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Ashley Jensen (born 10 August 1969) is a Scottish actress who is best known for her roles in the television series Extras for which she was nominated for an Emmy, and ABC's Ugly Betty. From September 2009 to May 2010, she also co-starred in the CBS 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... MORE

Ashley Jensen (born 10 August 1969) is a Scottish actress who is best known for her roles in the television series Extras for which she was nominated for an Emmy, and ABC's Ugly Betty. From September 2009 to May 2010, she also co-starred in the CBS 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 LESS