Embeth Davidtz
Acting
Né·e en 1965 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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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.
★ 6.8Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Film · 2025
Nicola Fuller
★ 6.5Retribution
Film · 2023
Heather Turner
★ 6.9Tales of the Walking Dead
TV series · 2022
Amanda
★ 6.3Not Okay
Film · 2022
Judith
★ 6.3Old
Film · 2021
Adult Maddox
★ 8.6Love, Victor
TV series · 2020
Mrs. Campbell
★ 7.7The Morning Show
TV series · 2019
Paige Jacobs
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Film · 2018
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.7The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
TV series · 2015
Natasha Lytess
★ 10.0Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Film · 2014
Self
★ 6.6The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Film · 2014
Mary Parker
★ 5.7Paranoia
Film · 2013
Judith Bolton
★ 7.5Ray Donovan
TV series · 2013
Sonia Kovitzky
★ 6.3Europa Report
Film · 2013
Dr. Samantha Unger
★ 6.8The Amazing Spider-Man
Film · 2012
Mary Parker
★ 7.4The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Film · 2011
Annika Blomkvist Giannini
★ 4.33 Backyards
Film · 2010
The Actress
★ 5.9Winged Creatures
Film · 2009
Lydia Jaspersen
★ 7.7In Treatment
TV series · 2008
Amy
★ 7.6Californication
TV series · 2007
Felicia Koons
★ 8.1Mad Men
TV series · 2007
Rebecca Pryce
★ 7.3Fracture
Film · 2007
Jennifer Crawford
★ 6.5Junebug
Film · 2005
Madeleine
★ 4.5Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Film · 2005
Self
★ 5.5My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
Film · 2005
Self
★ 8.2Grey's Anatomy
TV series · 2005
Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
★ 7.1The Emperor's Club
Film · 2002
Elizabeth
★ 7.2Shackleton
TV series · 2002
Rosalind Chetwynd
★ 6.3Thir13en Ghosts
Film · 2001
Kalina
★ 8.1Scrubs
TV series · 2001
Maddie
★ 7.0Citizen Baines
TV series · 2001
Ellen Baines Croland
★ 6.2The Hole
Film · 2001
Dr. Philippa Horwood
★ 6.7Bridget Jones's Diary
Film · 2001
Natasha
★ 7.3Bicentennial Man
Film · 1999
Little Miss / Portia
★ 6.7Mansfield Park
Film · 1999
Mary Crawford
★ 6.3Last Rites
Film · 1999
Dr. Lauren Riggs
★ 7.4Simon Magus
Film · 1999
Leah
★ 5.6The Gingerbread Man
Film · 1998
Mallory Doss
★ 6.8Fallen
Film · 1998
Gretta Milano
★ 7.0The Garden of Redemption
Film · 1997
Adriana
★ 7.2Matilda
Film · 1996
Miss Honey
★ 5.8Feast of July
Film · 1995
Bella Ford
★ 7.1Murder in the First
Film · 1995
Mary McCasslin
★ 8.6Schindler's List
Film · 1993
Helen Hirsch
★ 5.6Deadly Matrimony
Film · 1992
Dianne Masters
★ 7.3Army of Darkness
Film · 1992
Sheila
★ 7.0Till Death Us Do Part
Film · 1992
Katherine Palliko
★ 4.2Sweet Murder
Film · 1990
Role
★ 8.0A Private Life
Film · 1989
Older Karen
★ 3.5Mutator
Film · 1989
Jennifer
★ 7.1Screen Two
TV series · 1985
Older Karen