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Embeth Davidtz

Born · August 11, 1965 (59 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Bio

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

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

Schindler's List

Schindler's List

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Nicola Fuller

2024

Retribution

Heather Turner

2023

Tales of the Walking Dead

Amanda · (1 episode)

2022

Not Okay

Judith

2022

Old

Adult Maddox

2021

Love, Victor

Mrs. Campbell · (1 episode)

2020

The Morning Show

Paige Jacobs · (5 episodes)

2019

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Natasha Lytess · (2 episodes)

2015

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

Self

2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Mary Parker

2014

Paranoia

Judith Bolton

2013

Ray Donovan

Sonia Kovitzky · (3 episodes)

2013

Europa Report

Dr. Samantha Unger

2013

Miracle Rising: South Africa

Self

2013

The Amazing Spider-Man

Mary Parker

2012

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Annika Blomkvist Giannini

2011

3 Backyards

The Actress

2010

Winged Creatures

Lydia Jaspersen

2009

In Treatment

Amy · (8 episodes)

2008

Californication

Felicia Koons · (10 episodes)

2007

Mad Men

Rebecca Pryce · (8 episodes)

2007

Fracture

Jennifer Crawford

2007

Junebug

Madeleine

2005

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson

Self

2005

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

Herself

2005

Grey's Anatomy

Nancy Shepherd (uncredited) · (1 episode)

2005

Grey's Anatomy

Nancy Shepherd · (1 episode)

2005

The Emperor's Club

Elizabeth

2002

Shackleton

Rosalind Chetwynd · (2 episodes)

2002

Thir13en Ghosts

Kalina Oretzia

2001

Scrubs

Maddie · (1 episode)

2001

Citizen Baines

Ellen Baines Croland · (9 episodes)

2001

The Hole

Dr. Philippa Horwood

2001

Bridget Jones's Diary

Natasha

2001

Bicentennial Man

Little Miss / Portia

1999

Mansfield Park

Mary Crawford

1999

Last Rites

Dr. Lauren Riggs

1999

Simon Magus

Leah

1999

The Gingerbread Man

Mallory Doss

1998

Fallen

Gretta Milano

1998

The Garden of Redemption

Adriana

1997

Matilda

Miss Honey

1996

Feast of July

Bella Ford

1995

Murder in the First

Mary McCasslin

1995

Schindler's List

Helen Hirsch

1993

Deadly Matrimony

Dianne Masters

1992

Army of Darkness

Sheila

1992

Till Death Us Do Part

Katherine Palliko

1992

Nag van die 19de

Tessa van Dyk

1991

Sweet Murder

1990

A Private Life

Older Karen

1989

Mutator

Jennifer

1989

The Venery of Samantha Bird

Carol Minot · (1 episode)