Ashley Jensen
Encyclopedia
Ashley Jensen 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.
.
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 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. Her role in the 2007 Christmas Special earned her an Emmy Award
nomination.
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. Later that year she played Steve Coogan
's agent in A Cock and Bull Story
. In 2007, she provided the narration for the UK film Taking Liberties
, directed by Chris Atkins.
In September 2006, Jensen began her role as Christina McKinney
on the ABC
series Ugly Betty
. Her character in Ugly Betty
was originally an American, but when she met with the show's producers they liked Jensen's accent and decided to change the nationality of the character. After three years, as of 7 May 2009, Jensen left Ugly Betty
because of location conflicts after the show's production moved to New York from Los Angeles in summer 2008. However, she remained as a recurring member of the cast.
In January 2009, Jensen starred in No Holds Bard, a BBC Scotland
one-off special comedy shown on Burns Night as part of a line-up of special programming to mark the 250th Birthday of Robert Burns
. She is the narrator of Channel 4
's Embarrassing Illnesses
and Embarrassing Bodies. She also narrates Bank of Scotland
's current advertisement campaign and Persil detergent adverts for both television and radio. In September 2009 until its cancellation in May 2010 she co-starred alongside Jenna Elfman in the sitcom Accidentally on Purpose
as Olivia. Jensen starred in BBC
comedy Nativity as Jennifer Lore, a Hollywood producer's secretary and the love interest of Paul Maddens played by Martin Freeman
. Nativity was released in cinemas on the 27 November 2009.
On 21 December 2010, she starred in the one-off/pilot BBC
comedy drama Accidental Farmer, playing Erin a London executive who takes revenge on her boyfriend after finding him cheating. Using his credit card, she buys a run down farm in Yorkshire
.
In 2011, she voiced Nanette the frog in the animated production Gnomeo and Juliet
. She starred in the ITV drama The Reckoning
in April of that year.
, Scotland. She has no contact with her father and is very private about the matter. In June 2008 Jensen's father claimed that she has a half-sister, Gillian, whom she has never met.
After six years together, Jensen married English actor Terence Beesley
in a ceremony in the woods of Big Sur
, California on 29 January 2007. They met in 1999 while working on a stage production of King Lear
. The couple live with their dog Barney in Los Angeles, California, USA and have a flat in Holland Park
, West London. The couple also own property in Umbria
, Italy. The couple had their first child together, a boy called Francis Jonathan Beesley, on 20 October 2009.
In December 2008, Jensen and Beesley were granted a restraining order against Jeff Lewis from Bravo TV's Flipping Out
. Jensen and Beesley live next door to a Los Feliz house Lewis was renovating and conflict arose after a deck that Lewis had constructed on the home crossed the property line onto the Jensen-Beesley property. Jensen and Beesley sued, seeking $100,000 for an easement. Lewis reacted negatively and Jensen/Beesley filed a restraining order. In mid April 2009 the two parties settled for a $30,000 easement and an agreement that the deck would not have to be demolished.
In 2009 Jensen was photographed wearing an organic cotton t-shirt featuring the slogan "Don't be a drop in the ocean". by designer Allegra Hicks in aid of environment and human rights charity the Environmental Justice Foundation's "Pick Your Cotton Carefully" campaign to raise awareness and funds to stop forced child labour and use of toxic pesticides in the cotton industry.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
. From September 2009 to May 2010, she also co-starred in the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
sitcom Accidentally on Purpose
Accidentally on Purpose (TV series)
Accidentally on Purpose is an American television situation comedy series starring Jenna Elfman. It first aired on CBS during the 2009–10 season. and was produced by the CBS in-house production arm. The show is based on the book of the same name by Mary F...
as Olivia.
Career
Jensen trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and was a member of the National Youth TheatreNational Youth Theatre
The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....
.
Her first big television role was as eccentric secretary Rosie McConnichy in the final series of BBC comedy May to December
May to December
May to December was a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was written by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity....
, as a replacement for the character of secretary Hilary
Rebecca Lacey
Rebecca Lacey is a British actress, born in Watford, United Kingdom. She is the daughter of actor Ronald Lacey and actress Mela White. She is not the sister of actress Ingrid Lacey as is often reported....
. In 1994 she played Heather in Roughnecks
Roughnecks (TV series)
Roughnecks was a BBC television series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on oil rigs in the North Sea....
, a BBC television series based around the workers on a North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
Oil platform
Oil platform
An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a lаrge structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing...
. In 1996 she played Clare Donnelly, the daughter of Glasgow criminal Jo-Jo Donnelly (played by Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin...
