Lucy Davis

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Lucy Clare Davis (born 17 February 1973)^[1][2] is an English actress best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy The Office (2001–2003). She is also known for her roles as Hilda Spellman in the Netflix series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020), Dianne in the horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004), and Etta Candy in Wonder Woman (2017). She currently plays Eva in Disney Channel's action comedy series The Villains of Valley View, which premiered in 2022.

Lucy Davis
Davis in 2004
Born	Lucy Clare Davis (1973-02-17) 17 February 1973 (age 51) Birmingham, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Owain Yeoman ​ ​ (m. 2006; div. 2011)​
Father	Jasper Carrott

Career

Davis appeared briefly in an episode of The Detectives, a show created for and starring her father (Jasper Carrott).^[3] She played Maria Lucas in the BBC's 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice, and also had a role in the 1996 Christmas special of One Foot in the Grave. After her breakthrough role as Dawn Tinsley in The Office, she appeared in the films Sex Lives of the Potato Men and Shaun of the Dead in 2004, whilst continuing to play Hayley Jordan in The Archers on BBC Radio 4. She gave up this last role when her other acting responsibilities made it impossible to continue, and the part was recast in September 2005.

Davis appeared in the third-season episode "Elephants and Hens" of UK TV programme Black Books.^[4] In 2006, she appeared as the "Fashion TV" host on ABC's Ugly Betty, and later that year played writer Lucy Kenwright in NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. In 2008, she appeared in several episodes of the US series Reaper. In 2010, she starred in ITV's six-episode comedy drama, Married Single Other, and also appeared in a guest role in The Mentalist alongside her then-husband Owain Yeoman.^{[citation needed]} She also appears in the John Landis-produced thriller Some Guy Who Kills People.^[5] In 2012, she had a guest voice part in Family Guy for the episode "Be Careful What You Fish For". She appeared in series two, episode eight of the BBC series Death in Paradise (2013). She became a Patron for the performing arts group Theatretrain in 2012.^[6]

Davis played Etta Candy in the 2017 film Wonder Woman, the first live-action cinematic portrayal of the comic book character.^[7] She said of the character: "She's a woman in a man's world and so being heard and seen aren't the easiest things, but it kind of doesn't deter her. Etta is unapologetically herself and I think that that's the thing that has drawn me to her the most... it took quite a while in my life to be unapologetically myself."^[7]

Davis appeared in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Hilda Spellman, which aired from 2018 to 2020.^[8] She is starring as Eva, known as the supervillain Surge, on the Disney Channel sitcom The Villains of Valley View which premiered on 3 June 2022.^[9]

Personal life

Davis is the daughter of Hazel Jackson and comedian Robert Davis, better known as Jasper Carrott. In December 1997, she underwent a kidney transplant after being diagnosed with kidney failure during a medical examination. Her mother donated the kidney.^[10] Around Christmas 2005 she was again hospitalised for kidney failure, but recovered. She also has type 1 diabetes.^[11][12]

