Embeth Davidtz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 11, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Biography
Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965) is an American-born South African actress and director. She has appeared in movies such as Schindler's List, Matilda, Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Amazing Spider-Man, and in the television series In Treatment, Californication, and Mad Men. In 2024 Davidtz made her directorial debut with Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, an adaptation of the best-selling memoir of the same name by Alexandra Fuller about growing up on a farm in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. The film had its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Davidtz was born on August 11, 1965, in Lafayette, Indiana, to South African parents John and Jean, while her father was studying chemical engineering at Purdue University. The family later moved to Trenton, New Jersey, and then to South Africa when Davidtz was nine years old Davidtz has Dutch, English, and French ancestry. She had to learn Afrikaans before attending school classes in South Africa, where her father took up a teaching post at Potchefstroom University. Davidtz graduated from The Glen High School in Pretoria in 1983 and studied at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. In 1992, Davidtz played the part of Sheila in Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness alongside Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams. The third movie in the Evil Dead franchise would eventually become a big cult classic worldwide. In 1993, Davidtz played the role of Helen Hirsch in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. In 1995, Davidtz had a central role in the fact-based film Murder in the First, and the Merchant Ivory Productions Feast of July.
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Filmography
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Movie · as Nicola Fuller
Retribution
Movie · as Heather Turner
Not Okay
Movie · as Judith
Tales of the Walking Dead
TV · as Amanda · 1 ep
Old
Movie · as Adult Maddox
Love, Victor
TV · as Mrs. Campbell · 1 ep
The Morning Show
TV · as Paige Jacobs · 5 eps
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
TV · as Natasha Lytess · 2 eps
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Movie · as Mary Parker
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Movie · as Self
Paranoia
Movie · as Judith Bolton
Europa Report
Movie · as Dr. Samantha Unger
Miracle Rising: South Africa
Movie · as Self
Ray Donovan
TV · as Sonia Kovitzky · 4 eps
The Amazing Spider-Man
Movie · as Mary Parker
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie · as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
3 Backyards
Movie · as The Actress
Winged Creatures
Movie · as Lydia Jaspersen
In Treatment
TV · as Amy · 8 eps
Fracture
Movie · as Jennifer Crawford
Californication
TV · as Felicia Koons · 10 eps
Mad Men
TV · as Rebecca Pryce · 8 eps
Junebug
Movie · as Madeleine
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Movie · as Self
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
Movie · as Self
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Nancy Shepherd (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Emperor's Club
Movie · as Elizabeth
Shackleton
TV · as Rosalind Chetwynd · 2 eps
The Hole
Movie · as Dr. Philippa Horwood
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie · as Natasha
Thir13en Ghosts
Movie · as Kalina
Citizen Baines
TV · as Ellen Baines Croland · 9 eps
Scrubs
TV · as Maddie · 1 ep
Bicentennial Man
Movie · as Little Miss / Portia
Mansfield Park
Movie · as Mary Crawford
Last Rites
Movie · as Dr. Lauren Riggs
Simon Magus
Movie · as Leah
Fallen
Movie · as Gretta Milano
The Gingerbread Man
Movie · as Mallory Doss
The Garden of Redemption
Movie · as Adriana
Matilda
Movie · as Miss Honey
Murder in the First
Movie · as Mary McCasslin
Feast of July
Movie · as Bella Ford
Schindler's List
Movie · as Helen Hirsch
Army of Darkness
Movie · as Sheila
Deadly Matrimony
Movie · as Dianne Masters
Till Death Us Do Part
Movie · as Katherine Palliko
The Night of the 19th
Movie · as Tessa van Dyk
Sweet Murder
Movie
Mutator
Movie · as Jennifer
A Private Life
Movie · as Older Karen
Screen Two
TV · as Older Karen · 1 ep