Embeth Davidtz

Embeth Davidtz

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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2024

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
as Nicola Fuller
Movie - Released: 8/30/2024

2023

Retribution
Retribution
as Heather Turner
Movie - Released: 8/23/2023

2022

Not Okay
Not Okay
as Judith
Movie - Released: 7/29/2022
Tales of the Walking Dead
Tales of the Walking Dead
as Amanda
TV - Released: 8/14/2022

2021

Old
Old
as Adult Maddox
Movie - Released: 7/21/2021

2020

Love, Victor
Love, Victor
as Mrs. Campbell
TV - Released: 6/17/2020

2019

The Morning Show
The Morning Show
as Paige Jacobs
TV - Released: 11/1/2019

2015

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
as Natasha Lytess
TV - Released: 5/30/2015

2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Mary Parker
Movie - Released: 4/16/2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/18/2014

2013

Paranoia
Paranoia
as Judith Bolton
Movie - Released: 8/14/2013
Europa Report
Europa Report
as Dr. Samantha Unger
Movie - Released: 6/27/2013
Movie
Miracle Rising: South Africa
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/9/2013
Ray Donovan
Ray Donovan
as Sonia Kovitzky
TV - Released: 6/30/2013

2012

The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Mary Parker
Movie - Released: 6/23/2012

2011

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
Movie - Released: 12/14/2011

2010

3 Backyards
3 Backyards
as The Actress
Movie - Released: 1/24/2010

2009

Winged Creatures
Winged Creatures
as Lydia Jaspersen
Movie - Released: 7/8/2009

2008

In Treatment
In Treatment
as Amy
TV - Released: 1/28/2008

2007

Fracture
Fracture
as Jennifer Crawford
Movie - Released: 4/19/2007
Californication
Californication
as Felicia Koons
TV - Released: 8/13/2007
Mad Men
Mad Men
as Rebecca Pryce
TV - Released: 7/19/2007

2005

Junebug
Junebug
as Madeleine
Movie - Released: 8/3/2005
Movie
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/7/2005
Movie
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
as Herself
Movie - Released: 6/7/2005
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
as Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
TV - Released: 3/27/2005
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
as Nancy Shepherd
TV - Released: 3/27/2005

2002

The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club
as Elizabeth
Movie - Released: 11/22/2002
Shackleton
Shackleton
as Rosalind Chetwynd
TV - Released: 1/2/2002

2001

The Hole
The Hole
as Dr. Philippa Horwood
Movie - Released: 4/20/2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Natasha
Movie - Released: 4/13/2001
Thir13en Ghosts
Thir13en Ghosts
as Kalina Oretzia
Movie - Released: 10/26/2001
Scrubs
Scrubs
as Maddie
TV - Released: 10/2/2001
Citizen Baines
Citizen Baines
as Ellen Baines Croland
TV - Released: 9/29/2001

1999

Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man
as Little Miss / Portia
Movie - Released: 12/17/1999
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
as Mary Crawford
Movie - Released: 11/12/1999
Last Rites
Last Rites
as Dr. Lauren Riggs
Movie - Released: 5/20/1999
Simon Magus
Simon Magus
as Leah
Movie - Released: 2/17/1999

1998

Fallen
Fallen
as Gretta Milano
Movie - Released: 1/16/1998
The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man
as Mallory Doss
Movie - Released: 1/23/1998

1997

The Garden of Redemption
The Garden of Redemption
as Adriana
Movie - Released: 5/25/1997

1996

Matilda
Matilda
as Miss Honey
Movie - Released: 8/2/1996

1995

Murder in the First
Murder in the First
as Mary McCasslin
Movie - Released: 1/20/1995
Feast of July
Feast of July
as Bella Ford
Movie - Released: 10/12/1995

1993

Schindler's List
Schindler's List
as Helen Hirsch
Movie - Released: 12/15/1993

1992

Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness
as Sheila
Movie - Released: 10/31/1992
Deadly Matrimony
Deadly Matrimony
as Dianne Masters
Movie - Released: 11/22/1992
Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part
as Katherine Palliko
Movie - Released: 2/18/1992

1991

Movie
Nag van die 19de
as Tessa van Dyk
Movie - Released: 7/19/1991

1990

Sweet Murder
Sweet Murder
Movie - Released: 4/30/1990

1989

Mutator
Mutator
as Jennifer
Movie - Released: 5/15/1989
A Private Life
A Private Life
as Older Karen
Movie - Released: 11/14/1989

Unknown

TV
The Venery of Samantha Bird
as Carol Minot
TV