Jill Hennessy made a surprising claim about how Law & Order was nearly canceled before she joined the show because there was pressure to cast more women. "To get a show like Law & Order - at that point, it wasn't well-known," she told Yahoo's Unapologetically series earlier this month. "I came in the fourth season, and it was about to be canceled." Hennessy, who played Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid, recalled being cast at a dire time, adding, "[Creator] Dick Wolf was being pressured to add women to the cast, so they decided to add two female characters." She continued: "[S.