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 Zimb
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.
Born
Aug 11, 1965
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
41 acting
4 crew
Popularity
2.6
Known For
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
as Mary Parker
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Mary Parker
Schindler's List
1993
as Helen Hirsch
Army of Darkness
1992
as Sheila
Matilda
1996
as Miss Honey
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Natasha
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
Old
2021
as Adult Maddox
Retribution
2023
as Heather Turner
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
as Kalina
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