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Embeth Davidtz
Embeth Davidtz’s screen credits include Helen Hirsch in Schindler's List, Mary Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man, and Mary Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Born August 11, 1965 Lafayette, Indiana, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightDirector · Writer · Producer · Nicola Fuller
- 2023RetributionHeather Turner
- 2022Not OkayJudith
- 2021OldAdult Maddox
- 2018An Oral History of: Schindler's ListSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Nelson Mandela RedrawnSelf
- 2013ParanoiaJudith Bolton
- 2013Europa ReportDr. Samantha Unger
- 2013Miracle Rising: South AfricaSelf
- 2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooAnnika Blomkvist Giannini
- 20103 BackyardsThe Actress
- 2009Winged CreaturesLydia Jaspersen
- 2007FractureJennifer Crawford
- 2005JunebugMadeleine
- 2005Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'Self
- 2005My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara WilsonSelf
- 2002The Emperor's ClubElizabeth
- 2001Thir13en GhostsKalina
- 2001The HoleDr. Philippa Horwood
- 2001Bridget Jones's DiaryNatasha
- 1999Bicentennial ManLittle Miss / Portia
- 1999Mansfield ParkMary Crawford
- 1999Last RitesDr. Lauren Riggs
- 1999Simon MagusLeah
- 1998The Gingerbread ManMallory Doss
- 1998FallenGretta Milano
- 1997The Garden of RedemptionAdriana
- 1996MatildaMiss Honey
- 1995Feast of JulyBella Ford
- 1995Murder in the FirstMary McCasslin
- 1992Deadly MatrimonyDianne Masters
- 1992Army of DarknessSheila
- 1992Till Death Us Do PartKatherine Palliko
- 1991The Night of the 19thTessa van Dyk
- 1990Sweet MurderActor
- 1989A Private LifeOlder Karen
- 1989MutatorJennifer
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