) in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
drama Down Among the Big Boys. She then appeared as Fiona Morris in EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
. Jensen also had a small role in a Dangerfield
Dangerfield (TV series)
Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role , but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers.The BBC...
episode called "Contact," in which she played the mother of a young girl with meningitis.
Jensen starred alongside Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, director, radio presenter, producer, musician, and writer.Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator...
in the BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
/HBO television programme Extras as the socially inept Maggie Jacobs. 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
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
nomination for her role in Extras. Her role in the 2007 Christmas Special earned her an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
nomination.
In January 2006 she starred in the short-lived drama series Eleventh Hour on ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
, alongside Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century...
. Stewart had also appeared in an episode of Extras. Later that year she played Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan
Stephen John "Steve" Coogan is a British comedian, actor, writer and producer. Born in Manchester, he began his career as a standup comedian and impressionist, working as a voice artist throughout the 1980s on satirical puppet show Spitting Image. In the early nineties, Coogan began creating...
's agent in A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2006 British comedy film directed by Michael Winterbottom...
. In 2007, she provided the narration for the UK film Taking Liberties
Taking Liberties (film)
Taking Liberties is a documentary film about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and increase of surveillance under the government of Tony Blair...
, directed by Chris Atkins.
In September 2006, Jensen began her role as Christina McKinney
Christina McKinney
Christina McKinney is a fictional character in the American comedy-drama series Ugly Betty. She is played by Ashley Jensen. Christina is based on Bertha Muñoz de González, only she isn't plus-sized, but both have a great ear for gossip....
on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
series Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
. Her character in Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
was originally an American, but when she met with the show's producers they liked Jensen's accent and decided to change the nationality of the character. After three years, as of 7 May 2009, Jensen left Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
because of location conflicts after the show's production moved to New York from Los Angeles in summer 2008. However, she remained as a recurring member of the cast.
In January 2009, Jensen starred in No Holds Bard, a BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
one-off special comedy shown on Burns Night as part of a line-up of special programming to mark the 250th Birthday of Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
. She is the narrator of Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Embarrassing Illnesses
Embarrassing Illnesses
Embarrassing Bodies is a British television programme broadcast by Channel 4 and made by Maverick Television since 2007. In 2011, a live show was introduced, "Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic", which consists of 47 minutes...
and Embarrassing Bodies. She also narrates Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland
The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the second oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to...
's current advertisement campaign and Persil detergent adverts for both television and radio. In September 2009 until its cancellation in May 2010 she co-starred alongside Jenna Elfman in the sitcom Accidentally on Purpose
Accidentally on Purpose (TV series)
Accidentally on Purpose is an American television situation comedy series starring Jenna Elfman. It first aired on CBS during the 2009–10 season. and was produced by the CBS in-house production arm. The show is based on the book of the same name by Mary F...
as Olivia. Jensen starred in BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
comedy Nativity as Jennifer Lore, a Hollywood producer's secretary and the love interest of Paul Maddens played by Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman
Martin John C. Freeman is an English actor. He is known for his roles as John in Love Actually, Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office, Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dr. John Watson in Sherlock and Mr. Madden...
. Nativity was released in cinemas on the 27 November 2009.
On 21 December 2010, she starred in the one-off/pilot BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
comedy drama Accidental Farmer, playing Erin a London executive who takes revenge on her boyfriend after finding him cheating. Using his credit card, she buys a run down farm in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
.
In 2011, she voiced Nanette the frog in the animated production Gnomeo and Juliet
Gnomeo and Juliet
Gnomeo & Juliet is a 2011 computer-animated family comedy film based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. The film is directed by Kelly Asbury, and the two main characters are voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt. The film was released on , 2011.-Plot:Mrs. Montague and Mr. Capulet are...
. She starred in the ITV drama The Reckoning
The Reckoning (TV series)
The Reckoning is a British television drama starring Ashley Jensen and Max Beesley.-Episode 1:Air date: 18 April 2011, A mother struggles to support her desperately ill daughter, but then is told that she will receive five million pounds if she kills someone who 'deserves to die'.-Episode 2:Air...
in April of that year.
Personal life
Ashley Jensen was born to Margaret and Ivar Jensen and brought up single-handedly by her mother, a special-needs teacher living in AnnanAnnan, Dumfries and Galloway
The royal burgh of Annan is a well-built town, red sandstone being the material mainly used. Each year in July, Annan celebrates the Royal Charter and the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are confirmed when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. Entertainment includes a...
, Scotland. She has no contact with her father and is very private about the matter. In June 2008 Jensen's father claimed that she has a half-sister, Gillian, whom she has never met.
