Carolyn Hennesy

Carolyn Hennesy
Hennesy at the 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards
Born	(1962-06-10) June 10, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress/Writer
Years active	1962-present
Spouse(s)	Donald Agnelli (2007-2013)
Website	http://CarolynHennesy.com

Carolyn Hennesy (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress and author. She played Rosalyn Harris on the HBO series True Blood. Prior to joining the cast of True Blood, Hennesy starred on ABC's primetime series Cougar Town and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her work on ABC's General Hospital. She appeared on the Disney Channel show Jessie as the scheming Mrs. Chesterfied.

Early life

Hennesy was born on June 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Oscar-winning art director Dale Hennesy, and a niece of actress Barbara Rush and cousin of Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan. She studied at the American Conservatory Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is a veteran of many stage productions as well as the comedy troupes the Groundlings and the ACME Comedy Theater.

Career

She 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), 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 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 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 HBO 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'

Hennesy recently appeared in a GEICO television advertisement featuring the character known as "Cash".

In October 2011, Hennesy appeared on Jessie as Mrs. 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"

Personal life

Hennesy lives in Los Angeles. In 2007 she married Donald Agnelli. They divorced in 2013. She is a trapeze artist.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore	Bowling Alley Waitress	Credited as Carolyn Henessey
1993	Lightning in a Bottle	Marsha Timmons
2001	Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation	Rose (voice: English version)
2001	The Elite	Elaine
2002	Engaging Peter	Vivian
2002	Surprise	Whitney	Short film
2002	Global Effect	Meredith Tripp
2003	Wave Babes	Maureen	Straight-to-video
2003	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Rich Woman
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Congresswoman with Haircut
2004	The Second Degree	Crissy
2005	Appleseed	Athena Aerios	Voice, Feature film, credited as Lee West
2005	The Heat Chamber	Lila
2005	Off the Hook	The Enchilada	Short film
2006	Outta Sync	Phaedra Lee
2006	Bambi II	Bambi's Mother (voice)	Straight-to-video
2006	Click	Kathy O'Doyle
2006	The Emerald Sun	Major Danes	Short film
2007	Feeding	Carolyn	Short film
2007	Sublime	Cheryl	Straight-to-video
2007	Cougar Club	Judge Margaret Emerson
2007	Believers	Lina Vance	Straight-to-video
2007	Til Death Does His Part	God	Short film
2008	Shattered!	Adrienne
2008	I Yes	Ms. Cummings	Short film
2008	Necessary Evil	Carole Fielding
2008	Boob Jobs & Jesus	Jody	Short film
2009	Half Truth	Soap Actress	Short film
2009	It's Not Me, It's You	Therapist	Short film
2009	Scream of the Bikini	Ronda (voice)
2010	Annie in the Aisle of Irma	Marsha	Short film
2011	I Love You Like Crazy	Dr. Sing	Short film

