Actor

Embeth Davidtz

August 11, 1965 · 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 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.

Notable work

6.7
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
as Mary Parker
8.6
Schindler's List (1993)
as Helen Hirsch
6.6
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
as Mary Parker
8.2
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
7.4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
as Annika Blomkvist Giannini
6.7
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
as Natasha
6.3
Old (2021)
as Adult Maddox
7.2
Matilda (1996)
as Miss Honey
7.3
Fracture (2007)
as Jennifer Crawford
7.3
Bicentennial Man (1999)
as Little Miss / Portia
7.3
Army of Darkness (1992)
as Sheila
6.3
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
as Kalina

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