Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 11, 1965
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Credits
54 titles
Embeth Davidtz
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
Filmography
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Nicola Fuller
Retribution
Heather Turner
Tales of the Walking Dead
Amanda
Not Okay
Judith
Old
Adult Maddox
Love, Victor
Mrs. Campbell
The Morning Show
Paige Jacobs
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
Self
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Natasha Lytess
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Mary Parker
Paranoia
Judith Bolton
Ray Donovan
Sonia Kovitzky
Europa Report
Dr. Samantha Unger
Miracle Rising: South Africa
Self
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mary Parker
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Annika Blomkvist Giannini
3 Backyards
The Actress
Winged Creatures
Lydia Jaspersen
In Treatment
Amy
Californication
Felicia Koons
Mad Men
Rebecca Pryce
Fracture
Jennifer Crawford
Junebug
Madeleine
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Self
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
Self
Grey's Anatomy
Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
The Emperor's Club
Elizabeth
Shackleton
Rosalind Chetwynd
Thir13en Ghosts
Kalina
Scrubs
Maddie
Citizen Baines
Ellen Baines Croland
The Hole
Dr. Philippa Horwood
Bridget Jones's Diary
Natasha
Bicentennial Man
Little Miss / Portia
Mansfield Park
Mary Crawford
Last Rites
Dr. Lauren Riggs
Simon Magus
Leah
The Gingerbread Man
Mallory Doss
Fallen
Gretta Milano
The Garden of Redemption
Adriana
Matilda
Miss Honey
Feast of July
Bella Ford
Murder in the First
Mary McCasslin
Schindler's List
Helen Hirsch
Deadly Matrimony
Dianne Masters
Army of Darkness
Sheila
Till Death Us Do Part
Katherine Palliko
The Night of the 19th
Tessa van Dyk