Samantha “Sammy” Davis ( English Samantha “Sammi” Davis ; June 21, 1964 , Kidderminster , Worcestershire , England , UK ) - English actress , photographer and film producer .
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Biography and career
Samana Davis was born on June 21, 1964 in Kidderminster (County Worcestershire , England , UK ) in the family of Michael and Debbie Davis.
She received high praise for her roles as a teenage prostitute in Mona Lisa (1986) and Rainbow (1989) by Ken Russell . She also played significant roles in Mike Hodges ' Worship Prayer and John Burman 's Hope and Glory (both 1987), as well as a major role in the American television series Behind the Rear "(1991-1993) [2] , for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award. After several years of interruption in her career for the sake of her family, she returned to the screen in a cameo role in the TV series Lost , playing the role of the mother of the hero Dominic Monaghan . She works as a photographer.
In 1990-1993, Sammi was married to director Kurt Foss from whom she has a daughter. Since June 21, 2009, Davis has been married for the second time to the producer of the children's television show Simon Drew. On Christmas Day 2008, she returned to the UK and now lives in Sussex with her family.
Selected Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
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| 1986 | f | Mona Lisa | Mona lisa | May |
| 1987 | f | Departure prayer | A Prayer for the Dying | Anna |
| 1987 | f | Hope and glory | A Prayer for the Dying | Don |
| 1988 | f | White Worm's Lair | The lair of the white worm | Mary trent |
| 1989 | f | Rainbow | The rainbow | Ursula Brangven |
| 1991 | tf | Chernobyl: Last Warning | Chernobyl: The Final Warning | Elena Mashchenko |
| 1994 | with | Red Shoe Diaries | Red shoe diaries | Brandi |
| 1995 | f | Four rooms | Four rooms | Josebel |
| 2006 | with | To stay alive | Lost | Mrs. Pace |
Notes
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ John J. O'Connor . Review / Television; New Hourlong Drama In Soap-Opera Land , New York Times (September 23, 1991). Date of appeal September 24, 2008.
Links
- Sammi Davis on the Internet Movie Database
- "Down and Out with Kurt Voss", AboutFilm.com interview, March 2003.
- Film reference biography