Ashley Burns (née Jenkins; born May 3, 1982) is an American on-camera host. She is a founding member of

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's all-female professional gaming group, the

Frag Dolls The Frag Dolls were a group of girl gamers recruited and employed by Ubisoft with the aim of promoting games made by Ubisoft, including through the participation in esports tournaments. The term refers to three different teams, one each in th ...

. She founded

Rooster Teeth Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is an American digital media company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth is a subsidiary of W ...

'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 computer-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 (called "Huntsmen" and ...

''.

Career

Ashley Jenkins began her career in 2004, writing for an MMORPG called ''

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''. A developer on the game suggested she apply for a position with the

, 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

women and video games The relationship between women and video games has received extensive academic and media attention. Since the 1990s, female gamers have commonly been regarded as a minority. However, industry surveys have shown that over time, the gender ratio h ...

. In 2007 she appeared on the front cover of

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magazine. In 2008, she was hired as Community Manager for

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, running social media and Xbox Live interface for Australia 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 Megan LeeAnn Turney (born March 12, 1987) is an American streamer, internet personality, cosplayer, glamour model, and vlogger. She became an internet personality through her hosting work, formerly with ''SourceFed'' and Rooster Teeth's '' The Kno ...

. 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 Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born January 18, 1973) is an American writer, actor, producer, comedian, host, and director previously based in Austin, Texas. He is a co-founder, former chief executive officer, and former chief creative offic ...

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

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ch ...

, 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

video games Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedbac ...

when she was seven and received a Nintendo Entertainment System 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 ''

Psychonauts ''Psychonauts'' is a 2005 platform video game developed by Double Fine Productions. The game was initially published by Majesco Entertainment and THQ for Microsoft Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2. In 2011, Double Fine acquired the rights for t ...

''. Jenkins became engaged to

co-founder

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.

References

External links

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