Ashley Jensen
Actor
Born August 11, 1969 in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
Man vs Baby
Janet
City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant
Self - Narrator
Rikki
Narrator
Mayflies
Anna
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
Ms Fletcher
Dog Squad
Meagaidh (voice)
Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye
Agatha Raisin
Inside the Balmoral: Scotland's Finest Hotel
Self - Narrator
Lady and the Tramp
Jock (voice)
After Life
Emma
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Phlegma (voice)
Aliens Love Underpants and...Panta Claus
Summer Camp Island
Miss Mary (voice)
Sherlock Gnomes
Nanette (voice)
Love, Lies & Records
Kate Dickenson
DuckTales
Downy McDuck / Agnes McDuck / Danny McDuck (voice)
Trust Me
Debbie Dorrell
The Secret Life of Kittens
Narrator
Agatha Raisin
Agatha Raisin
Facelifts and Fillers
Narrator
The Lobster
Biscuit Woman
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Detective Inspector June Robertson
Catastrophe
Fran
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
Agatha Raisin
Small Time
Gail
The Escape Artist
Kate Burton
All Stars
Gina
Shetland
DI Ruth Calder
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate (voice)
Arthur Christmas
Bryony (voice)
Hysteria
Fanny
Gnomeo & Juliet
Nanette (voice)
The Reckoning
Sally Wilson
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Self - Narrator
How to Train Your Dragon
Phlegma the Fierce (Voice)
Nativity!
Jennifer Lore
Accidentally on Purpose
Olivia
A Shot To The Mouth
(archive footage)
No Holds Bard
Isobel
Free Radio
Self
Embarrassing Bodies
Self - Narrator (voice)
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Taking Liberties
Narration
Ugly Betty
Christina McKinney
Eleventh Hour
Rachel Young
Extras
Maggie Jacobs
A Cock and Bull Story
Lindsey
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
Rebus
Mhairi Henderson
Topsy-Turvy
Miss Tringham
City Central
Silent Witness
Waiting
Amanda Cookson
Takin' Over the Asylum
Kathleen
Roughnecks
Heather
Down Among the Big Boys
Claire Donnelly
Rab C. Nesbitt Live
Isobel / Rena
Tickets for the Zoo
Eleanor
Dreaming
Betting Shop Cashier
This Morning
Self
Casualty
Jess