From the buttoned down lawyer on “Law and Order” to the white-coated coroner in “Crossing Jordan,” Jill Hennessy isn't known for playing sultry characters, but the brunette beauty is about to change all that.

Hennessy is starring in her first Sundance film fest movie, "Love in the Time of Money." Just hours before she graced the red carpet at the People's Choice Awards, we found her on the streets of Sundance, where she had just screened her film.

This is Jill’s first time at Sundance and a role she's coveted for years. Jill's being described as sultry and smoldering, but she tells us her character is undersexed. She says, “I'm actually the frustrated housewife who's very concerned because her husband will not sleep with her. It's sad.”

Jill gets to work with Steve Buscemi and Michael Imperioli, but the biggest star attached to this film is it's executive producer - none other than Sundance creator himself, Robert Redford. Jill says, “I begged for a meeting with Redford. I'm very much in awe of this guy.”

And fans will be in awe after seeing Jill Hennessy's other side.