Ashley Jenkins

Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) is an American on-camera host. She is a founding member of Ubisoft's all-female professional gaming group, the Frag Dolls.[1][2] She founded Rooster Teeth's news division, The Know.[3][4] She was a contestant on the 28th season of The Amazing Race.[5] Outside of the gaming industry, she voices Coco Adel in RWBY.

Ashley Burns
Burns at PAX Prime 2014
Born
Ashley Jenkins
OccupationHost
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2019)​
Children1

Career

Ashley Jenkins began her career in 2004, writing for an MMORPG called Shadowbane.[1] A developer on the game suggested she apply for a position with the Frag Dolls, an all-female, professional gaming team their publisher, Ubisoft, was starting.

She represented the Frag Dolls at many events including Women in Games International and CES.[6][7] 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.[8][9] In 2007 she appeared on the front cover of PC Accelerator magazine.[10]

In 2008, she was hired as Community Manager for Xbox, running social media and Xbox Live interface for Australia and New Zealand.[11]

In 2012, she was hired by IGN as Head of Community and Social Media in San Francisco.[12]

On March 17, 2014 she founded Rooster Teeth's news division, The Know, hosting alongside Meg Turney.[13] In its first two months, the channel amassed over 280,000 subscribers and 9 million video views on YouTube.[3]

In November 2015 it was announced that Jenkins, alongside her boyfriend Burnie Burns, would be competing in the 28th season of The Amazing Race.[14] They finished in 4th place.[15]

In September 2017, alongside Burns, she co-hosted the inaugural Purpose Awards, an expansion from the Streamy Awards.[16]

Jenkins announced on her Twitter on August 30, 2019 that it was her last day at Rooster Teeth.[17]

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,[18] 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 when she was seven and received a Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. for Christmas.[1] She considered herself a tomboy.[19]

Jenkins also goes by her gamertag, Jinx.[20] Her favorite game is Psychonauts.[19]

Jenkins became engaged to Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns in May 2016;[21][15] they married in June 2019.[22] The couple announced her pregnancy in March 2019;[23] Jenkins gave birth to a boy on August 25, 2019.[24]

References
  1. Campbell, Gerard. "Girls play games, too, explains pro gamer 'Jinx'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  2. Wright, Steve. "Ubisoft's Frag Dolls go AFK after nearly 11 years". Stevivor. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  3. Jarvey, Natalie. "YouTube Personality Meg Turney Joins Rooster Teeth News Channel The Know (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  4. Jenkins, Ashley. "Welcome To The Know". The Know. YouTube. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  5. Wigler, Josh. "Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns And Ashley Jenkins Reflect on The Amazing Race". Parade. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  6. "Women in Games International Includes Ubisoft's Frag Dolls in San Francisco". GamesIndustry International. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  7. Welkner, Robert. "Frag Dolls interview Jinx & Calyber". COIN-OP TV. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  8. Magazine, Meld. "From handbags to hand grenades: The story of gamer girl Ashley Jenkins". Meld Magazine.
  9. Lake, Chloe. "Interview with pro girl gamer Ashley Jenkins". News Corp Australia Network. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  10. Gifford, Kevin. "COLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Mag Roundup 9/8/07". Game Set Watch. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  11. Nash, Belinda. "I Get Paid to: Play Xbox all day!". nzgirl. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  12. Harris, Leigh. "Ashley Jenkins joins IGN". MCV Pacific. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2016. After only a brief stint at Meteor Entertainment as PR and Marketing Manager, Ashley Jenkins has moved to IGN and taken on a new role. Jenkins will be leaving Australia behind and moving to San Francisco to take on the responsibility of Head of Community and Social Media for IGN.
  13. Lewis, Maria. "'There's still a lot of work to do': Three OG women of the internet and gaming industries dish the dirt". SBS. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  14. Kickham, Dylan. "The Amazing Race casts Tyler Oakley and more social media stars for next season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  15. Kwiatkowski, Elizabeth. "Exclusive: 'The Amazing Race' eliminees Burnie Burns and Ashley Jenkins talk (Part 1)". Reality TV World.
  16. Weiss, Geoff. "Inaugural Purpose Awards Recognize Lizzie Velasquez, Ford, Meals On Wheels, More". TubeFilter. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  17. Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) [@ashleyburns] (August 30, 2019). "It's already been a big week for me, but I have one last bit of news to share. Today is my last day with Rooster Teeth" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.
  18. "Do We Believe in Aliens? - Always Open #25" on YouTube
  19. Hunter, Brooke. "Girl Gamers". Girl.com.au. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  20. Karena, Cynthia. "Game maker marks silicon sisterhood". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  21. Rody-Mantha, Bree. "Burnie Burns on gaming, geeking out and growing up". streamdaily.tv. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  22. Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) [@ashleyburns] (June 11, 2019). "We did a forever thing. t.co/clQw8ygbmW" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  23. Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) [@ashleyburns] (March 11, 2019). "𝙰 𝙽𝙴𝚆 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙶𝙰𝙼𝙴 t.co/FmvesXkAqb" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.
  24. Jenkins, Ashley [@AshleyJ] (August 28, 2019). "We did it! He's here. Home safe with our beautiful baby boy, born August 25, 2019" (Tweet). Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Twitter.
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