Phyllis Lapin-Vance

Phyllis Lapin-Vance
The Office character
Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Lapin-Vance
First appearance	"Pilot"
Last appearance	"Finale"
Created by	Greg Daniels
Portrayed by	Phyllis Smith
Information
Nickname(s)	Easy Rider
Gender	Female
Occupation	Yarn store employee, St. Louis, MO Sales Representative, Dunder Mifflin, Scranton branch
Family	Elbert Lapin (father) Unnamed mother Unnamed four sisters Unnamed child
Spouse(s)	Bob Vance (husband)
Religion	Lutheran
Nationality	American
British Counterpart	N/A

Phyllis Margaret Vance (née Lapin) is a fictional character on the U.S. comedy television series, The Office. She is portrayed by Phyllis Smith, and has no specific counterpart in the British version of the series, instead being an amalgamation of several different office workers.

Phyllis Lapin is a sales representative at fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. She is a quiet but friendly type who loves "girl talk" and gossip. Though she has a sweet, motherly exterior, she can sometimes be very vindictive, often to Angela Martin and Pam Halpert. She is often insulted and embarrassed by branch manager Michael Scott, who frequently describes her as non-feminine and old, despite having been classmates with her in high school.

She was also apparently very promiscuous in high school, which resulted in an unplanned pregnancy. The baby was given up for adoption, and was first mentioned in the season seven episode "Goodbye, Michael". Where Michael said he knew a secret about Phyllis, but apparently did not know about the baby. The baby was implied to be a girl because Erin Hannon later approached Phyllis to take a maternity test since she was born in the same year and area as her child, but the test came back negative.

She is married to Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration; she affectionately refers to him as "Bobby", but frequently uses his full name, "Bob Vance" while talking to others. In the Season 7 finale, Phyllis reveals that she got Bob to notice her by waiting in his office every morning wearing nothing but kitty-cat ears for two weeks, and on the tenth day, he was naked too, except for a dog nose.