Ashley Jensen

Acting · Born 1969-08-11 in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

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…

Filmography

• How to Train Your Dragon as Phlegma the Fierce (Voice)
• The Lobster as Biscuit Woman
• Lady and the Tramp as Jock (voice)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Phlegma (voice)
• A Cock and Bull Story as Lindsey
• Taking Liberties as Narration
• Gnomeo & Juliet as Nanette (voice)
• Topsy-Turvy as Miss Tringham
• Nativity! as Jennifer Lore
• Arthur Christmas as Bryony (voice)

TV

• Extras as Maggie Jacobs
• DuckTales as Downy McDuck / Agnes McDuck / Danny McDuck (voice)
• DuckTales as Downey McDuck (voice)
• After Life as Emma
• Silent Witness
• Ugly Betty as Christina McKinney
• Eleventh Hour as Rachel Young
• The Secret Life of Kittens as Narrator
• Accidentally on Purpose as Olivia
• Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention as Self - Narrator