Cast & creator
Embeth Davidtz
Best known for Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs
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.
Also known as: Embeth Jean Davidtz, امبت دیویتز
44
film credits
14
television credits
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1985–2025 · acting roles
6.8
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
Grey's Anatomy
Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
2005Grey's Anatomy
Nancy Shepherd
2005
Scrubs
Maddie
2001
Mad Men
Rebecca Pryce
2007
Californication
Felicia Koons
2007
Screen Two
Older Karen
1985
Ray Donovan
Sonia Kovitzky
2013
The Morning Show
Paige Jacobs
2019
In Treatment
Amy
2008
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mary Parker
2012
Schindler's List
Helen Hirsch
1993
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Mary Parker
2014
Love, Victor
Mrs. Campbell
2020
Matilda
Miss Honey
1996
Army of Darkness
Sheila
1992
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Annika Blomkvist Giannini
2011
Thir13en Ghosts
Kalina
2001
Bicentennial Man
Little Miss / Portia
1999
Old
Adult Maddox
2021
Bridget Jones's Diary
Natasha
2001
Fracture
Jennifer Crawford
2007
Fallen
Gretta Milano
1998
Tales of the Walking Dead
Amanda
2022
Retribution
Heather Turner
2023
Murder in the First
Mary McCasslin
1995
Europa Report
Dr. Samantha Unger
2013
Shackleton
Rosalind Chetwynd
2002
The Emperor's Club
Elizabeth
2002
Paranoia
Judith Bolton
2013
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Natasha Lytess
2015
Citizen Baines
Ellen Baines Croland
2001
The Hole
Dr. Philippa Horwood
2001
Winged Creatures
Lydia Jaspersen
2009
Mansfield Park
Mary Crawford
1999
Junebug
Madeleine
2005
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Nicola Fuller
2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Director
2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Screenplay
2025Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Producer
2025
The Gingerbread Man
Mallory Doss
1998
Not Okay
Judith
2022Miracle Rising: South Africa
Self
2013
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
2018
3 Backyards
The Actress
2010
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
2014
Till Death Us Do Part
Katherine Palliko
1992
Deadly Matrimony
Dianne Masters
1992
Feast of July
Bella Ford
1995
Sweet Murder
1990
The Garden of Redemption
Adriana
1997
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Self
2005Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Thanks
2005The Night of the 19th
Tessa van Dyk
1991
Last Rites
Dr. Lauren Riggs
1999
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
Self
2005
Simon Magus
Leah
1999
Mutator
Jennifer
1989
A Private Life
Older Karen
1989