Pamela "Pam" Morgan Beesly is a fictional character on the U.S. television sitcom The Office, played by Jenna Fischer. Her counterpart in the original UK series of The Office is Dawn Tinsley. Pam spends much of the series as the friendly but often frustrated receptionist at the Scranton branch of the fictitious paper-distributor Dunder Mifflin.

As the series progresses, she becomes a saleswoman for the branch. She can seem shy or hesitant to speak her mind, but enjoys chatting with her best friend and current fiance, salesman Jim Halpert. She often helps Jim play pranks on his deskmate Dwight Schrute.

Her boss Michael Scott often asks her to do strange office tasks, and mocks her about being a receptionist. At the beginning of the series she had been dating warehouse worker Roy Anderson since high school and was engaged to him for three years. Pam attended Valley View High School., as well as college, where she focused on art, and played volleyball, although she mentions disliking gym class in high school.

Jenna Fischer's backstory for the character describes her as an alumna of Marywood University, majoring in art education, but not graduating. Later in the series, she returns to school to take art and animation classes and in "Goodbye, Toby", she is selected to participate in a three month graphic design program at the Pratt Institute, where she also becomes a resident assistant. Pam has above average typing skills and is able to type ninety words per minute.

Her favorite yogurt flavor is mixed berry, and she enjoys French Onion Sun Chips. In "The Fire", she reveals her favorite movies to be Fargo, Edward Scissorhands, Dazed and Confused, The Princess Bride, and The Breakfast Club. She drives a Toyota Yaris hatchback in Blazing Blue Pearl, first seen in the third season episode "Grief Counseling" and knows how to change a tire.

She is Presbyterian. In "Did I Stutter?" it is shown she is very nearsighted, and usually wears contact lenses instead of glasses. In a deleted scene, she says she has 20/400 vision.

During the same episode it is revealed that her middle name is Morgan. In "Weight Loss", her weight is revealed to be 126 pounds. Her AIM Screen Name is Receptionitis15.

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