After six years together, Jensen married English actor Terence Beesley
Terence Beesley
Terence Beesley is an English actor and writer. He was born in London to Irish parents and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art....
in a ceremony in the woods of Big Sur
Big Sur
Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the Central Coast of California where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The name "Big Sur" is derived from the original Spanish-language "el sur grande", meaning "the big south", or from "el país grande del sur", "the big...
, California on 29 January 2007. They met in 1999 while working on a stage production of King Lear
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
. The couple live with their dog Barney in Los Angeles, California, USA and have a flat in Holland Park
Holland Park
Holland Park is a district and a public park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in west central London, England.Holland Park has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area, known for attractive large Victorian townhouses, and high-class shopping and restaurants...
, West London. The couple also own property in Umbria
Umbria
Umbria is a region of modern central Italy. It is one of the smallest Italian regions and the only peninsular region that is landlocked.Its capital is Perugia.Assisi and Norcia are historical towns associated with St. Francis of Assisi, and St...
, Italy. The couple had their first child together, a boy called Francis Jonathan Beesley, on 20 October 2009.
In December 2008, Jensen and Beesley were granted a restraining order against Jeff Lewis from Bravo TV's Flipping Out
Flipping Out
Flipping Out is a reality television series that debuted on July 31, 2007 on Bravo in the United States and HGTV in Canada. Subsequently, it debuted on cable network Arena in Australia on September 4, 2009. For the first season it also re-aired on sister network CNBC...
. Jensen and Beesley live next door to a Los Feliz house Lewis was renovating and conflict arose after a deck that Lewis had constructed on the home crossed the property line onto the Jensen-Beesley property. Jensen and Beesley sued, seeking $100,000 for an easement. Lewis reacted negatively and Jensen/Beesley filed a restraining order. In mid April 2009 the two parties settled for a $30,000 easement and an agreement that the deck would not have to be demolished.
In 2009 Jensen was photographed wearing an organic cotton t-shirt featuring the slogan "Don't be a drop in the ocean". by designer Allegra Hicks in aid of environment and human rights charity the Environmental Justice Foundation's "Pick Your Cotton Carefully" campaign to raise awareness and funds to stop forced child labour and use of toxic pesticides in the cotton industry.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Tickets for the Zoo | ||
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy Topsy-Turvy Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 musical drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and stars Allan Corduner as Arthur Sullivan and Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert, along with Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert... |
Miss Tringham | |
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story A Cock and Bull Story A Cock and Bull Story is a 2006 British comedy film directed by Michael Winterbottom... |
Lindsey | |
| 2009 | Nativity! | Jennifer Lore | |
| 2010 | Sunshine | Alison | short |
| How to Train Your Dragon How to Train Your Dragon How to Train Your Dragon is a series of nine books set in a fictional Viking world. The books were published starting in 2003 as children's novels written by British author Cressida Cowell and published by Hodder Children's Books... |
Phlegma the Fierce | Voice | |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Nanette | Voice |
| Arthur Christmas Arthur Christmas Arthur Christmas is a 2011 British/American 3-D computer animated fantasy comedy film produced by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was released on November 11, 2011, in the UK, and on November 23, 2011, in the USA... |
Bryony | Voice | |
| 2012 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits The Pirates! Band of Misfits The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, known internationally as The Pirates! Band of Misfits, is an upcoming 3-D stop-motion animated film produced by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation and set for release on March 28, 2012, in UK, and on March 30, 2012, in US. It is being... |
TBA | Voice filming |
| Television | |||
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | City Lights City Lights (TV series) City Lights is a Scottish television sitcom made by BBC Scotland and set in Glasgow. It ran from 1985 to 1991 and was written by Bob Black... |
1 episode | |
| 1992 – 1993 | Rab C. Nesbitt Rab C. Nesbitt Rab C. Nesbitt is a Scottish sitcom which began in 1988. Produced by BBC Scotland, it stars Gregor Fisher as an alcoholic Glaswegian who believed unemployment was the life for him... |
2nd Girl / Sheena | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Screen One | Claire Donnelly | 1 episode |
| 1994 | May to December May to December May to December was a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was written by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity.... |
Rosie / Rosie McConnachy | 6 episodes |
| The Tales of Para Handy The Tales of Para Handy The Tales of Para Handy was a Scottish television series set in the west of Scotland, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. It was a sitcom about a puffer boat and its crew.It ran from 1994 to 1995 on BBC One, a total of nine episodes.... |
Catriona MacLean | 1 episode | |
