The Office’s Lucy Davis looks very different 19yrs after playing Dawn Tinsley as she appears on Loose Women

THE Office fans were delighted today when Lucy Davis appeared unexpectedly on Loose Women.

The 49-year-old actress is best known in the UK for playing Dawn Tinsley, the receptionist in the Ricky Gervais comedy.

She played the role for two years before the show ended with Dawn hooking up with salesman Tim Canterbury, played by Martin Freeman.

Lucy appeared on Loose Women 19 years after that finale talking to Denise Welch about her life in the US.

Appearing with her hair in pigtails and wearing dungarees, a choker and a chain, she spoke to Denise in Santa Monica, California.

The former soap actress, 64, was in America for a special series where she tracks down stars who were once on TV back in the UK.

Explaining how she came to live in the US, Lucy told Denise: "In 2003 BBC America were going to air The Office.

"They brought us out here for like a week or something. Then I got a manager here."

Lucy went on to appear in Netflix's The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the 2017 movie version of Wonder Woman.

Explaining her new role as a baddie called Eva, she explained: "It's a new Disney show called The Villains of Valley View, we've been on this since November."

Denise, who knows Lucy's comedian dad Jasper Carrott, told her: "I'm so proud of you.

"So many actors want to come to America and make it and for whatever reason they don't."

She added: "You guys have and I couldn't be prouder. I love you both."

The Office made stars of its main cast - most notably Ricky Gervais, who is a millionaire many times over.

Martin Freeman, who played weary Tim, and Mackenzie Crook, as jobsworth Gareth, both went on to global fame as actors.