Embeth Davidtz
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1965-08-11 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Embeth Jean Davidtz · امبت دیویتز
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
TV Shows (13)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
Mad Men
2007
as Rebecca Pryce
Scrubs
2001
as Maddie
Californication
2007
as Felicia Koons
Ray Donovan
2013
as Sonia Kovitzky
In Treatment
2008
as Amy
The Morning Show
2019
as Paige Jacobs
Screen Two
1985
as Older Karen
Love, Victor
2020
as Mrs. Campbell
Tales of the Walking Dead
2022
as Amanda
Citizen Baines
2001
as Ellen Baines Croland
Shackleton
2002
as Rosalind Chetwynd
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
2015
as Natasha Lytess
Movies (41)
Schindler's List
1993
as Helen Hirsch
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Mary Parker
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
as Mary Parker
Matilda
1996
as Miss Honey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
Fracture
2007
as Jennifer Crawford
Old
2021
as Adult Maddox
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
as Kalina
Army of Darkness
1992
as Sheila
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Natasha
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Little Miss / Portia
Fallen
1998
as Gretta Milano
Retribution
2023
as Heather Turner
Murder in the First
1995
as Mary McCasslin
Europa Report
2013
as Dr. Samantha Unger
The Hole
2001
as Dr. Philippa Horwood
Paranoia
2013
as Judith Bolton
Winged Creatures
2009
as Lydia Jaspersen
Mansfield Park
1999
as Mary Crawford
Not Okay
2022
as Judith
The Emperor's Club
2002
as Elizabeth
The Gingerbread Man
1998
as Mallory Doss
Junebug
2005
as Madeleine
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
as Katherine Palliko
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025
as Nicola Fuller
Deadly Matrimony
1992
as Dianne Masters
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
as Self
Sweet Murder
1990
Last Rites
1999
as Dr. Lauren Riggs
Feast of July
1995
as Bella Ford
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
as Self
3 Backyards
2010
as The Actress
Simon Magus
1999
as Leah
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005
as Self
The Garden of Redemption
1997
as Adriana
Mutator
1989
as Jennifer
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005
as Self
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
2018
as Self
A Private Life
1989
as Older Karen
The Night of the 19th
1991
as Tessa van Dyk
About Embeth Davidtz
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 T… With 54 credits spanning from 1985 to 2025, Embeth Davidtz has appeared in 41 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Schindler's List (1993) — as Helen Hirsch
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) — as Mary Parker
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — as Mary Parker
- Matilda (1996) — as Miss Honey
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) — as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
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