Ashley Jensen once received a pan for Christmas from her boyfriend

Ashley Jensen once received a pan for Christmas from her boyfriend.

The 55-year-old star – who is married to Kenny Doughty and has 15-year-old son Frankie from her marriage to the late Terence Beesley – admitted her worst ever festive gift came from a former partner, and she was particularly peeved because it wasn’t even a complete set of cookware.

Asked the worst gift she had received, she recently told Bella magazine: “Years ago, I got a pan from a boyfriend – not even a set of pans, just one pan that didn’t match any of my other pans.”

But the best present the former ‘Ugly Betty’ star was ever given was a digital photo frame.

She said: “I get lots of pleasure from that.”

Ashley and her family always enjoy a “quite traditional” celebration on 25 December.

She said: “We have quite a traditional Christmas – watching reruns of festive editions of ‘Father Ted’ and ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ and eating Quality Street until we fall asleep.”

The ‘Extras’ star always takes time over Christmas to “reflect” and remember lost loved ones.

She said: “It’s a reflective time. I’m not religious but it makes me stop and think about family members who are no longer here with us and creating nice memories.

“I like that people stop and sit still for a minute.”