Embeth Davidtz
Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965 in Lafayette , Indiana ) is an American film and stage actress .
life and career
Davidtz was born to white South African parents in Indiana , where her father studied at Purdue University . She moved to South Africa with her parents when she was nine , grew up there and studied at Rhodes University in Grahamstown . Her theatrical debut as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet received good reviews. After returning to the United States, she settled in Los Angeles and began appearing in NBC small films. Her best-known role - at the same time her breakthrough - was that of the Jewish Helene Hirsch in Steven Spielberg's Holocaust drama Schindler's List in 1993 . Davidtz has been married since June 22, 2002 and has two children with her husband Jason Sloane.
Filmography
- 1989: mutator
- 1989: Screen Two (TV series, one episode)
- 1990: Sweet Murder
- 1991: Nag van die 19de
- 1992: Blood on Silky Skin ( Deadly Matrimony , TV movie)
- 1992: Divorce by murder ( Till Death Us Do Part , TV movie)
- 1992: Army of Darkness (Army of Darkness)
- 1993: Schindler's List (Schindler's List)
- 1995: A Midsummer Night's Love (Feast of July)
- 1995: Murder in the First
- 1996: Matilda
- 1997: Hostages of Damnation ( The Garden of Redemption , Movie made for TV)
- 1998: Demon - Don't trust a soul ( Fallen )
- 1998: The Gingerbread Man
- 1999: Simon Magus
- 1999: Last Rites - Sacraments for a Murderer ( Last Rites , TV movie)
- 1999: Mansfield Park
- 1999: The Bicentennial Man
- 2001: Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast (Bridget Jones's Diary)
- 2001: The Hole
- 2001: 13 ghosts (Thir13en Ghosts)
- 2001: Citizen Baines (TV series, seven episodes)
- 2002: Ernest Shackleton ( Shackleton , miniseries)
- 2002: Club of the Caesars (The Emperor's Club)
- 2004: Scrubs ( Scrubs , TV series, episode 3x15)
- 2005: Junebug (Junebug)
- 2006: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, episode 3x06)
- 2007: The Perfect Crime (Fracture)
- 2008: In Treatment - The Therapist ( In Treatment , TV series, eight episodes)
- 2008: Winged Creatures
- 2009: Californication (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2009–2012: Mad Men (TV series, eight episodes)
- 2010: 3 backyards
- 2011: Verblendung (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- 2012: The Amazing Spider-Man
- 2013: Europe Report
- 2013: Paranoia - Risky Game (Paranoia)
- 2014: The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
- 2015: The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (miniseries)
- 2016: Ray Donovan (TV series, seven episodes)
Awards
- 2000: Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for The 200 Years of Man
Web links
- Embeth Davidtz in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Embeth Davidtz in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Davidtz, Embeth |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davidtz, Embeth Jean (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film and stage actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lafayette , Indiana , United States |