Carolyn Hennesy

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), Rise of the Machines (2003), 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 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......
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