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. 엠베스 데이비츠(1965년생, Lafayette, Indiana, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 쉰들러 리스트, 마틸다, 이블 데드 3: 암흑의 군단이 있으며, 그 외에도 그레이 아나토미, 매드 맨, 스크럽스, 어메이징 스파이더맨, 캘리포니케이션, 어메이징 스파이더맨 2, 레이 도노반, '더 모닝 쇼' - The Morning Show, Screen Two, 인 트리트먼트, 러브, 빅터, 올드 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight에서 Nicola Fuller 역을 맡았다. 2025년 Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight 연출을 맡았다. 2025년 Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight 집필을 맡았다.