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Lucy Davis Announces Stage-Four Cancer Spread to Bones

8/23/2026

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Lucy Davis appeared at the Fantasy & Sci-Fi convention in London despite stage-four breast cancer.
She announced on 11 August that the disease had spread to her bones, making chemotherapy too late.
She joined director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg on a Shaun of the Dead panel, needing stage assistance.
She urged aspiring actors not to let others limit their ambitions.

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Lucy Davis appeared at the Fantasy & Sci-Fi convention in London despite stage-four breast cancer.
She announced on 11 August that the disease had spread to her bones, making chemotherapy too late.
She joined director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg on a Shaun of the Dead panel, needing stage assistance.
She urged aspiring actors not to let others limit their ambitions.