Ashley Burns (née Jenkins; born May 3, 1982) is an American voice actress and internet personality. She is a founding member of

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's all-female professional gaming group, the Frag Dolls. She founded

Rooster Teeth Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC was an American entertainment company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth was a subsidiary o ...

's news division, '' The Know''. She was a contestant on the 28th season of ''

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''. Outside of the gaming industry, she voices Coco Adel in ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

''.

Career

Ashley Jenkins began her career in 2004, writing for an

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called '' Shadowbane''. A developer on the game suggested she apply for a position with the Frag Dolls, an all-female, professional gaming team their publisher,

, was starting. She represented the Frag Dolls at many events including Women in Games International and CES. As a professional gamer, Jenkins competed in and promoted games for Ubisoft such as '' Rainbow Six Vegas'', '' Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike'' and '' Splinter Cell Chaos Theory'', in addition to public speaking and representing the team's point of view on

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. In 2007, she appeared on the front cover of PC Accelerator magazine. In 2008, she was hired as Community Manager for

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, running social media and

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interface for

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and

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. In 2012, she was hired by

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as Head of Community and Social Media in

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. On March 17, 2014, she founded

's news division, '' The Know'', hosting alongside Meg Turney. In its first two months, the channel amassed over 280,000 subscribers and 9 million video views on

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. In November 2015, it was announced that Jenkins, alongside her boyfriend Burnie Burns, would be competing in the 28th season of ''

''. They finished in 4th place. In September 2017, alongside Burns, she co-hosted the inaugural Purpose Awards, an expansion from the

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. Jenkins announced on her

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on August 30, 2019, that it was her last day at Rooster Teeth.

Personal life

Ashley Jenkins grew up in

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. At 8-years-old, Jenkins was baptized into

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, but has since stated that it was not for her and she is not practicing. She does not consider herself to be a member. Ashley Jenkins started playing

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when she was seven and received a

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and ''

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'' for Christmas. She considered herself a

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. Jenkins also goes by her gamertag, Jinx. Her favorite game is ''

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''. Jenkins became engaged to

co-founder Burnie Burns in May 2016; they married in June 2019. The couple announced her pregnancy in March 2019; Jenkins gave birth to a boy on August 25, 2019. She announced the birth of their daughter in January 2023.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Ashley American voice actresses American web series actresses 21st-century American actresses IGN Living people Women in the video game industry Rooster Teeth people Ubisoft people 1982 births People from Ogden, Utah Participants in American reality television series