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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 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.
Ashley Jensen on This Morning
Ashley Jensen plays Truth or Dare!
Ugly Betty - Ashley Jensen's Audition (Paley Center, 2007)
Matt Lucas and Ashley Jensen Interview -- Gnomeo And Juliet
Ashley Jensen talks about stripping for Colin Farrell
Ashley Jensen On Her New Role In Agatha Raisin | Lorraine
UglyBetty - s01e20 - Christina McKinney [Ashley Jensen]
Gnomeo & Juliet: Frog Talk With Ashley Jensen
Ugly Betty - Ashley Jensen on Cast and Crew (Paley Center, 2007)
Ashley Jensen of "Extras": Stop Global Warming Tip
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Plot: Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
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