Television
Year	Series	Role	Notes
1993	Dark Justice	Jill	Pygmalion (1993)
1995	Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare	USDA Representative	TV movie
1995	Grace Under Fire	Gloria	Jimmy Goes Away (1995)
1995-1996	Night Stand	Amanda / Layla	Sexaholics (1996): Amanda The Fame Show (1995): Layla
1997	Wings	Flight Attendant	Just Call Me Angel (1997)
1997	Party of Five	Alice	Leap of Faith (1997)
1997	The Naked Truth	Flight Attendant	We Almost Had Paris (1997)
1997-1998	Jenny	Chase Gardner	A Girl's Gotta Go Vogue (1998) A Girl's Gotta Make Room for Daddy: Part 2 (1998) A Girl's Gotta Protect Her Assets (1998) A Girl's Gotta Deck the Halls (1997) Pilot (1997)
1998	Encore! Encore!	Barbara	The Diary (1998)
1999	It's Like, You Know...	Cathy	Pilot (1999)
1999	Thanks	Henrietta Randolph	Tobacco (1999)
1999	The Big O	Vera Ronstadt (Season 2)
2000	Moesha	Dr. Miller	He Doth Protest Too Much (2000)
2000-2001	Dawson's Creek	Mrs. Valentine	Hopeless (2001) The Tao of Dawson (2001) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2000) The Unusual Suspects (2000) You Had Me at Goodbye (2000)
2001	Strip Mall	Caroline Cantwell	Barry Boinks Caroline (2001)
2001	Reba	Mrs. Montgomery	Tea and Antipathy (2001)
2002	Any Day Now	Phyllis	Boys Will Be Boys (2002)
2002	The Young and the Restless	Penelope Quinlan	Episode #1.7351 (2002)
2002	Judging Amy	Louise Rodericks	Come Back Soon (2002)
2002	Bram and Alice	Patricia	Goody Two Shoes (2002)
2002	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Kago's Mother (voice: English version)	Testation (2002)
2003	Android Kidaider	Chigusa Sakamoto (voice: English version)
2003	Half & Half	Mrs. Scranton	The Big Sexy Shame Episode (2003)
2003	Recipe for Disaster	Mrs. Devries	TV movie
2003	What I Like About You	Dr. Judith 'Judy' Haven	When Holly Met Tina (2003)
2004	Significant Others	Realtor	The Right House, the Wrong Gender & a Turn (2004)
1999-2004	That '70s Show	Sharon Singer / Patty Ryals	Winter (2004): Patty Ryals The Good Son (1999): Sharon Singer Hyde Moves In (1999): Sharon Singer
2005	Barbershop	Mrs. Kane	Debates and Dead People (2005)
2006	Girlfriends	Melora Stewart	The Music in Me (2006)
2006	Commander in Chief	TV Interviewer	Wind Beneath My Wing (2006)
2006	Drake & Josh	Mrs. Abernathy	I Love Sushi (2006)
2007	General Hospital: Night Shift	Diane Miller	Falling Star (2007)
2008	Little Miss CEO	Ms. Rivers	TV movie
2008	Mother Goose Parade		TV movie
2009-2012	Cougar Town	Barb	24 episodes
2009	Penny Dreadfuls	Carolyn / Dorothy	All Tomorrow's Parties (2009): Dorothy Feeding (2009): Carolyn
2010	Better People	Ivy	TV movie
2010-2011	Everyone Counts	Sheila	Ghostriding the Whip (2011) The Next Assignment (2011) Demographics (2010) Snapshot of America (2010)
2011–2015	Jessie	Mrs. Rhoda Chesterfield
2011	Shameless	Mrs. Neidereiter	But at Last Came a Knock (2011)
2011	Once Upon a Time	Myrna	That Still Small Voice (2011)
2012	Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures	R.J. Caldwell	Epic Cuffs (2012)
2012	True Blood	Rosalyn	Season 5
2013	The Middle	Connie McDonald	Winners and Losers (2013)
2014	Devious Maids	Mrs. Parker	You Can't Take It With You (2013)
2014	Revenge	Mrs Ellis	Season 4: 5 episodes
2007–present	General Hospital	Diane Miller	352 episodes

Video games
Year	Game	Role	Notes
2000	Jump Start 1st Grade	Ms. Nobel	Credited as Carolyn Hennessy
2000	Casper: Friends Around the World	Casper the Friendly Ghost
2001	Star Trek: Away Team	Aloram Vas (voice)	Credited as Carolyn Hennessy
2002	Star Trek: Bridge Commander	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)
2003	.hack//Quarantine	Gardenia (voice: English version)
2003	Star Ocean: Till the End of Time	Blair Lansfeld/Julee Garrand (voice: English version)	Uncredited
2005	Tales of Legendia	Additional Voices (voice: English version)	Uncredited
2007	Golden Axe: Beast Rider	(voice)
2007	Ghost Rider	Lilith (voice)
2010	Metro 2033

Awards

Year	Award	Result	Category	Series
2000	Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle	Won	Outstanding Comedic Actress	Career
2004	Ovation Award	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	Daytime Emmy	Nominated	Outstanding Supporting Actress	General Hospital

External links

• Carolyn Hennesy at the Internet Movie Database
• Carolyn Hennesy Official site
• Official Twitter