Ashley Samantha Jensen (born 10 August 1969) is a BAFTA and Emmy Award nominated Scottish actress, best known for her roles in Extras and Ugly Betty.
In September 2009 she began co-starring in the CBS Monday night sitcom Accidentally on Purpose as Olivia.
Jensen trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Her first big television role was as eccentric secretary Rosie McConnichy in the final series of BBC comedy May to December, as a replacem...
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Ashley Samantha Jensen (born 10 August 1969) is a BAFTA and Emmy Award nominated Scottish actress, best known for her roles in Extras and Ugly Betty.
In September 2009 she began co-starring in the CBS Monday night sitcom Accidentally on Purpose as Olivia.
Jensen trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. 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 popular 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 the BBC One soap opera 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.
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