Big Bang Actress Announces Lung Cancer Diagnosis After Never Smoking
Known for her role as Lucy in The Big Bang Theory and sprawling voiceover work, actress Kate Micucci has announced that she was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Sharing an update with her followers on TikTok, Micucci said that, despite never having smoked a cigarette “in my life,” she was given the diagnosis by a medical team. Now on the other side of surgery, Micucci said she was confident that “they got it out,” adding, “I’m all good,” to give fans a sigh of relief.
Kate Micurri, known for her portrayal of Lucy in The Big Bang Theory, announced her lung cancer diagnosis despite never being a smoker.
Taking it all in stride, with a heavy dose of comedy, Kate Micucci said, “I guess it happens,” before letting fans know that she’d be back to work in no time following what will hopefully be a short recovery phase. While none of her The Big Bang Theory co-stars can be spotted in her comments (at the writing of this article), another celebrity, Doug the Pug, and a slew of fans penned their well-wishes for the performer. Also spotted was fellow comedian, Tom Green, who underwent his own battle with cancer in the early 2000s.
While many will certainly recognize Kate Micucci from her performance alongside the likes of Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Mayim Bialik, and Kunal Nayyar on the long-running sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, the performer has made a wide array of appearances in both film and television. She most recently teamed up with Kevin Smith for a second time following her appearance as a Moob employee in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot for last year’s Clerks III.
Off-screen, Kate Micucci is one-half of the musical comedy duo known as Garfunkel and Oates.
On the smaller screen, recent spottings of Kate Micucci have come in the form of Netflix’s 2022 horror anthology series, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities and Supergirl. With a perfect voice for vocal work, Micucci has found her niche as of late performing in animated projects including Steven Universe, Milo Murphy’s Law, and Steven Universe.
As for her voice work, Kate Micucci is likely best known for her long-running performance as Velma Dinkley in the world of Scooby-Doo, a part that she’s lent her talents to since 2015’s Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! There, she worked with Scream and Five Nights at Freddy’s star Matthew Lillard, who reprised his role as Shaggy from the live-action films of the early 2000s. During the show’s two-season run, Micucci would also appear in voice form as the character in the 2018 Supernatural live-action/animation hybrid episode, “Scoobynatural.”
She most recently teamed up with Kevin Smith for a second time following her appearance as a Moob employee in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot for last year’s Clerks III.
Off-screen, Kate Micucci is one-half of the musical comedy duo known as Garfunkel and Oates. Along with her collaborator, Riki Lindhome, Micucci performs as Oates with Lindhome as Garfunkel in a bit that sees them playing relaxing folk music with crass observational comedy as the lyrics. The pair rose to popularity around 2012 when their second album, “Slippery When Moist” landed a spot on Billboard’s Comedy Albums chart. From that, they would land a series on IFC that ran for one season along with their first of many tours.
We’re happy to hear that Kat Micucci is already making a full recovery and we’re sending her all the positive vibes on her way back to the stage.
