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Embeth Davidtz
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Embeth Davidtz
Homepage
https://theartistspartnership.co.uk/artist/embeth-davidtz/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1965-08-11,Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Schindler's List

8.568

Schindler's List
1993-12-15

6.217

The Hole
2001-04-20

6.549

Junebug
2005-08-03

Bridget Jones's Diary

6.7

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001-04-13

Army of Darkness

7.261

Army of Darkness
1992-10-31

Bicentennial Man

7.3

Bicentennial Man
1999-12-17

6.691

Mansfield Park
1999-11-12

7.18

Matilda
1996-08-02

7.263

Fracture
2007-04-19

6.279

Not Okay
2022-07-29

Murder in the First

7.146

Murder in the First
1995-01-20

6.805

Fallen
1998-01-16

The Gingerbread Man

5.6

The Gingerbread Man
1998-01-23

Thir13en Ghosts

6.293

Thir13en Ghosts
2001-10-25

3.544

Mutator
1989-05-15

Winged Creatures

5.874

Winged Creatures
2009-07-08

The Emperor's Club

7.127

The Emperor's Club
2002-11-22

4.3

3 Backyards
2010-01-24

6.539

Retribution
2023-08-23

5.723

Paranoia
2013-08-14

6.289

Europa Report
2013-06-27

Miracle Rising: South Africa

8.5

Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013-02-09

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson

5.5

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005-06-07

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

4.5

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005-06-07

4.2

Sweet Murder
1990-04-30

8

A Private Life
1989-11-14

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

7.385

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011-12-14

The Amazing Spider-Man

6.737

The Amazing Spider-Man
2012-06-23

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

6.54

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014-04-16

5.75

Feast of July
1995-10-12

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

10

Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014-07-18

Deadly Matrimony

5.625

Deadly Matrimony
1992-11-22

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

6.804

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025-07-11

6.3

Last Rites
1999-05-20

Till Death Us Do Part

7

Till Death Us Do Part
1992-02-18

The Garden of Redemption

7

The Garden of Redemption
1997-05-25

7.417

Simon Magus
1999-02-17

6.321

Old
2021-07-21

The Night of the 19th

7

The Night of the 19th
1991-07-19

Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

0

Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
2018-10-01

An Oral History of: Schindler's List

0

An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018-12-15

Californication

7.642

Californication
2007-08-13

7

Citizen Baines
2001-09-29

7.205

Shackleton
2002-01-02

8.569

Love, Victor
2020-06-17

8.209

Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27

The Morning Show

7.739

The Morning Show
2019-11-01

7.498

Ray Donovan
2013-06-30

8.117

Mad Men
2007-07-19

7.646

In Treatment
2008-01-28

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

6.7

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
2015-05-30

Tales of the Walking Dead

6.961

Tales of the Walking Dead
2022-08-14

8.209

Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27

8.198

Scrubs
2001-10-02

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06