The Office’s Lucy Davis ‘overwhelmed’ by kindness after cancer diagnosis

The Office act ess Lucy Davis has tha ked fa s fo thei “ki d ess a d suppo t” afte eveali g she has i cu able b east ca ce .

The 53-yea -old, who played eceptio ist Daw Ti sley i the BBC sitcom, a ou ced o Tuesday she is “t yi g to live out whateve might be left of my life i as fu a way as I possibly ca “.

A flood of f ie ds, family a d followe s – i cludi g he comedia fathe Jaspe Ca ott, fo me co-sta Ricky Ge vais a d he Office US cou te pa t Je a Fische – left public messages of suppo t.

“Ok, so the last two days have bee utte ly ove whelmi g, i that I had ze o idea my ca ce post would have the atte tio it did,” Davis w ote o I stag am o Thu sday.

“T uly, I am i shock. That said, tha k you to eve yo e fo the t eme dous amou t of ki d ess a d suppo t you have se t me. Good g ief it was emotio al.”

She added: “I am t yi g to go th ough all the comme ts o my post – a d I’ll get the e, just give me a bit of time.

“Also, to the couple of people who slightly mis ead the ews a d comme ted RIP, you’ll be delighted to k ow I am still alive – hu ah.”

I o de to “lighte thi gs up”, the latest message came with a video of he havi g a skateboa di g lesso with acto Malachi Ba to , who appea ed with he i Dis ey Cha el comedy se ies The Villai s Of Valley View.

I he p evious post ea lie this week, Davis evealed she had bee diag osed with b east ca ce a yea a d a half ago but it had sp ead to he bo es, leavi g it “too late” fo chemothe apy.

“I’m ot sca ed of whateve comes ext,” she co ti ued. “I’m at peace with it.”

O Wed esday, Ca ott, whose eal ame is Robe t Davis, spoke about his p ide a d love fo daughte .

Ca ott, who was o e of the most familia faces o B itish televisio ove seve al decades, told BBC News: “This is a ve y difficult time fo the whole family a d we have bee suppo ti g he i eve y way possible si ce he diag osis.

“We a e so g ateful fo all the suppo t we have had ove this t yi g time a d we a e ve y hopeful fo he futu e bei g what she wa ts it to be.”

Ea ly i he acti g ca ee , Davis appea ed i a episode of The Detectives, the BBC comedy sta i g he fathe , a d a 1995 BBC p oductio of P ide a d P ejudice.

He b eakth ough ole came i 2001 whe she was cast as Daw , the sympathetic a d witty eceptio ist i Ge vais a d Stephe Me cha t’s Bafta-wi i g office-based sitcom.

Ge vais posted a love hea t emoji i the comme ts to he health update.

While Ge vais’s c i gewo thy cha acte David B e t p ovided ma y of the belly laughs, the eve -p ese t Daw a d he love i te est Tim Ca te bu y, played by Ma ti F eema , gave the show its emotio al backbo e.

Fische , who played Daw ‘s cou te pa t o the US ve sio of the show, Pam Beesly, p aised Davis fo he “beautiful post”.

“Love you lots,” w ote Fische , who he self ove came ca ce i 2024.

“A d yes to wo ki g with ca ce ! Let’s sp ead that message fa a d wide! How wo ki g is such a comfo t!”

Davis we t o to appea i films i cludi g Shau Of The Dead (2004) a d Wo de Woma (2017), a d played Hilda Spellma i the Netflix se ies the Chilli g Adve tu es Of Sab i a.