Sammi Davis
Samantha "Sammi" Davis (born 21 June 1964) is an English actress. She gained considerable praise for her performances in Mona Lisa (1986), as a teenage prostitute, and Ken Russell's The Rainbow (1989). She also had significant roles in Mike Hodges' A Prayer for the Dying and John Boorman's Hope and Glory (both 1987).
Also recorded as Samantha "Sammi" Davis · Sammi Davis-Voss
Sammi Davis
- Full name
- Samantha Davis.
- Born
- 1964. · Kidderminster.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- actress and photographer.
- Languages
- English.
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Samantha "Sammi" Davis (born 21 June 1964) is an English actress. She gained considerable praise for her performances in Mona Lisa (1986), as a teenage prostitute, and Ken Russell's The Rainbow (1989). She also had significant roles in Mike Hodges' A Prayer for the Dying and John Boorman's Hope and Glory (both 1987).
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In 1988, Sammi Davis had a major supporting role in another Ken Russell movie, The Lair of the White Worm, where she carried the part of the Mary Trent farm resident as Peter Capaldi's love interest. Between 1991 and 1993, Sammi Davis had a lead as Caroline Hailey in the successful American television series, Homefront.
From 1990 to 1993, Davis was married to director Kurt Voss. After taking a few years out of the film industry to raise her family, she returned to the screen in a cameo role on Lost, playing the mother of Dominic Monaghan's character. She moved back to Britain in Christmas 2008. On 21 June 2009, she married Simon Drew, a children's TV show producer. As of 2024, Sammi Davis lives in Sussex with her family and maintains a well-known corporate photography studio in Barnet, North London.
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1964
Sammi Davis born at Kidderminster.
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- 1.Bloody Disgusting. Sammi Davis on Her 'The Lair of the White Worm' Role (Exclusive). 26 January 2017.
- 2.Horror Cult Films. The Lair of the White Worm (1988). 26 February 2018.
- 3.The New York Times. Review/Television - New Hourlong Drama In Soap-Opera Land. 24 September 1991.
- 4.Variety. Homefront the Traveling Lemo All-Stars. 11 November 1992.
- 5.Entertainment Weekly. Close-Up - Sammi Davis-Voss.
- 6.Down and Out with Kurt Voss. About Film. 1 March 2003.
- 7.Sam Davis Headshot Photography.
- 8.Exposure. Queer Sanctuaries: Significant Third Spaces. 18 April 2024.
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