Just got off the phone with actress Ashley Jensen, of the BBC series Extras, soon to be out on DVD, and ABC's Ugly Betty, which will return with new episodes in April. We both wished we were talking over a glass of wine at some nice L.A. retreat seeing that it is the end of a long week, but we tried to make our phone interview as comfortable as possible. Ashley's dog Barney, a blond, 96-pound Utonagan, was at her side while my Cassie, a blond, 22-pound Cockapoo, snoozed at my feet. If you know Ashley's work, you know she's from Scotland - she uses her real accent in both Extras and Ugly Betty, though neither character was originally written to be Scottish. She admits than when she first moved to L.A. she felt "a bit like a fish out of water. I found L.A. deeply challenging in the beginning.  It didn't look like anything I understood. It didn't function like anything I understood.  I'm a lover of life.  I don't want to deprive myself of food or a glass of wine." Now, she says, she has come to appreciate her new home. "I have found the people so open and friendly." She gets out into the canyons near her home to hike with her dog and she tells me she spends her Sundays at the local farmer's market and flea market. But, she and her husband missed London (where she worked for many years, including on Extras) and recently bought "a little flat" in Notting Hill. "On Saturdays I would be up and out to the fruit and veg market...and then the markets on Portabello Road." Of course, I tried to pry details of her Ugly Betty storyline out of her (her character is a rather unwilling surrogate for Vanessa Williams' baby) but she truly knows nothing because nothing had been written. As for Extras, well, she loved doing it as much as we loved watching it and she says Ricky Gervais is a doll who ran a fun and relaxed set. For a taste of Jensen's good nature (and accent) check out this clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live! last year.