice: English version) |
| 2002
| .hack//Mutation | Gardenia (voice: English version) |
| 2002
| .hack//Outbreak | Gardenia (voice: English version) |
| 2002
| .hack//Outbreak | Gardenia (voice: English version) |
| 2006
| Suikoden V | Arshtat (voice: English version) |
| 2007
| (voice) |{{cite video game | developer=Secret Level | title=Golden Axe: Beast Rider | publisher=Sega | scene=Ending credits, 4:30:00 in, VOICE TALENT | year=2008}} |
| 2007
| Lilith (voice) | |
| 2009
| World in Conflict: Soviet Assault | (voice) | |
| 2010
| (voice) | |
| 2016
| Angela Seeker, Additional Voices | |
| 2017
| Lieutenant T'Nar, Additional Voices (voice) | |
| 2018
| Lilith Tyrell, Background Voices (voice) | |
Awards and nominations
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| style="background-color: #eedd82"|Year
! style="background-color: #eedd82"|Award ! style="background-color: #eedd82"|Result ! style="background-color: #eedd82"|Category ! style="background-color: #eedd82"|Series ! style="background-color: #eedd82"|{{abbr|Ref.|References}} |
|---|
| 2000
| Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle | {{won}} | Outstanding Comedic Actress | Career |
| 2004
| {{won}} | Featured Actress in a Play | "The Fan Maroo" | |
| 2007
| TV Guide{{'s}} "Best of 2007" Awards | {{won}} | Best Supporting Actress | General Hospital |
| 2009
| Canadian Spirit Award | {{won}} | | General Hospital | |
| 2010
| {{nom}} | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | General Hospital |
| 2017
| Daytime Emmy Award | {{won}} | Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series | The Bay |
| 2017
| {{won}} | Best Guest Actress — Drama | The Bay | {{cite web |url=http://www.indieseriesawards.com/2017/04/8th-annual-indie-series-awards-winners.html |title=8th Annual Indie Series Awards Winners |publisher=Indie Series Awards |access-date=April 14, 2017}} |
| 2021
| {{nom}} | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | General Hospital |
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://CarolynHennesy.com}}
- {{IMDb name|name=Carolyn Hennesy|id=0377321}}
- [http://www.thespectrum.com/story/life/2017/07/11/actress-author-animal-activist-carolyn-hennesy-real-high-flyer/467495001/ Interview with Carolyn Hennesy, The Spectrum, Accessed July 13, 2017.]
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