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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Character:Nicola Fuller
Release Date:11/07/2025
Retribution
Character:Heather Turner
Release Date:23/08/2023
Not Okay
Character:Judith
Release Date:29/07/2022
Old
Character:Adult Maddox
Release Date:21/07/2021
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/12/2018
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2018
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Character:Self
Release Date:18/07/2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Character:Mary Parker
Release Date:16/04/2014
Paranoia
Character:Judith Bolton
Release Date:14/08/2013
Europa Report
Character:Dr. Samantha Unger
Release Date:27/06/2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa
Character:Self
Release Date:09/02/2013
The Amazing Spider-Man
Character:Mary Parker
Release Date:23/06/2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Character:Annika Blomkvist Giannini
Release Date:14/12/2011
3 Backyards
Character:The Actress
Release Date:24/01/2010
Winged Creatures
Character:Lydia Jaspersen
Release Date:08/07/2009
Fracture
Character:Jennifer Crawford
Release Date:19/04/2007
Junebug
Character:Madeleine
Release Date:03/08/2005
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Character:Herself
Release Date:07/06/2005
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
Character:Self
Release Date:07/06/2005
The Emperor's Club
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:22/11/2002
Thir13en Ghosts
Character:Kalina
Release Date:26/10/2001
The Hole
Character:Dr. Philippa Horwood
Release Date:20/04/2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Character:Natasha
Release Date:13/04/2001
Bicentennial Man
Character:Little Miss / Portia
Release Date:17/12/1999
Mansfield Park
Character:Mary Crawford
Release Date:12/11/1999
Last Rites
Character:Dr. Lauren Riggs
Release Date:20/05/1999
Simon Magus
Character:Leah
Release Date:17/02/1999
The Gingerbread Man
Character:Mallory Doss
Release Date:23/01/1998
Fallen
Character:Gretta Milano
Release Date:16/01/1998
The Garden of Redemption
Character:Adriana
Release Date:25/05/1997
Matilda
Character:Miss Honey
Release Date:02/08/1996
Feast of July
Character:Bella Ford
Release Date:12/10/1995
Murder in the First
Character:Mary McCasslin
Release Date:20/01/1995
Schindler's List
Character:Helen Hirsch
Release Date:15/12/1993
Deadly Matrimony
Character:Dianne Masters
Release Date:22/11/1992
Army of Darkness
Character:Sheila
Release Date:31/10/1992
Till Death Us Do Part
Character:Katherine Palliko
Release Date:18/02/1992
The Night of the 19th
Character:Tessa van Dyk
Release Date:19/07/1991
Sweet Murder
Character:
Release Date:30/04/1990
A Private Life
Character:Older Karen
Release Date:14/11/1989
Mutator
Character:Jennifer
Release Date:15/05/1989
Television Appearances
Tales of the Walking Dead
Character:Amanda
Love, Victor
Character:Mrs. Campbell
The Morning Show
Character:Paige Jacobs
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Natasha Lytess
Ray Donovan
Character:Sonia Kovitzky
In Treatment
Character:Amy
Californication
Character:Felicia Koons
Mad Men
Character:Rebecca Pryce
Grey's Anatomy
Character:Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
Character:Nancy Shepherd
Shackleton
Character:Rosalind Chetwynd
Scrubs
Character:Maddie
Citizen Baines
Character:Ellen Baines Croland
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