“The Good Doctor” actress reveals facial injuries 1 year after being attacked by dog
“The Good Doctor” actress reveals facial injuries 1 year after being attacked by dog
Emlyn TravisFri, March 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM UTC
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Paige Spara and Freddie Highmore on 'The Good Doctor'Credit: ABC
The Good Doctor star Paige Spara is opening up about the dog attack that left her visibly injured more than a year after the incident.
The actress, who played Lea on the hit ABC medical drama, gave an update on her recovery in an Instagram Story post on Thursday.
“A little over a year now and the dog bite that took my cheek and upper lip out is PRETTY MUCH HEALED BONJOUR AMEN,” Spara wrote on top of an image of herself wearing a blue “Bonjour” hat.
Paige Spara Instagram StoryCredit: Paige Spara/Instagram
She also shared a look at her wounds in a subsequent slide, revealing multiple large, stitched-up gashes across her top lip and beneath her right eye. “RIP SCARESSSSSSSSSS,” she commented.
Spara starred as Lea — the best friend and later wife of Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) — across all seven seasons of The Good Doctor, which aired from 2017 to 2024.
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Paige Spara attends the 61st Monte Carlo TV Festival on June 18, 2022Credit: Stephane Cardinale/Getty
Based on a South Korean drama of the same name, the show followed Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, on his rise from resident to chief of surgery at the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. In addition to Spara and Highmore, the show also starred Antonia Thomas, Fiona Gubelmann, Chuku Modu, Christina Chang, Hill Harper, and more.
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Spara and Highmore both gave an emotional sendoff to the show ahead of its 2024 finale. “I hope our legacy leaves behind vulnerability when it comes to acceptance,” she said at the time, before tearfully thanking fans “so much for your love and support all of these years.”
Highmore also reflected on the show's "incredible seven seasons" and the impact that it leaves behind.
“We’ve always wanted this show to be more than just a television show," he said. "If, in some small way, we’ve been able to challenge stereotypes surrounding autism, that would certainly be the thing that I’m most proud of.”
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