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