Embeth Davidtz
Known For
Acting
Born
1965-08-11 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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.
Most Known For
Grey's Anatomy
as Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
as Nancy Shepherd
Mad Men
as Rebecca Pryce
Scrubs
as Maddie
Californication
as Felicia Koons
Ray Donovan
as Sonia Kovitzky
The Morning Show
as Paige Jacobs
In Treatment
as Amy
Schindler's List
as Helen Hirsch
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Mary Parker
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Mary Parker
Love, Victor
as Mrs. Campbell
Matilda
as Miss Honey
Old
as Adult Maddox
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
Thir13en Ghosts
as Kalina
Bicentennial Man
as Little Miss / Portia
Fracture
as Jennifer Crawford
Junebug
as Madeleine
Army of Darkness
as Sheila