Embeth Davidtz
Acting
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.
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Screenplay
Age 59 (now 60) Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Producer
Age 59 (now 60) Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Director
Age 59 (now 60) Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
as Nicola Fuller
Age 59 (now 60)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
Age 53 (now 60)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
Age 46 (now 60)
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
as Self
Age 39 (now 60) Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Thanks
Age 39 (now 60)
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
as Self
Age 39 (now 60)
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
as Natasha Lytess
Age 49 (now 60)
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Also Known As
Embeth Jean Davidtz, امبت دیویتز
IMDB
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