Embeth Davidtz
Acting
Born: Aug 11, 1965
From: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retribution | Heather Turner | 2023 | 6.541 |
| Not Okay | Judith | 2022 | 6.3 |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Mary Parker | 2014 | 6.533 |
| Paranoia | Judith Bolton | 2013 | 5.727 |
| Europa Report | Dr. Samantha Unger | 2013 | 6.286 |
| Miracle Rising: South Africa | Self | 2013 | 8.5 |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Mary Parker | 2012 | 6.732 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Annika Blomkvist Giannini | 2011 | 7.384 |
| 3 Backyards | The Actress | 2010 | 4.3 |
| Winged Creatures | Lydia Jaspersen | 2009 | 5.9 |
| Fracture | Jennifer Crawford | 2007 | 7.261 |
| Junebug | Madeleine | 2005 | 6.547 |
| My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson | Self | 2005 | 5.5 |
| Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' | Self | 2005 | 4.5 |
| The Emperor's Club | Elizabeth | 2002 | 7.128 |
| The Hole | Dr. Philippa Horwood | 2001 | 6.22 |
| Bridget Jones's Diary | Natasha | 2001 | 6.74 |
| Thir13en Ghosts | Kalina | 2001 | 6.286 |
| Bicentennial Man | Little Miss / Portia | 1999 | 7.265 |
| Mansfield Park | Mary Crawford | 1999 | 6.694 |
| Fallen | Gretta Milano | 1998 | 6.803 |
| The Gingerbread Man | Mallory Doss | 1998 | 5.6 |
| Matilda | Miss Honey | 1996 | 7.2 |
| Murder in the First | Mary McCasslin | 1995 | 7.152 |
| Feast of July | Bella Ford | 1995 | 5.75 |
| Schindler's List | Helen Hirsch | 1993 | 8.567 |
| Army of Darkness | Sheila | 1992 | 7.3 |
| Sweet Murder | 1990 | 4.2 | |
| Mutator | Jennifer | 1989 | 3.544 |
| A Private Life | Older Karen | 1989 | 8.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1965 |
| From | Lafayette, Indiana, USA |