Embeth Davidtz
- Atuação
- 11 de agosto de 1965 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Feras no Jardim · Nicola Fuller, Direção
- A Chamada · Heather Turner
- Contos de The Walking Dead · Amanda
- Influencer de Mentira · Judith
- Tempo · Adult Maddox
- Love, Victor · Mrs. Campbell
- The Morning Show · Paige Jacobs
- An Oral History of: Schindler's List · Em pessoa
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe · Natasha Lytess
- Nelson Mandela Redrawn · Em pessoa
- O Espetacular Homem-Aranha 2: A Ameaça de Electro · Mary Parker
- Conexão Perigosa · Judith Bolton
- Ray Donovan · Sonia Kovitzky
- Viagem à Lua de Júpiter · Dr. Samantha Unger
- Miracle Rising: South Africa · Em pessoa
- O Espetacular Homem-Aranha · Mary Parker
- Millennium: Os Homens Que Não Amavam as Mulheres · Annika Blomkvist Giannini
- Três Quintais · The Actress
- O Efeito da Fúria · Lydia Jaspersen
- Em Terapia · Amy
- Californication · Felicia Koons
- Mad Men: Inventando Verdades · Rebecca Pryce
- Um Crime de Mestre · Jennifer Crawford
- Retratos de Família · Madeleine
- My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson · Em pessoa
- Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' · Em pessoa, Agradecimentos
- Grey's Anatomy · Nancy Shepherd (uncredited), Nancy Shepherd
- O Clube do Imperador · Elizabeth
- Shackleton · Rosalind Chetwynd
- 13 Fantasmas · Kalina
- Scrubs · Maddie
- Citizen Baines · Ellen Baines Croland
- O Buraco · Dr. Philippa Horwood
- O Diário de Bridget Jones · Natasha
- O Homem Bicentenário · Little Miss / Portia
- Palácio de Ilusões · Mary Crawford
- Last Rites · Dr. Lauren Riggs
- Simon Magus · Leah
- Até Que a Morte Nos Separe · Mallory Doss
- Possuídos · Gretta Milano
- The Garden of Redemption · Adriana
- Matilda · Miss Honey
- Feast of July · Bella Ford
- Assassinato em Primeiro Grau · Mary McCasslin
- A Lista de Schindler · Helen Hirsch
- O Ônus da Prova · Dianne Masters
- Uma Noite Alucinante 3 · Sheila
- Till Death Us Do Part · Katherine Palliko
- Nag van die 19de · Tessa van Dyk
- Sweet Murder
- A Private Life · Older Karen
- Mutator · Jennifer
- Screen Two · Older Karen