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Embeth Davidtz

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Embeth Davidtz

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Aug 11, 1965 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Acting
2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightNicola Fuller
2023RetributionHeather Turner
2022Not OkayJudith
2022Tales of the Walking DeadAmanda
2021OldAdult Maddox
2020Love, VictorMrs. Campbell
2019The Morning ShowPaige Jacobs
2018Schindler's List: 25 Years LaterSelf
2018An Oral History of: Schindler's ListSelf (archive footage)
2015The Secret Life of Marilyn MonroeNatasha Lytess
2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2Mary Parker
2014Nelson Mandela RedrawnSelf
2013ParanoiaJudith Bolton
2013Europa ReportDr. Samantha Unger
2013Miracle Rising: South AfricaSelf
2013Ray DonovanSonia Kovitzky
2012The Amazing Spider-ManMary Parker
2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooAnnika Blomkvist Giannini
20103 BackyardsThe Actress
2009Winged CreaturesLydia Jaspersen
2008In TreatmentAmy
2007FractureJennifer Crawford
2007CalifornicationFelicia Koons
2007Mad MenRebecca Pryce
2005JunebugMadeleine
2005My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara WilsonSelf
2005Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'Self
2005Grey's AnatomyNancy Shepherd (uncredited)
2005Grey's AnatomyNancy Shepherd
2002The Emperor's ClubElizabeth
2002ShackletonRosalind Chetwynd
2001The HoleDr. Philippa Horwood
2001Bridget Jones's DiaryNatasha
2001Thir13en GhostsKalina
2001Citizen BainesEllen Baines Croland
2001ScrubsMaddie
1999Bicentennial ManLittle Miss / Portia
1999Mansfield ParkMary Crawford
1999Last RitesDr. Lauren Riggs
1999Simon MagusLeah
1998FallenGretta Milano
1998The Gingerbread ManMallory Doss
1997The Garden of RedemptionAdriana
1996MatildaMiss Honey
1995Murder in the FirstMary McCasslin
1995Feast of JulyBella Ford
1993Schindler's ListHelen Hirsch
1992Army of DarknessSheila
1992Deadly MatrimonyDianne Masters
1992Till Death Us Do PartKatherine Palliko
1991The Night of the 19thTessa van Dyk
1990Sweet Murder
1989MutatorJennifer
1989A Private LifeOlder Karen
Production
2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightProducer
Directing
2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightDirector
Writing
2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightScreenplay
Crew
2005Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'Thanks