Ashley Jensen debuts her huge diamond wedding ring at the Scottish BAFTA Awards with husband Kenny Doughty – days after secretly marrying in ‘super fun and emotional’ ceremony

Ashley Jensen showed off her huge diamond ring for the first time as she attended the Scottish BAFTA Awards in Glasgow with her husband Kenny Doughty on Sunday.

The actress, 54, secretly tied the knot with fellow actor Kenny, 48, in a ‘super fun’ and ’emotional’ ceremony in front of a close group of family and friends in Bath recently.

The newlyweds looked smitten as they posed on the red carpet at DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, while Ashley purposefully flashed the rock on her left hand. 

Ashley looked every inch of the happy bride as she sported a gorgeous royal blue gown, while Kenny looked dapper in a black tuxedo.

Her dress detailed a vibrant ruffled neckline and cinched in her slender figure with the bodycon style.

The duo seemed to be in great spirits as they absorbed in their new life as a married couple.

Ashley’s joyous news comes six years after she faced the terrible tragedy of losing her husband to suicide.

The star, who is currently starring as DI Ruth Calder in BBC drama Shetland, had her nuptials at the historic Priston Mill near Bath, according to The Mail On Sunday.

Friends say of Ashley, who made her name as Ricky Gervais‘ sidekick Maggie in Extras and in US sitcom Ugly Betty, ‘barely stopped smiling all day’ and wore a stunning off-white gown with floral embroidery paired with coral platform sandals.

Former Vera star Doughty, who met the actress on the set of 2017 BBC drama Love, Lies And Records also beamed throughout the August 9 ceremony while dressed in a powder-blue suit with matching suede loafers.

‘The day looked absolutely beautiful,’ a friend said. ‘Ashley looked just so, so happy. She was smiling and laughing, it was simply idyllic. There appeared to be so much love in that room.’

The pair were joined by Ashley’s son Francis, 14, from her marriage to late husband Terence Beesley, who wore a floral tie that matched the one worn by Kenny.

Ashley prompted speculation that she had become engaged to Kenny after she was seen wearing a ring – and attempting to cover her left hand – on The Graham Norton Show earlier this month.

The couple have been photographed together at showbusiness events, and were spotted holding hands while enjoying a night out together in Bath in 2021.

A source said: ‘He has been an immense support to her in the past few years. They make a lovely couple, and all their friends are absolutely delighted for them.’

Pictures of their wedding day were taken by local photographer Martin Dabek, who posted a selection on his Instagram page. Mr Dabek wrote. 

‘I won’t be able to share images of the couple this time. What I can say is that there are [sic] super fun & laid back couple who are also well known actors!’

The wedding was all the more poignant given the grief faced by Ashley – who starred again alongside Ricky Gervais in his award-winning After Life, a tragi-comic portrait of a man struggling to cope in the aftermath of his wife’s death from breast cancer.

It was in November 2017 that The Bill and EastEnders actor Terence Beesley, Ashley’s partner of 18 years whom she had married in 2007, took his own life, at the age of 60, in the home they shared with their son in Somerset. 

Ashley found his body in the family’s Mercedes after she returned from a day out with Francis, then eight.

She told an inquest the next year: ‘Terry and I had been together for 18 years, but I had no idea he was capable of what he did.’ 

The couple had met in 1999 and married in California before moving back to the UK.

Yorkshire-born Kenny was married to the English actress Caroline Carver for 11 years until they divorced in 2017.

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