Lucy Davis

Lucy Davis
Born	Lucy Clare Davis 2 January 1973 (1973-01-02) Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Owain Yeoman (2006-2011)

Lucy Clare Davis (born 2 January 1973) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the character Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy The Office and as Dianne in the horror-comedy movie Shaun of the Dead.

Career

According to IMDb, Davis's first role was in a 1993 episode of The Detectives. Davis played Maria Lucas in the BBC's 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice. She has also appeared in the film Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004), had a role in Shaun of the Dead (2004), and played Hayley Jordan in The Archers on BBC Radio 4. She gave up the latter role when her other acting responsibilities made it impossible to continue; the part was recast in September 2005. She appeared in the episode Elephants and Hens of UK TV programme Black Books alongside Tamsin Greig, Olivia Colman (who appears with Greig in the programme Green Wing).^{[citation needed]}

She was reportedly offered a role in In Her Shoes that eventually went to Toni Collette. Davis apparently refused the role as it involved being Cameron Diaz's on-screen 'fat, ugly' sister. In 2006, Davis appeared as the 'Fashion TV' host on ABC's hit 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 U.S. series Reaper.^{[citation needed]} 2 In 2010 Davis starred in ITV's six-episode comedy drama, Married Single Other, and also appeared in a guest role in The Mentalist alongside her husband Owain Yeoman. Davis also stars in the John Landis-produced thriller Some Guy Who Kills People.

Personal life

Davis is the daughter of comedian Jasper Carrott (né Robert Davis). She underwent a kidney transplant after being diagnosed with kidney failure during a physical leading up to her role in Pride & Prejudice. Her mother, Hazel, donated the kidney. Around Christmas 2005 she was hospitalised once again because of kidney failure, but has since recovered. Davis is also a diabetic.

On 9 December 2006, Davis married fellow actor Owain Yeoman at St Paul's Cathedral, London. The wedding was attended by fellow The Office stars and writers. Davis and Yeoman were permitted to marry there as her father, Jasper Carrott, was awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours in 2002 and St Paul's contains the Chapel of the Order. As of February 2011 they are separated.^{[citation needed]}

She participated in PETA's campaign against the Queen's Guard's continued use of traditional bearskin caps.

Selected works

• Pride and Prejudice (1995) (mini-series) as Maria Lucas
• Belfry Witches (2000) as Old Noshie
• The Office (2001-2003) as Dawn Tinsley (cast member)
• Murder in Mind (2002)
• Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
• Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004) as Dianne
• Black Books (2004)
• Johnny Test (2005)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) as Lucy Kenwright (staff writer on 'show within a show')
• Ugly Betty (2006)
• The TV Set (2006)
• Californication (2007)
• Reaper (2008)
• It's time for touching (2009)
• All About Steve (2009)
• Squeeeze Me!! (2010)
• Married Single Other (2010)
• The Mentalist (2010) (series 2 episode 21 playing 'Daphne')
• Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)

External links

• Lucy Davis at the Internet Movie Database
• "Celeb interview: Lucy Davis, The Office". BBC Lancashire. 2 October 2002. http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/lifestyle/2002/10/01/office.shtml. Retrieved 2010-07-27.