Ashley Jensen was abandoned as a baby by her dad and has ‘a secret sister’ she hasn’t met

Ashley Jensen, who plays DI Ruth Calder, ‘doesn’t know if there’ll be another series of Shetland’

Shetland's Ashley Jensen's life off-screen from husband's tragic death to surreal Matthew Perry meeting

Shetland on BBC One: Questions we have after watching episode 1, as Ashley Jensen made her debut as Ruth Calder