Sammi Davis

Sammi Davis

Birth : 1964-06-21, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK

History

Sammi Davis (born Samantha Davis; 21 June 1964) is a British actress. She gained considerable praise for her performance in 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) as well as a leading role in the Emmy Award-winning American television series, Homefront (1991–1993). Davis was married to the director Kurt Voss, whom she later divorced. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sammi Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Sammi Davis

Movies

The Double Born
Sophie / Wife
A woman is tortured by the sudden disappearance of her only child years before. Obsessed with having another baby, she is devastated and driven to emotional crisis when discovering her new husband is infertile. Gripped by despair, the woman begins to resign herself to the bitter likelihood of never having another child. Striking up a friendship with two discarded young laborers hired to re-paint her son's now silent room, the three lost souls form a disturbing bond as the boys are led deeper into the woman's tormented world. Her family's suspicions of this unsettling new friendship sets off an irreversible series of events, leading to madness and murder as the horrors of the past collide with the sins of the present, ending in tragedy and terror.
Resident Evil
Production Coordinator
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain are charged with leading the mission. But they only have three hours before the pathogen becomes airborne and infects the world.
Soft Toilet Seats
Annie Ashland
Arne buys a house in suburban Los Angeles, only to discover that the previous owner died in a grisly manner. Then he gets a visit from the dead woman's best friend, who is convinced that she didn't commit suicide. Together, they investigate what Tilly is sure must be a murder, and come up against the toughest moral dilemma of their lives.
Woundings
Denise Jones
A government program is trying to entice women to go to a remote island and become companions to war-scarred soldiers.
Assignment Berlin
Tracy Garret
Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they were out having dinner, her father's shot. She is then informed by the German inspector assigned to her father's case that her father's a CIA operative. She then decides to investigate the case...
Stand-Ins
Martha Anne
Six women who came to Hollywood with the dream of becoming famous find themselves working as stand-ins for the glamorous stars of the late 1930s. Gathering for a birthday celebration at their local watering hole, they introduce a new member to the group – instigating a turn of events that will change their lives forever.
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
Brandy
A beautiful cowgirl (Sammi Davis) fights off the advances of a handsome stranger (Maximo Morrone), until she realizes he's not trying to tame her. He knows she's as spirited as a wild mustang, and he just wants to set her free. A temperamental director (Brad Fisher) and a powerful producer (Marina Giulia Cavalli) revisit a familiar scenario of love. Three years ago they almost destroyed each other with passion. Now, after one incredible night, it seems like nothing's changed. From A to Z, the alphabet girl (Christiana Capetillo), a beautiful fashion model finds there's twenty-six ways to love in this Red Shoe Diaries collection from master sensualist Zalman King.
Four Rooms
Jezebel
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.
Spring Awakening
Aimée Daumar
The failing economic fortunes of a small turn-of-the-century Nebraska town interrupt a blossoming romance between a pair of star-crossed lovers.
Indecency
Nia Barnett
Thriller about three friends who work in an advertising agency, one of whom has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, she embarks upon an affair with her former employer's husband, with deadly consequences.
The Perfect Bride
Stephanie Peters / Suzanne Potter
A young woman begins to suspect that her brother's young fiancée, an attractive Englishwoman, is actually a serial killer who kills men on the eve of their weddings.
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Yelena Mashenko
True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
Shadow of China
Katherine
A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism.
Horseplayer
Randi
A blonde seduces a quirky liquor-store worker as inspiration for her artist boyfriend.
The Rainbow
Ursula Brangwen
Ken Russell's rather loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War. At school, she is introduced to lovemaking by a bisexual physical education instructress. While experiencing disillusionment in her first career attempt (teaching), she has an affair with a young Army officer, who wants to marry her. Unable to accept a future of domesticity, she breaks with him, and eventually leaves home in search of her destiny.
The Lair of the White Worm
Mary Trent
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Consuming Passions
Felicity
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
A Prayer for the Dying
Anna
Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"
Hope and Glory
Dawn
Director John Boorman drew from his own childhood experiences for this coming-of-age tale about a boy growing up in and around London during World War II. For young Billy, the nightly bombings provide a frightening show, but they include opportunities to rummage through the rubble with friends in the mornings. As Billy plays, his family struggles to remain intact as they suffer through the anguish and losses of wartime.
Lionheart
Baptista
A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It is Robert Narra's sworn duty to protect the children and lead them to safety.
Pack of Lies
Julie Jackson
A couple learns that their friendly neighbours might be Russian spies.
Mona Lisa
May
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
The Day After the Fair
Anna May Dunsford
Based on the short story by Thomas Hardy.