Maggie Jacobs

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Maggie Jacobs is a fictional actor portrayed by Ashley Jensen on the BBC-HBO television comedy series Extras, written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. In the series, Maggie is a fellow extra and best friend of Andy Millman, the main character (who is portrayed by Gervais), and frequently works with him on many productions.

Maggie is characterised as a genuinely sweet and well-meaning individual who only wants to help out. Unfortunately for her and those around her, she is also portrayed as being rather socially inept and lacking in any sort of internal censor or sense of tact, which means that she's more likely to say precisely the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person, and thus create more trouble for herself and those around her (especially Andy, whom she frequently embarrasses by inadvertently puncturing his pretensions towards being an actor). Although the character possesses no malicious intent, she also appears to be rather naive and ill-informed when it comes to matters of race and political correctness - which, when coupled with her general tactlessness, frequently results in her causing genuine offence through inadvertent insults and stereotypes (in this sense, she calls to mind another well-known Gervais / Merchant character, David Brent).

Maggie is rather man-hungry, and throughout the series she is constantly on the lookout for 'Mr. Right'. However, owing to circumstance and her aforementioned tendency to commit social faux-pas, the relationships she starts with men throughout the series rarely last long.