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Lucy Clare Davis (born 17 February 1973) is an English actress best known for playing
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comedy ''
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'' (2001–2003). She is also known for her roles as
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in the
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series '' The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' (2018–2020), Dianne in the
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''
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'' (2004), and
Etta Candy Etta Candy is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as the best friend of the superhero Wonder Woman. Spirited and vivacious, with a devil-may-care attitude, Etta debuted as a young white woman with ...
in ''
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...
'' (2017). She is also currently playing the role of Eva in ''
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''.


Career

Davis appeared briefly in an episode of '' The Detectives'', a show created for and starring her father (
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). She played Maria Lucas in the
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's 1995 production of ''
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'', and also had a role in the 1996 Christmas special of ''
One Foot in the Grave ''One Foot in the Grave'' is a British television sitcom written by David Renwick. There were six series (each consisting of six half-hour shows) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late 2000. The first fi ...
''. After her breakthrough role as
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in ''
The Office ''The Office'' is a mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first made in the United Kingdom, then Germany, and subsequently the United States. It has since been remade in ten other countries. The original series of ...
'', Davis appeared in the films ''
Sex Lives of the Potato Men ''Sex Lives of the Potato Men'' is a 2004 British sex comedy film, written and directed by Andy Humphries. The film is about the sexual antics of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham and stars Johnny Vegas and Mackenzie Crook. ''Sex Liv ...
'' and ''
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'' in 2004, whilst continuing to play Hayley Jordan in ''
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'' on
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. 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 ''
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''. In 2006, Davis appeared as the "Fashion TV" host on ABC's ''
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'', and later that year played writer
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in NBC's ''
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''. In 2008, she appeared in several episodes of the US series ''
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''. In 2010, Davis starred in ITV's six-episode comedy drama, ''
Married Single Other ''Married Single Other'' is a British television drama created and written by Peter Souter. The series is based on the lives of group of people who are either married, single or "other", other being defined as in a relationship. It began airing ...
'', and also appeared in a guest role in ''
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'' alongside her then-husband
Owain Yeoman Owain Sebastian Yeoman is a Welsh actor. His credits include '' The Nine'', '' Kitchen Confidential'', AMC's '' Turn'' (as Benedict Arnold) and the HBO series ''Generation Kill''. Additionally, he portrayed CBI Agent Wayne Rigsby in ''The Menta ...
. Davis also appears in the
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-produced thriller ''
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''. In 2012, Davis had a guest voice part in ''
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'' for the episode " Be Careful What You Fish For". Davis appeared in series two, episode eight of the
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series '' Death in Paradise'' (2013). She became a Patron for the performing arts group Theatretrain in 2012. Davis plays the role of
Etta Candy Etta Candy is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as the best friend of the superhero Wonder Woman. Spirited and vivacious, with a devil-may-care attitude, Etta debuted as a young white woman with ...
in the 2017 film ''
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...
''. Her performance marked the first live action cinematic portrayal of that comic book character.From ‘The Office’ to ‘Wonder Woman’: Get to Know Lucy Davis
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Davis has 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." Davis appeared in the
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series '' The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' as
Hilda Spellman Hildegarde Antoinette "Hilda" Spellman is a character featured in the Archie comic book ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. Hilda is a full witch (as opposed to half or fully mortal) who lives in the fictional town of Greendale (in the 1990s live-ac ...
, which aired from 2018 to 2020. She is starring as Eva, known as the supervillain Surge, on the
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sitcom ''
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'' which premiered June 3, 2022.


Personal life

Davis is the daughter of Hazel Jackson and comedian Robert Davis, better known as
Jasper Carrott Robert Norman Davis (born 14 March 1945), best known by his stage name, Jasper Carrott, is an English comedian, actor and television presenter. Early life Born in Shaftmoor Lane, Acocks Green, in Birmingham, Carrott was educated at Acocks G ...
. In December 1997, Davis underwent a
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after being diagnosed with
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during a medical examination. Her mother donated the kidney. Around Christmas 2005 she was hospitalised once again because of kidney failure, but later recovered. Davis also has
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. On 9 December 2006, Davis married Welsh actor
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at
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, London. The wedding was attended by fellow ''The Office'' cast members and writers. Davis was entitled to marry there as her father is an
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(OBE) and St Paul's contains the chapel of the order. The couple separated in January 2011 and divorced in October 2011. In 2007, Davis posed nude in the
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's campaign against the Guards Division's continued use of traditional
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caps.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Lucy 1973 births Living people English radio actresses English soap opera actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses English expatriates in the United States People from Solihull People educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham Kidney transplant recipients 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from the West Midlands (county) English film actresses