Acting
Embeth Davidtz
Born Aug 11, 1965 · 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.
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Acting
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025
Drama
Retribution
2023
Thriller · Action · Adventure
Tales of the Walking Dead
2022
Drama · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Not Okay
2022
Comedy · Drama
Old
2021
Thriller · Mystery · Horror
Love, Victor
2020
Comedy · Drama
The Morning Show
2019
Drama
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018
Documentary
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
2015
Drama
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
Documentary
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Paranoia
2013
Drama · Thriller
Ray Donovan
2013
Drama
Europa Report
2013
Science Fiction · Thriller · Drama
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Thriller · Crime · Mystery
3 Backyards
2010
Drama
Winged Creatures
2009
Crime · Drama
In Treatment
2008
Drama
Californication
2007
Comedy · Drama
Mad Men
2007
Drama
Fracture
2007
Thriller
Junebug
2005
Comedy · Drama
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005
Documentary
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005
Documentary
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Drama
The Emperor's Club
2002
Drama
Shackleton
2002
Drama · Action & Adventure
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
Horror · Thriller
Scrubs
2001
Comedy
Citizen Baines
2001
Drama
The Hole
2001
Crime · Drama · Horror
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
Comedy · Romance · Drama
Bicentennial Man
1999
Drama · Romance · Science Fiction
Mansfield Park
1999
Romance · Drama
Last Rites
1999
Thriller · TV Movie
Simon Magus
1999
Mystery · Drama · Fantasy
The Gingerbread Man
1998
Thriller
Fallen
1998
Crime · Drama · Thriller
The Garden of Redemption
1997
TV Movie
Matilda
1996
Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Feast of July
1995
Drama · Crime
Murder in the First
1995
Crime · Drama
Schindler's List
1993
Drama · History · War
Deadly Matrimony
1992
Thriller · Crime · Drama
Army of Darkness
1992
Fantasy · Horror · Comedy
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
TV Movie · Crime · Drama
Sweet Murder
1990
Thriller
A Private Life
1989
Drama · TV Movie
Mutator
1989
Horror · Science Fiction
Screen Two
1985
Drama
Directed
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025
Drama