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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 11, 1969
Place of Birth
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Ashley Jenson
- 阿什利·詹森
Ashley Jensen
2.8 Popularity
Biography
Ashley Jensen (born August 11, 1969) is a Scottish actress. She is best known for her roles as Maggie Jacobs in Extras (2005–2007, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award), Christina McKinney in Ugly Betty (2006–2010), Agatha Raisin in Agatha Raisin (2014–present), and DI Ruth Calder in Shetland (2023–present). Jensen trained in Drama at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University. Her first significant television role was as Clare Donnelly, daughter of Glasgow criminal Jo-Jo Donnelly (played by Billy Connolly) in the 1993 BBC drama Down Among the Big Boys. In 1994, she played eccentric secretary Rosie McConnichy in the final series of BBC comedy May to December, as a replacement for the character of secretary Hilary (Rebecca Lacey), and Heather in Roughnecks, a BBC television series about workers on a North Sea oil platform. Jensen had a small role in a Dangerfield episode "Contact" as the mother of a young girl with meningitis. She then appeared as Fiona Morris in EastEnders. She also appeared in the 2003 BBC drama Two Thousand Acres of Sky. Jensen co-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 awards at the 2005 British Comedy Awards. In 2006, Jensen received two British Comedy Awards and a BAFTA nomination for her role in Extras. Her role in the 2007 Christmas Special earned her an Emmy Award nomination. In January 2006 she starred in the short-lived drama series Eleventh Hour on ITV. Later that year she played Steve Coogan's agent in A Cock and Bull Story. In 2007, she provided the narration for the film Taking Liberties. In 2014, she played the eponymous lead character in the television film adaptation of the M. C. Beaton novel Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death for Sky1. She also starred in the eight-part series that first aired on Sky1 on 7 June 2016. In 2017, she starred in a six-part TV series for BBC TV, Love, Lies & Records, depicting the gritty life and entwined storylines working in Leeds Registry Office. In March 2019, Jensen reunited with Gervais in the Netflix black comedy series After Life, a role she continued for all three series. In April 2019 she played Debbie Dorell in the second series of BBC TV drama Trust Me. When an injured soldier discovers patients in his hospital ward dying, he attempts to investigate the suspicious deaths. Also in 2019, she played the voice of Jacqueline in Lady and the Tramp.
Known For
6.8
Janet
Man vs Baby
2025
8.0
Narrator
Rikki
2024
5.1
Anna
Mayflies
2022
5.1
Ms Fletcher
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
2022
0.0
Meagaidh (voice)
Dog Squad
2022
0.0
Agatha Raisin
Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye
2021
0.0
Self - Narrator
Inside the Balmoral: Scotland's Finest Hotel
2021
7.2
Jock (voice)
Lady and the Tramp
2019
7.9
Emma
After Life
2019
7.7
Phlegma (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
Credits
Man vs Baby
as Janet
2025
6.8
Rikki
as Narrator
2024
8.0
Mayflies
as Anna
2022
5.1
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
as Ms Fletcher
2022
5.1
Dog Squad
as Meagaidh (voice)
2022
0.0
Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye
as Agatha Raisin
2021
0.0
Inside the Balmoral: Scotland's Finest Hotel
as Self - Narrator
2021
0.0
Lady and the Tramp
as Jock (voice)
2019
7.2
After Life
as Emma
2019
7.9
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Phlegma (voice)
2019
7.7
Aliens Love Underpants and...Panta Claus
2018
0.0
Summer Camp Island
as Miss Mary (voice)
2018
7.9
Sherlock Gnomes
as Nanette (voice)
2018
5.7
Love, Lies & Records
as Kate Dickenson
2017
6.0
DuckTales
as Downy McDuck / Agnes McDuck / Danny McDuck (voice)
2017
7.8
DuckTales
as Downey McDuck (voice)
2017
7.8
Trust Me
as Debbie Dorrell
2017
6.7
The Secret Life of Kittens
as Narrator
2016
8.0
Agatha Raisin
as Agatha Raisin
2016
6.1
Facelifts and Fillers
as Narrator
2016
0.0
The Lobster
as Biscuit Woman
2015
7.0
The Legend of Barney Thomson
as Detective Inspector June Robertson
2015
6.1
🎬
Insane Fight Club II - This Time It’s Personal
as Narration
2015
7.9
Catastrophe
as Fran
2015
7.5
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
as Agatha Raisin
2014
8.0
Small Time
as Gail
2014
5.3
The Escape Artist
as Kate Burton
2013
7.1
All Stars
as Gina
2013
5.6
Shetland
as DI Ruth Calder
2013
7.5
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate (voice)
2012
6.5
Arthur Christmas
as Bryony (voice)
2011
6.8
Hysteria
as Fanny
2011
6.7
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Nanette (voice)
2011
5.9
The Reckoning
as Sally Wilson
2011
4.8
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
as Self - Narrator
2010
6.6
How to Train Your Dragon
as Phlegma the Fierce (Voice)
2010
7.9
Nativity!
as Jennifer Lore
2009
6.3
Accidentally on Purpose
as Olivia
2009
5.9
A Shot To The Mouth
as (archive footage)
2009
0.0
No Holds Bard
as Isobel
2009
10.0
Free Radio
as Self
2008
0.0
Embarrassing Bodies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
7.4
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
as Self
2007
6.0
🎬
The Art of Breaking Character
as Self
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Taking Liberties
as Narration
2007
6.2
Ugly Betty
as Christina McKinney
2006
6.4
Eleventh Hour
as Rachel Young
2006
6.1
Extras
as Maggie Jacobs
2005
7.8
A Cock and Bull Story
as Lindsey
2005
6.1
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Host
2005
5.8
Rebus
as Mhairi Henderson
2000
6.9
Topsy-Turvy
as Miss Tringham
1999
6.6
🎬
City Central
1998
0.0
🎬
Bad Boys
as Morag Hood
1996
0.0
Silent Witness
1996
7.5
Waiting
as Amanda Cookson
1995
0.0
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Kathleen
1994
8.3
Roughnecks
as Heather
1994
6.5
Down Among the Big Boys
as Claire Donnelly
1993
7.0
Rab C. Nesbitt Live
as Isobel / Rena
1992
0.0
Tickets for the Zoo
as Eleanor
1991
0.0
Dreaming
as Betting Shop Cashier
1991
0.0
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
Casualty
as Jess
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Stella
1986
6.1