Claire Kincaid - wikipedia Claire Kincaid This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2008 ) Claire Kincaid Law & Order character First appearance `` Sweeps '' Last appearance `` Aftershock '' Portrayed by Jill Hennessy Time on show 1993 -- 1996 Seasons 4, 5, 6 Credited appearances 68 episodes ( L&O ) 1 episode ( HLOTS ) 69 episodes ( total ) Preceded by Paul Robinette Succeeded by Jamie Ross Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid is a fictional character on the television series Law & Order, played by Jill Hennessy from 1993 to 1996. She appeared in 69 episodes ( 68 of Law & Order, and the Homicide : Life on the Street episode `` For God and Country '' ). Contents 1 Character overview 2 Notable episodes 3 Behind the scenes 4 References Character overview Kincaid is introduced in the episode `` Sweeps '' as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan DA 's office. She is portrayed as an idealistic, outspoken feminist and agnostic who becomes increasingly disillusioned with her job. She is vocally pro-choice, opposes the death penalty, and has ambivalent feelings about drug prohibition. These political views often come into conflict with the realities of the legal system. She graduated from Harvard Law School, where her stepfather Mac Geller ( played by Len Cariou ) had been one of her professors. It is suggested throughout the fifth and sixth season that Kincaid and Executive ADA Jack McCoy ( Sam Waterston ) have a sexual relationship. However, it is not explicitly stated until season 9, long after the character had exited the show. Notable episodes During her first season on the show, she is paired with Executive ADA Ben Stone ( Michael Moriarty ). During the prosecution of a rape case, he threatens to fire her after she fails to share key information she learned while interviewing a witness, which subsequently comes out in trial, jeopardizing the case. Stone eventually relents and refuses to accept her resignation, relating to her because of a key mistake he made early in his career. In another case, Kincaid temporarily resigns after it is revealed she and a judge that the DA 's office is prosecuting were once lovers, possibly jeopardizing the case against him. After Stone resigns from the DA 's office, she is paired with Jack McCoy ( Sam Waterston ), the new Executive ADA. In the two seasons they appear in together, she and the brash, competitive McCoy often butt heads over the social and political implications of their trial strategies, as well as McCoy 's penchant for going to legal extremes to get a conviction. The two eventually form a close bond, however, and it is hinted in several episodes that the two become lovers. In the episode `` Aftershock '', Kincaid is killed just as she is considering leaving the DA 's office ; her car is struck by a drunk driver as she takes an inebriated Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ) home from a bar. McCoy is haunted by her death, as evidenced by his intense, legally questionable efforts to prosecute a drunk driver and his indignation at being questioned about the circumstances of her death. Following her death, Briscoe re-enters Alcoholics Anonymous and remains sober for the rest of his life ; it is implied that he feels his drinking was responsible for her death. In one episode of Season 6, `` Corpus Delicti '', Kincaid was played by Jill Hennessy 's identical twin sister, Jacqueline Hennessy, in certain courtroom scenes. This was because Jill was filming in Baltimore for the crossover episode of Homicide : Life on the Street, which was broadcast a few weeks later. Jacqueline Hennessy 's performance was uncredited. Jamie Ross ( Carey Lowell ) replaced Kincaid as McCoy 's assistant. Behind the scenes The Kincaid character was written out after Hennessy expressed concern about being typecast as an `` uptight lawyer ''. Kincaid was originally intended to be portrayed as paralyzed and leaving the DA 's office for private practice after the events of `` Aftershock ''. This was eventually changed to Kincaid 's death, which was n't officially confirmed until Season 9 as for two and a half years, Kincaid 's fate was ambiguous. This was much to the surprise of Hennessy, who rejects claims she refused to come back for a follow - up episode : `` I made it clear I wanted to come back. I found out they killed me off from a friend who watched the show and told me, ' Jill, they said you were dead ! ' I was surprised, because I always thought I would return. Even now, I 'd love to come back for some bizarre flashbacks. '' References Jump up ^ `` Sweeps ''. Law & Order. Season 4. Episode 1. September 15, 1993. ^ Jump up to : `` Second Opinion ''. Law & Order. Season 5. Episode 1. September 21, 1994. Jump up ^ `` Apocrypha ''. Law & Order. Season 4. Episode 7. November 3, 1993. Jump up ^ `` Savages ''. Law & Order. Season 6. Episode 3. October 18, 1995. ^ Jump up to : `` Aftershock ''. Law & Order. Season 6. Episode 22. May 22, 1996. Jump up ^ `` Discord ''. Law & Order. Season 4. Episode 3. October 6, 1993. Jump up ^ `` Censure ''. Law & Order. Season 4. Episode 14. February 2, 1994. Jump up ^ `` Old Friends ''. Law & Order. Season 4. Episode 22. May 25, 1994. Jump up ^ `` Under The Influence ''. Law & Order. Season 8. Episode 11. January 7, 1998. Jump up ^ `` Sideshow ''. Law & Order. Season 9. Episode 14. February 17, 1999. ^ Jump up to : `` Causa Mortis ''. Law & Order. Season 7. Episode 1. September 18, 1998. Jump up ^ `` The Daily Beast : Celebrity Hidden Twins : Jill and Jacqueline Hennessy, '' Archived 2013 - 10 - 29 at the Wayback Machine. The Daily Beast ( August 5, 2009 ). Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629216/ ^ Jump up to : `` ' Law & Order ' : 20 Years of Arresting Drama '', TV Guide Special Collector 's Issue. Law & Order Characters Police Sgt. Max Greevey Sgt. Phil Cerreta Lennie Briscoe Joe Fontana Ed Green Cyrus Lupo Mike Logan Rey Curtis Nick Falco Nina Cassady Kevin Bernard Captain Donald Cragen Lieutenant Anita Van Buren District attorneys Benjamin Stone Jack McCoy Michael Cutter Paul Robinette Claire Kincaid Jamie Ross Abbie Carmichael Serena Southerlyn Alexandra Borgia Connie Rubirosa Adam Schiff Nora Lewin Arthur Branch Recurring characters Elizabeth Olivet, Ph. D. Emil Skoda, M.D. Elizabeth Rodgers, M.D. Danielle Melnick Seasons 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Notable episodes `` Prescription for Death '' `` Everybody 's Favorite Bagman '' `` Manhood '' `` Aftershock '' `` Empire '' `` Mother 's Day '' `` Sunday in the Park with Jorge '' `` Public Service Homicide '' `` Burn Card '' `` The Drowned and the Saved '' `` Dignity '' `` Fed '' `` Blackmail '' `` Steel - Eyed Death '' `` Boy on Fire '' `` Rubber Room '' TV film Exiled : A Law & Order Movie See also Episodes Cast Law & Order franchise Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claire_Kincaid&oldid=824921595 '' Categories : Law & Order characters Fictional Harvard University people Fictional American people of Irish descent Fictional lawyers Fictional characters introduced in 1993 Crossover characters in television Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles needing additional references from May 2008 All articles needing additional references Articles using Infobox character with multiple unlabeled fields Talk Contents About Wikipedia Português Edit links This page was last edited on 10 February 2018, at 10 : 47. 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Question: who played claire kincaid in law and order
Answer: Jill Hennessy