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Ashley Samantha Jensen (born 11 August 1969) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles in Extras and Ugly Betty.

Jensen stars alongside Ricky Gervais in the BBC Two/HBO television programme Extras. For her work on the first series, she received best television comedy actress and newcomer awards at the 2005 British Comedy Awards. In 2006, Jensen received two British Comedy Awards and a BAFTA nomination for her role in Extras.

In January 2006 she starred in the short-lived drama series Eleventh Hour on ITV1, alongside Patrick Stewart. Stewart had also appeared in an episode of Extras, in which he attempted to get Jensen's character Maggie to appear in his new pet project. Later that year she played Steve Coogan's agent in A Cock and Bull Story.

In September 2006 Jensen appeared as Christina McKinney in the ABC comedy Ugly Betty. Christina not only works in the "closet" of New York fashion magazine Mode, but is also Betty's only true ally. Her character in Ugly Betty was originally an American. When she met with the show's producers they decided to change the nationality of the character because they liked Jensen's accent.

Her height is 5' 3" (1.60 m).

Married Terence Beesley in a quiet wedding in Big Sur, California, USA on 27 January 2007. Only the minister and the couple's dog Barney, who acted as the ring-bearer, were present at the wedding.

Trained at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, Scotland.

She met her husband while they were both in the play King Lear. They have residences in Los Angeles and a flat in Holland Park, West London.

Also owns a property in Umbria, Italy.

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