On 9 December 2006, Davis married Welsh actor Owain Yeoman at St Paul's Cathedral, London. The wedding was attended by fellow The Office cast members and writers. She was entitled to marry there as her father is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)^[13] and St Paul's contains the chapel of the order. Davis and Yeoman separated in January 2011 and divorced in October 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Davis posed nude in the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals's campaign against the Guards Division's continued use of traditional bearskin caps.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Gambler	Dunya
2002	Nicholas Nickleby	Maid
2004	Sex Lives of the Potato Men	Ruth
	Shaun of the Dead	Dianne
2005	Rag Tale	Debbs
2006	The TV Set	Chloe McCallister
	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	Abby Westminster
2008	Shades of Ray	Director #2
2009	All About Steve	Patient
	Bob Funk	Janet
2011	Some Guy Who Kills People	Stephanie
2014	Postman Pat: The Movie	Director 1	Voice
2017	Wonder Woman	Etta Candy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Detectives	Young Girl #1	Episode: "Strangers in Paradise"
1994	Blue Heaven	Secretary	Episode #1.3
	Woof!	Eileen Tully	Episode: "Get Me to the Church"
1995	Casualty	Sarah Jackson	Episode: "Branded"
	The Bill	Jude Mackie	Episode: "Charity and Beating"
	Pride and Prejudice	Maria Lucas	5 episodes
1996	Scene	Julie	Episode: "Alison"
	One Foot in the Grave	Mrs. Blanchard	Episode: "Starbound"
1997	The Grand	Maggie Rigby	Episode #1.5
1999–2000	Belfry Witches	Old Noshie	13 episodes
2000	Doctors	Nicky Andrews	Episode: "False Alarm"
2001	Big Bad World	Harry	Episode: "Tory Girl"
	Bernard's Watch	Madeleine	6 episodes
2001–2003	The Office	Dawn Tinsley	Main character; 14 episodes
2002	Murder in Mind	Kerry	Episode: "Passion"
	Holby City	Kelly Bridges	Episode: "Sweet Love Remembered"
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Jax / Angela Ripley	2 episodes
2003	The Afternoon Play	Laura	Episode: "The Real Arnie Griffin"
2004	Black Books	Becky	Episode: "Elephants and Hens"
	The Legend of The Tamworth Two	Sundance (voice)	TV movie
2006–2007	Ugly Betty	Fashion TV Anchor	2 episodes
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Lucy Kenwright	16 episodes
2007	Californication	Nora	Episode: "Hell-A Woman"
2008	Reaper	Sara	3 episodes
2008–2009	Phineas and Ferb	Crash (voice)	2 episodes
2010	Married Single Other	Lillie	6 episodes
	The Mentalist	Daphne Valiquette	Episode: "18-5-4"
2012	Family Guy	Joanne Finn (voice)	Episode: "Be Careful What You Fish For"
2013	Death in Paradise	Vicky Woodward	Episode #2.8
	The Neighbors	Helen Redding Kemper	Episode: "The Neighbours"
2015	NCIS	Janice Brown	Episode: "Lockdown"
2015–2016	Maron	Emily	6 episodes
2016–2017	Better Things	Macy	8 episodes
2018–2020	Chilling Adventures of Sabrina	Hilda Spellman	Main cast
	Tigtone	Queen	9 episodes
2019	Bob's Burgers	Princess Paula McCartney (voice)	Episode: "Bed, Bob and Beyond"
	Carmen Sandiego	The Mechanic (voice)	Episode: "The Need For Speed Caper"
2022–23	The Villains of Valley View	Eva/Surge	Main role

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995–2005	The Archers	Hayley Jordan

References

1. "Lucy's tweet about her birthday". Retrieved 3 January 2018.
2. "Lucy Davis". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
3. Gee, Catherine (16 February 2010). "Lucy Davis on Married Single Other". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
4. "Black Books". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
5. "First Look: Images From Some Guy Who Kills People". 15 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via bloody-disgusting.com.
6. "Patrons". Theatretrain. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
7. From ‘The Office’ to ‘Wonder Woman’: Get to Know Lucy Davis Archived 27 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine by Angelique Jackson 12:08 PM PDT, 26 May 2017
8. Andreeva, Nellie (16 February 2018). "Netflix's Sabrina The Teenage Witch Series Casts Lucy Davis as Aunt Hilda". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
9. Jacobs, Meredith (28 April 2022). "Disney Sets Superhero Shows 'The Villains of Valley View' and 'Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion' (VIDEO)". Retrieved 28 April 2022.
10. "Comedian's daughter saved by kidney transplant". BBC. 23 December 1997. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
11. "The Office star Davis hospitalised for kidney failure". Contactmusic.com. 2 January 2006. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
12. "Lucy Davis | Diabetes UK"
13. "Office star marries at St Paul's". BBC. 9 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2006.
14. Donohue, Alex (13 August 2007). "The Office star strips for Peta anti-fur campaign". Campaign. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

External links

• Lucy Davis at IMDb
• "Celeb interview: Lucy Davis, The Office". BBC Lancashire. 2 October 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2010.