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Embeth Davidtz is an American and South African actress who works in stage, film, and television. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1965, she began her acting career in 1989. She is educated at Rhodes University and speaks English and Afrikaans.
Davidtz has two children. Her professional field is acting, a role she has held since the start of her work period in 1989.
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Film & TV
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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…
Known for
- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight — Nicola Fuller2025
- Retribution — Heather Turner2023
- Not Okay — Judith2022
- Tales of the Walking Dead — Amanda2022
- Old — Adult Maddox2021
- Love, Victor — Mrs. Campbell2020
- The Morning Show — Paige Jacobs2019
- Schindler's List: 25 Years Later — Self2018
- An Oral History of: Schindler's List — Self (archive footage)2018
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe — Natasha Lytess2015
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Key facts
- Born
- Embeth Jean Davidtz , ( 1965-08-11 ) August 11, 1965 (age 60) , Lafayette, Indiana , U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States South Africa
- Education
- Rhodes University in Grahamstown
- Occupations
- Actress director producer
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Spouse
- Jason Sloane ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Lafayette
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- Afrikaans
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Embeth Davidtz.jpg
- Height
- 173
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1965-08-11
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
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- 3311
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Encyclopedic overview
Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965) is an American and 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).
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