Embeth Davidtz
Ator, Realização, Produção, Escrito por
11 de agosto de 1965 (60 anos)
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.
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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Filmografia
| 2024 | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight · as Nicola Fuller |
| 2023 | Retribution · as Heather Turner |
| 2022 | Tales of the Walking Dead · as Amanda |
| 2022 | Not Okay · as Judith |
| 2021 | Old · as Adult Maddox |
| 2020 | Love, Victor · as Mrs. Campbell |
| 2019 | The Morning Show · as Paige Jacobs |
| 2015 | The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe · as Natasha Lytess |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · as Mary Parker |
| 2013 | Paranoia · as Judith Bolton |
| 2013 | Europa Report · as Dr. Samantha UngerNo Plex |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan · 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 · as Amy |
| 2007 | Californication · as Felicia Koons |
| 2007 | Mad Men · as Rebecca PryceNo Plex |
| 2007 | Fracture · as Jennifer Crawford |
| 2005 | Junebug · as Madeleine |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy · as Nancy Shepherd |
| 2002 | The Emperor's Club · as Elizabeth |
| 2002 | Shackleton · as Rosalind Chetwynd |
| 2001 | Thir13en Ghosts · as Kalina |
| 2001 | Scrubs · as Maddie |
| 2001 | The Hole · as Dr. Philippa Horwood |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary · as Natasha |
| 2000 | Citizen Baines · 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 | The Garden of Redemption · as Adriana |
| 1996 | Matilda · as Miss Honey |
| 1995 | Feast of July · as Bella Ford |
| 1995 | Murder in the First · as Mary Mccasslin |
| 1994 | Oh, What a Day! 1914 · as Cast |
| 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 · as Older Karen |
| 2014 | Nelson Mandela Redrawn · as Self |
| 2013 | Afternoon Tea, a Matilda Reunion · as Self - 'miss Honey' |
| 2013 | Miracle Rising: South Africa · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · as Self - Guest |
| 2024 | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight · as Screenplay |