Carolyn Hennesy
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| Born | June 10, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress/Writer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse | Donald Agnelli (2007-present) |
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Carolyn Hennesy (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress and writer, who stars in the soap opera General Hospital and the sitcom Cougar Town.
Hennesy was born 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.
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. Since 2009, she has also had a recurring role as the lascivious Barb on the ABC primetime comedy Cougar Town with Courteney Cox. She also stars in General Hospital as lawyer, Diane Miller.
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.
Carolyn has also written The Secret Life Of Damien Spinelli featuring the characters of General Hospital.
Hennesy is married to actor Donald Agnelli.
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.
Carolyn will appear in the recurring role of Texas vampire Rosalyn Harris on the HBO series True Blood beginning in season 5 airing in summer 2012.
[edit] Awards
- Daytime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress, 2010
- Named Best Supporting Actress in TV Guide's "Best of 2007" Awards. She received an Ovation Award (L.A. version of the Tony) as Best Supporting Actress for the play "The Fan Maroo" and was named Outstanding Comedic Actress in 2000 for her body of work to date by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. She won the Canadian Spirit Award in 2009 for her work on General Hospital.
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