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Embeth Davidtz

Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn August 11, 1965 (59 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Mad Men
  • Europa Report
  • Paranoia

Known For

  • Schindler's List
  • Army of Darkness
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Bicentennial Man
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  • Thir13en Ghosts
  • Matilda
  • Fracture
  • Fallen
  • Junebug
  • Europa Report
  • The Hole
  • Murder in the First
  • Paranoia
  • The Emperor's Club
  • The Gingerbread Man
  • Retribution
  • Not Okay
  • In Treatment
  • Winged Creatures
  • 3 Backyards
  • Feast of July
  • The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
  • Last Rites

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    2023
    Retribution · as Heather Turner
    2022
    Tales of the Walking Dead (TV Series) · as Amanda
    2022
    Not Okay · as Judith
    2021
    Old · as Adult Maddox
    2020
    Love, Victor (TV Series) · as Mrs. Campbell
    2019
    The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Paige Jacobs
    2015
    The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (TV Series) · as Natasha Lytess
    2014
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · as Mary Parker
    2013
    Paranoia · as Judith Bolton
    2013
    Europa Report · as Dr. Samantha Unger
    2013
    Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Sonia Kovitzky
    2012
    The Amazing Spider-Man · as Mary Parker
    2011
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
    2010
    3 Backyards · as The Actress
    2008
    Winged Creatures · as Lydia Jaspersen
    2008
    In Treatment (TV Series) · as Amy
    2007
    Californication (TV Series) · as Felicia Koons
    2007
    Mad Men (TV Series) · as Rebecca Pryce
    2007
    Fracture · as Jennifer Crawford
    2005
    Junebug · as Madeleine
    2005
    Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Nancy Shepherd
    2004
    The Hole: Deleted Scenes · as Dr. Philippa Horwood
    2002
    The Emperor's Club · as Elizabeth
    2002
    Shackleton (TV Series) · as Rosalind Chetwynd
    2001
    Thir13en Ghosts · as Kalina Oretzia
    2001
    Scrubs (TV Series) · as Maddie
    2001
    The Hole · as Dr. Philippa Horwood
    2001
    Bridget Jones's Diary · as Natasha
    2000
    Citizen Baines (TV Series) · as Ellen Baines Croland
    1999
    Mansfield Park · as Mary Crawford
    1999
    Bicentennial Man · as Little Miss / Portia
    1999
    Simon Magus · as Leah
    1998
    Last Rites · as Dr. Lauren Riggs
    1998
    The Gingerbread Man · as Mallory Doss
    1998
    Fallen · as Gretta Milano
    1997
    1996
    Matilda · as Miss Honey
    1995
    Feast of July · as Bella Ford
    1995
    Murder in the First · as Mary Mccasslin
    1994
    1993
    Schindler's List · as Helen Hirsch
    1992
    Deadly Matrimony · as Dianne Masters
    1992
    Army of Darkness · as Sheila
    1992
    Till Death Us Do Part · as Katherine Palliko
    1990
    1989
    A Private Life · as Older Karen
    1989
    Mutator · as Jennifer
    1984
    Screen Two (TV Series) · as Older Karen

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