Ashley Jensen
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Ashley Jensen | |
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Born | Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | 11 August 1969
Occupation(s) | Actress and narrator |
Years active | 1988–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Ashley Jensen (born 11 August 1969)
Career
Jensen trained in drama at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh.[2]
Her first significant television role was as Clare Donnelly, daughter of Glasgow criminal Jo-Jo Donnelly (played by
Jensen co-starred alongside
In September 2006, Jensen's first major role on American television came when she took the role of regular character Christina McKinney on the ABC series Ugly Betty. Her character was originally an American, but when she met the show's producers they liked Jensen's accent and changed the nationality of the character, keeping McKinney Scottish. Production of Ugly Betty moved to New York from Los Angeles in mid-2008, causing a conflict for Jensen, who was unable to relocate from Los Angeles and left the show in 2009 near the end of the third season but made a return guest appearance in 2010 during the fourth season.
In January 2009, Jensen starred in No Holds Bard, a
On 21 December 2010, she starred in the one-off/pilot BBC comedy drama Accidental Farmer, playing a London executive who buys a derelict farm with her philandering boyfriend's credit card. In 2011, she voiced Nanette the frog in the animated production Gnomeo & Juliet. She starred in the ITV drama The Reckoning in April of that year. In October 2012, she appeared as a guest on the BBC cookery programme Saturday Kitchen.
In 2014, she played the eponymous lead character in the television film adaptation of the
From 2015 to 2019, Jensen acted in Catastrophe, a comedy series for Channel 4,[4] and with Susan Calman in Calman's BBC Radio 4 comedy series Sisters.[5]
In 2017, she starred in a six-part TV series for BBC TV,
In November 2022 she was announced as the new lead in the BBC drama Shetland.[7]
Jensen also appeared in the 2022 Christmas film Christmas On Mistletoe Farm for Netflix. Working on this project marked her reunion with Nativity! director, Debbie Isitt.[8]
Personal life
Jensen has one son[9][10] from her marriage to actor Terence Beesley, whom she met in 1999 while working on a stage production of King Lear.[11] Her husband died in November 2017;[12] an inquest found that he had taken his own life.[13]
In 2023, Jensen married actor Kenny Doughty.[14]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Tickets for the Zoo | ||
1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Miss Tringham | |
2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Lindsey | |
2009 | Nativity! | Jennifer Lore | |
2010 | Sunshine | Alison | Short |
How to Train Your Dragon | Phlegma the Fierce | Voice | |
2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Nanette | |
Hysteria | Fanny | ||
Arthur Christmas | Bryony | Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
| |
2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate | Voice |
2013 | All Stars | Gina | |
2014 | Small Time | Gail | |
2015 | The Lobster | Biscuit Woman | |
The Legend of Barney Thomson | Detective Inspector June Robertson | ||
2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Nanette | Voice |
2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Phlegma | Voice |
2019 | Lady and the Tramp | Jock | Voice[15] |
2022 | Christmas On Mistletoe Farm | Ms. Fletcher |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | City Lights | 1 episode | |
1992, 1993 | Rab C. Nesbitt | 2nd Girl / Sheena | 2 episodes |
1993 | Screen One | Claire Donnelly | 1 episode |
1994 | May to December | Rosie / Rosie McConnachy | 6 episodes |
The Tales of Para Handy | Catriona MacLean | 1 episode | |
Takin' Over the Asylum | Kathleen | ||
1994–1995 | Roughnecks | Heather | 13 episodes |
1994, 1997 | The Bill | Diane Wyre / Kate Selby | 2 episodes |
1995 | The Baldy Man | Hairdresser | 1 episode |
Waiting | Amanda Cookson | ||
Temp | Eileen | TV film | |
Capital Lives | Eileen | 1 episode | |
1996 | The Big Picnic | Nessie | TV film |
Bad Boys | Morag | 6 episodes | |
Casualty | Jess | 1 episode | |
1997 | Dangerfield | Michelle Thomson | 1 episode |
1998–2000 | City Central | PC Sue Chappell | 31 episodes |
1998 | Mortimer's Law | Naomi Childs | 1 episode |
