{"id":45384,"date":"2026-08-14T23:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45384"},"modified":"2026-08-14T23:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:23:27","slug":"the-office-star-lucy-davis-has-terminal-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45384","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Office\u2019 Star Lucy Davis Has Terminal Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lucy Davis, star of the original English version of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/tags\/the-office\/\">The Office<\/a><\/em>, has announced that she is suffering from \u201cincurable\u201d cancer.<\/p>\n<p>On her Instagram account, Davis wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer, which has metastasized to my bones. Specifically to my spine, right hip, and my ribs. The cancer is incurable, and too late for chemo.\u00a0The initial lump that I felt, wasn\u2019t a \u2018lump\u2019 as such; rather a kind of hard spot. Really tiny. I almost didn\u2019t bother getting it checked. So I guess I\u2019m saying don\u2019t ignore anything &#8211; get everything checked out:)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs of now, I\u2019m trying to live out whatever might be left of my life in as fun a way as I possibly can,\u201d Davis added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/new-tv-streaming-this-week-081026\/\">The Best New TV Shows You Can Watch on Streaming This Week<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Davis rose to fame as one of the central cast members on the original U.K. version of\u00a0<em>The Office<\/em>, playing the company\u2019s receptionist Dawn. (Her character became Pam, played by Jenna Fischer, on the American\u00a0<em>Office<\/em> TV series.) Davis played Dawn for the entire run of\u00a0<em>The Office<\/em>, and then went on to appear in movies like\u00a0<em>Shaun of the Dead,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties<\/em>, and the first <em>Wonder Woman<\/em>, where she played comic relief sidekick, Etta Candy. 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