Jennifer Hennessy

Jennifer Hennessy born Jennifer Hayes in 1970 is an English actress She has made numerous television appearances including as Mrs Brazendale in the BBC TV series Lilies Hennessy trained for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama graduating in 1992 She has since appeared in a number of theatrical roles as well as on television including the character of Jude in The Office Julie the manhating shopassistant in the Fockin Mokky Bokka episode of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and in 2007 as Valerie Brannigan the wife of Ardal OHanlons character Thomas Kincade Brannigan in Gridlock an episode of Doctor Who playing a vet in the BBC3 comedy Pulling 2008 and in the BBC miniseries South Riding in 2011 As a child Hennessy was a member of the St Winifreds School Choir which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1980 with the song Theres No One Quite Like Grandma She also starred in BBC One drama Dickensian a series based on Charles Dickens characters She played the role of Emily Cratchit a character in A Christmas Carol She returned to Doctor Who in 2017 playing Moira the foster mother of Bill Potts