Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1965-08-11 (Age: 61)
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Embeth Davidtz
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.
Filmography (41)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025
Retribution
2023
Not Okay
2022
Old
2021An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
2018
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Paranoia
2013
Europa Report
2013Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
3 Backyards
2010
