Carolyn Hennesy
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. She studied at the American Conservatory Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Hennesy 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.