| Takin' Over the Asylum Takin' Over the Asylum Takin' Over the Asylum is a six part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. It was written by Donna Franceschild, produced by Chris Parr and directed by David Blair.... |
Kathleen | 1 episode | |
| 1994 – 1995 | Roughnecks Roughnecks (TV series) Roughnecks was a BBC television series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on oil rigs in the North Sea.... |
Heather | 13 episodes |
| 1994 – 1997 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Diane Wyre / Kate Selby | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | The Baldy Man | Hairdresser | 1 episode |
| Waiting | Amanda Cookson | ||
| Temp | Eileen | TV film | |
| Capital Lives | Eileen | 1 episode | |
| 1996 | The Big Picnic | Nessie | TV film |
| Bad Boys | Morag | 6 episodes | |
| 1996 – 2004 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Stella / Jess | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Dangerfield Dangerfield (TV series) Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role , but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers.The BBC... |
Michelle Thomson | 1 episode |
| 1998 – 2000 | City Central | PC Sue Chappell | 31 episodes |
| 1998 | Mortimer's Law | Naomi Childs | 1 episode |
| 2000 | EastEnders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... |
Fiona | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Rebus Rebus (TV series) Rebus is the title of the detective drama based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh produced by STV Productions for the ITV Network.... |
Mhairi Henderson | 1 episode |
| 2001 – 2003 | Clocking Off Clocking Off Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott... |
Babs Leach / Babs Fisher | 5 episodes |
| 2002 | Outside the Rules | Dawn Deacon | TV film |
| Breeze Block Breeze Block (TV Series) Breeze Block is a short-lived British TV series written by Ian Pattison which aired on BBC Three in 2002.-Synopsis:Ralph Breeze lives with his wife Iris and children Eric, Carol and Billy in a block of flats in the Byker area of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Ralph has lost his confidence after being made... |
5 episodes | ||
| 2003 | Coming Up | Rachel | 1 episode |
| Silent Witness Silent Witness Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was... |
DI Becky Metcalf | 2 episodes | |
| Sweet Medicine Sweet Medicine Sweet Medicine is an ITV drama series from 2003 about a family doctor's surgery in the Peak District of northern England. Intended as a replacement for the hit medical drama Peak Practice, it was not a success. Only one ten-episode series was made, despite moderate audience figures... |
Faye Brooks | 5 episodes | |
| The Office The Office (UK TV series) The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious... |
Interviewer | 2 episodes | |
| 2005 | Meet the Magoons Meet the Magoons Meet the Magoons is a six part comedy television series in the United Kingdom aired on Channel 4 in 2005, directed by and starring Hardeep Singh Kohli. The main characters are a Punjabi family who live in Glasgow, and own an Indian restaurant called "The Spice".It received mixed reviews. A. A... |
Policewoman No.1 | 1 episode |
| Taggart Taggart Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network... |
Agatha Ferry | 1 episode | |
| 2005 – 2007 | Extras | Maggie Jacobs | 13 episodes British Comedy Award for Best Newcomer British Comedy Award for Best Television Comedy Actress (2005) Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Comedy Performance British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance -See also:* British Academy Television Awards* British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy -External links:* * , Internet Movie Database... Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated – Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild is a British association of journalists who specialise in writing and broadcasting about television, radio and the media generally.... Nominated – British Comedy Award for Best Television Comedy Actress (2008) Nominated – Rose d'Or Award for Best Sitcom Performance (follower-up) |
| 2006 | Eleventh Hour | Rachel Young | 4 episodes |
| 2006 – 2010 | Ugly Betty Ugly Betty Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea... |
Christina McKinney | 66 episodes Nominated – BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Acting Performance in Television BAFTA Scotland BAFTA in Scotland is the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Formed in 1997, the branch holds an annual awards ceremony, the British Academy Scotland Awards , to recognise achievement by performers and production staff in Scottish film, television and video games... Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008) |
| 2009 | No Holds Bard | Isobel | TV film |
| 2009 – 2010 | Accidentally on Purpose Accidentally on Purpose (TV series) Accidentally on Purpose is an American television situation comedy series starring Jenna Elfman. It first aired on CBS during the 2009–10 season. and was produced by the CBS in-house production arm. The show is based on the book of the same name by Mary F... |
Olivia | 18 episodes |
| 2010 | Accidental Farmer Accidental Farmer Accidental Farmer is a television drama by broadcast on BBC1 on 21 December 2010.It is about a London-based advertising executive who moves to a farm in Yorkshire after buying it with her boyfriend's credit card as revenge for cheating on her; and the rigours and problems she encounters on the... |
Erin Taylor | TV film |
| 2011 | Hysteria Hysteria (2011 film) Hysteria is a British romantic comedy film directed by Tanya Wexler. It stars Felicity Jones, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy. The film, set in the Victorian era, is about the invention of the vibrator... |
Fanny | Film |