Embeth Davidtz
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- 11 Ağustos 1965 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Biyografi
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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Filmografi
- Bu Gece Köpeklere Gitmeyelim · Nicola Fuller, Yönetmen
- Durdurulamaz · Heather Turner
- Tales of the Walking Dead · Amanda
- Not Okay · Judith
- Zamanda Tutsak · Adult Maddox
- Love, Victor · Mrs. Campbell
- The Morning Show · Paige Jacobs
- An Oral History of: Schindler's List · Kendisi
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe · Natasha Lytess
- Nelson Mandela Redrawn · Kendisi
- İnanılmaz Örümcek-Adam 2 · Mary Parker
- Paranoya · Judith Bolton
- Ray Donovan · Sonia Kovitzky
- Jupiter Macerası · Dr. Samantha Unger
- Miracle Rising: South Africa · Kendisi
- İnanılmaz Örümcek-Adam · Mary Parker
- Ejderha Dövmeli Kız · Annika Blomkvist Giannini
- 3 Backyards · The Actress
- Kayıp Yol · Lydia Jaspersen
- In Treatment · Amy
- Californication · Felicia Koons
- Mad Men · Rebecca Pryce
- Cinayet Gecesi · Jennifer Crawford
- Junebug · Madeleine
- Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' · Kendisi, Teşekkür
- My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson · Kendisi
- Grey's Anatomy · Nancy Shepherd (uncredited), Nancy Shepherd
- İmparatorlar Kulübü · Elizabeth
- Shackleton · Rosalind Chetwynd
- 13 Hayalet · Kalina
- Scrubs · Maddie
- Citizen Baines · Ellen Baines Croland
- Delik · Dr. Philippa Horwood
- Bridget Jones'un Günlüğü · Natasha
- Robot Adam · Little Miss / Portia
- Mansfield Park · Mary Crawford
- Last Rites · Dr. Lauren Riggs
- Simon Magus · Leah
- Kaybetme Zamanı · Mallory Doss
- Cani Ruh · Gretta Milano
- The Garden of Redemption · Adriana
- Matilda · Miss Honey
- Feast of July · Bella Ford
- İlk Canilik · Mary McCasslin
- Schindler'ın Listesi · Helen Hirsch
- Deadly Matrimony · Dianne Masters
- Karanlığın Ordusu · Sheila
- Till Death Us Do Part · Katherine Palliko
- Nag van die 19de · Tessa van Dyk
- Sweet Murder
- A Private Life · Older Karen
- Canavarın Günü · Jennifer
- Screen Two · Older Karen