Ashley Jensen Movies and Career Information

Ashley Jensen (born 10 August 1969) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles in television series Extras and Ugly Betty. From September 2009 to May 2010 she co-starred in the CBS Monday night sitcom Accidentally on Purpose as Olivia. Jensen trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and was a member of The National Youth Theatre. Her first big television role was as eccentric secretary Rosie McConnichy in the final series of BBC comedy May to December, as a replacement for the character of secretary Hilary. In 1994 she played Heather in Roughnecks, a BBC television series based around the workers on a North Sea Oil platform. In 1996 she played Clare Donnelly, the daughter of Glasgow criminal Jo-Jo Donnelly (played by Billy Connolly) in the BBC drama Down Among the Big Boys. She then appeared as Fiona Morris in EastEnders. Jensen also had a small role in a Dangerfield episode called "Contact," in which she played the mother of a young girl with meningitis. Jensen starred alongside Ricky Gervais in the BBC Two/HBO television programme Extras as the socially inept Maggie Jacobs. For her work on the first series, she received best television comedy actress and newcomer