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| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Owain Yeoman]]|2006|2011|end=div}}
| parentsfather = [[Jasper Carrott]]<br />Hazel Jackson
| yearsactive = 1993–present
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Davis appeared in the third-season episode "Elephants and Hens" of UK TV programme ''[[Black Books]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/czhm/black-books--series-3---2-elephants-and-hens |title=Black Books |work=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175214/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/czhm/black-books--series-3---2-elephants-and-hens |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 (TV 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|date=October 2018}} She also appears in the [[John Landis]]-produced thriller ''[[Some Guy Who Kills People]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19455 |title=First Look: Images From ''Some Guy Who Kills People'' |date=15 March 2010 |via=bloody-disgusting.com |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629152927/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/19455/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' (2013). She became a Patron for the performing arts group [[Theatretrain]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatretrain.co.uk/patrons/ |title=Patrons |publisher=Theatretrain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721234941/http://www.theatretrain.co.uk/patrons/ |archive-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref>
 
Davis played [[Etta Candy]] in the 2017 film ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]], t''he, the first live-action cinematic portrayal of the comic book character.<ref name="etonline">[http://www.etonline.com/news/218443_from_the_office_to_wonder_woman_get_to_know_lucy_davis From ‘The Office’ to ‘Wonder Woman’: Get to Know Lucy Davis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527004107/http://www.etonline.com/news/218443_from_the_office_to_wonder_woman_get_to_know_lucy_davis/ |date=27 May 2017 }} by Angelique Jackson 12:08 PM PDT, 26 May 2017</ref> 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."<ref name="etonline"/>
 
Davis appeared in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'' as [[Hilda Spellman]], which aired from 2018 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title=Netflix's ''Sabrina The Teenage Witch'' Series Casts Lucy Davis as Aunt Hilda |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/netflix-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-series-lucy-davis-cast-aunt-hilda-1202291158/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=16 February 2018 |date=16 February 2018 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217203710/https://deadline.com/2018/02/netflix-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-series-lucy-davis-cast-aunt-hilda-1202291158/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Disney Sets Superhero Shows 'The Villains of Valley View' and 'Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion' (VIDEO) |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1042560/villains-of-valley-view-ultra-violet-black-scorpion-premiere-date-disney/ |last=Jacobs |first=Meredith |date=28 April 2022 |access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref>