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Embeth Jean Davidtz, エンベス・デイヴィッツ, امبت دیویتز
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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. 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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1965-08-11
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2.8
- info Birth Place Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Embeth Davidtz
8.6
Schindler's List
1993-12-15
6.3
The Hole
2001-04-20
6.6
Junebug
2005-08-03
6.8
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001-04-13
7.3
Army of Darkness
1992-10-31
7.3
Bicentennial Man
1999-12-17
6.7
Mansfield Park
1999-11-12
7.2
Matilda
1996-08-02
7.3
Fracture
2007-04-19
6.3
Not Okay
2022-07-29
7.2
Murder in the First
1995-01-20
6.8
Fallen
1998-01-16
5.6
The Gingerbread Man
1998-01-23
6.3
Thir13en Ghosts
2001-10-26
3.3
Mutator
1989-05-15
5.9
Winged Creatures
2009-07-08
7.1
The Emperor's Club
2002-11-22
4.2
3 Backyards
2010-01-24
6.6
Retribution
2023-08-23
5.8
Paranoia
2013-08-14
6.3
Europa Report
2013-06-27
8.5
Miracle Rising: South Africa
2013-02-09
5.5
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005-06-07
1
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005-06-07
3.3
Sweet Murder
1990-04-30
0
A Private Life
1989-11-14
7.4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011-12-14
6.8
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012-06-23
6.6
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014-04-16
5.9
Feast of July
1995-10-12
0
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014-07-18
5.2
Deadly Matrimony
1992-11-22
0
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025-07-11
5.8
Last Rites
1999-05-20
6.7
Till Death Us Do Part
1992-02-18
0
The Garden of Redemption
1997-05-25
7.3
Simon Magus
1999-02-17
6.4
Old
2021-07-21
0
Nag van die 19de
1991-07-19
7.7
Californication
2007-08-13
8.1
Scrubs
2001-10-02
0
Citizen Baines
2001-09-29
7.1
Shackleton
2002-01-02
8.6
Love, Victor
2020-06-17
8.3
Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27
7.8
The Morning Show
2019-11-01
7.5
Ray Donovan
2013-06-30
8.2
Mad Men
2007-07-19
7.7
In Treatment
2008-01-28
6.7
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
2015-05-30
7.2
Tales of the Walking Dead
2022-08-14
8.3
Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27
0
The Venery of Samantha Bird