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).

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.

Personal life

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.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

External links

• at IMDb