2000 | EastEnders | Fiona Morris | Recurring |
2001 | Rebus
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Mhairi Henderson | 1 episode |
2001–2003 | Clocking Off | Babs Leach / Babs Fisher | 5 episodes |
2002 | Outside the Rules | Dawn Deacon | TV film |
Breeze Block | 5 episodes | ||
2003 | Coming Up | Rachel | 1 episode |
Silent Witness | DI Becky Metcalf | "Fatal Error" 2 episodes | |
Sweet Medicine | Faye Brooks | 5 episodes | |
2004 | Casualty | Stella | 2 episodes |
2005 | Meet the Magoons | Policewoman No.1 | 1 episode |
Taggart | Agatha Ferry | ||
2005–2007 | Extras | Maggie Jacobs | 13 episodes British Comedy Award for Best Television Comedy Actress (2008) (follower-up)
Nominated – Rose d'Or Award for Best Sitcom Performance |
2006 | Eleventh Hour | Rachel Young | 4 episodes |
2006–2010 | Ugly Betty | Christina McKinney | 66 episodes (series regular; 1–3 / guest star; season 4) Nominated – BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Acting Performance in Television Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008) |
2007–2015 | Embarrassing Bodies | Narrator | Documentary |
2009 | No Holds Bard | Isobel | TV film |
2009–2010 | Accidentally on Purpose | Olivia | 18 episodes |
2010 | Accidental Farmer | Erin Taylor | TV film |
2011 | The Reckoning | ||
2013 | All Stars | ||
Love and Marriage | Sarah | ||
The Escape Artist | Kate Burton | ||
2014–present | Agatha Raisin | Agatha Raisin | TV series |
2015–2019 | Catastrophe | Fran | |
2017 | Love, Lies & Records
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Kate Dickenson | 6 episodes |
2018 | DuckTales | Downy McDuck | Voice, 2 episode |
2019–2022 | After Life | Emma | |
2019 | Trust Me | Debbie Dorrell | |
2021 | Inside The Balmoral: Scotland's Finest Hotel | Narrator | Documentary series[16] |
Summer Camp Island | Miss Mary | Voice, episodes: "Susie and her Sister Chapter 1: Heathers", "Susie and her Sister Chapter 2: Hot Corn Girls", "Susie and her Sister Chapter 3: Mildred's Friend" | |
2022 | The Airport: Back in the Skies | Narrator | Documentary series[17] |
Mayflies | Anna | Two-part drama[18] | |
2023–present | Shetland | DI Ruth Calder |
References
- ^ "Today in History". Associated Press. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "11 Notable alumni of Queen Margaret University". edurank.org. 2021.
- ^ "Sky order crime comedy drama starring Ashley Jensen". British Comedy Guide. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Catastrophe a new C4 comedy created by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan". Channel 4. 30 May 2014.
- ^ "Sisters". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ Sanusi, Victoria (8 March 2019). "After Life cast: who stars with Ricky Gervais in new Netflix series – and where else you've seen them". iNews. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Hit BBC drama Shetland announce Ashley Jensen as new lead". BBC News. 24 November 2022.
- ^ Hough, Q. V. (26 November 2022). "Know the Cast & Characters: 'Christmas on Mistletoe Farm'". Vague Visages. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "My next role? Being mum to my little boy, says Extras star Ashley". Evening Standard. 24 December 2013.
- ^ Kelly, Emma (18 December 2017). "Ashley Jensen's husband Terence Beesley found dead aged 60". Metro.
- ^ "Ugly Betty's Ashley Jensen Is Expecting". People magazine. 28 July 2009.
- ^ "Ashley Jensen 'devastated' after husband Terence Beesley's sudden death". BBC News. 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Ashley Jensen's husband took his own life". BBC News. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Duke, Simon (18 November 2023). "Vera's Kenny Doughty marries Ashley Jensen in 'secret' wedding ceremony". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (25 July 2018). "Disney's 'Lady and the Tramp' Reboot Sets First Cast With 'Extras' & 'Sherlock Gnomes' Actress Ashley Jensen". Deadline. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Inside The Balmoral: Scotland's Finest Hotel". tvmaze.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "The Airport: Back in the Skies". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Mayflies - Meet the cast and creatives behind the drama that 'discovers the joy and the costs of love'". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
External links
- Ashley Jensen at IMDb
- Ashley Jensen at British Comedy Guide