Embeth Davidtz

Embeth Davidtz

1965-08-11 Lafayette, Indiana, USA 42 Credits

Biography

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...

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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

2025

as Nicola Fuller

Acting

Growing up in the midst of the Zimbabwean War for independence, 8-year-old Bobo internalizes both sides of the struggle. Conflicted by her love for pe...

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

2025

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Directing Writing Producing

Growing up in the midst of the Zimbabwean War for independence, 8-year-old Bobo internalizes both sides of the struggle. Conflicted by her love for pe...

Retribution

Retribution

2023

as Heather Turner

6.6
Acting

When a mysterious caller plants a bomb under his car seat, a bank executive begins a high-speed chase across the city to complete a specific series of...

Not Okay

Not Okay

2022

as Judith

6.3
Acting

An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes pl...

Old

Old

2021

as Adult Maddox

6.3
Acting

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing th...

Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

2018

as Self

Acting

Perhaps Steven Spielberg's best movie! The amazing story of Oskar Schindler, who saved more than 3500 Jews from death during World War II. He bribed t...

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

2014

as Self

Acting

This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from storytellers...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014

as Mary Parker

6.5
Acting

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school grad...

Paranoia

Paranoia

2013

as Judith Bolton

5.7
Acting

An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price—he must spy on his boss's old ment...

Europa Report

Europa Report

2013

as Dr. Samantha Unger

6.3
Acting

A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.

Miracle Rising: South Africa

2013

as Self

8.5
Acting

MIRACLE RISING: SOUTH AFRICA is the epic legacy of South Africa's political transformation that culminated in the first free and fair elections in Apr...

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

as Mary Parker

6.7
Acting

Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenager...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

as Annika Blomkvist Giannini

7.4
Acting

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tatto...

3 Backyards

3 Backyards

2010

as The Actress

4.2
Acting

An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.

Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009

as Lydia Jaspersen

5.9
Acting

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horre...

Fracture

Fracture

2007

as Jennifer Crawford

7.3
Acting

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put h...

Junebug

Junebug

2005

as Madeleine

6.6
Acting

On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop t...

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

2005

as Herself

1.0
Acting

A look behind the scenes of the filming and special effects of the 1996 film 'Matilda'.

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson

2005

as Self

5.5
Acting

A compilation of handheld camera footage, captured in 1995 by Mara Wilson during the filming of 'Matilda', interspersed by clips of an interview with ...

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

2005

Thanks

1.0

A look behind the scenes of the filming and special effects of the 1996 film 'Matilda'.

The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club

2002

as Elizabeth

7.1
Acting

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new stud...

Thir13en Ghosts

Thir13en Ghosts

2001

as Kalina Oretzia

6.3
Acting

Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nann...

The Hole

The Hole

2001

as Dr. Philippa Horwood

6.2
Acting

Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb...

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

as Natasha

6.7
Acting

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's r...

Bicentennial Man

Bicentennial Man

1999

as Little Miss / Portia

7.3
Acting

Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the ...

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

1999

as Mary Crawford

6.7
Acting

Fanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a...

Last Rites

Last Rites

1999

as Dr. Lauren Riggs

5.8
Acting

A man is executed in the electric chair for having killed several women, but due to lightning striking a transformer at the moment of execution, he su...

Simon Magus

Simon Magus

1999

as Leah

7.3
Acting

Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid ...

The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man

1998

as Mallory Doss

5.6
Acting

A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious waitress troubled by psychopaths and dark family secrets.

Fallen

Fallen

1998

as Gretta Milano

6.8
Acting

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are v...

The Garden of Redemption

The Garden of Redemption

1997

as Adriana

Acting

A priest struggles with his religious beliefs as he sees his countrymen murdered in Nazi occupied Italy and as he becomes attracted to a woman operati...

Matilda

Matilda

1996

as Miss Honey

7.2
Acting

Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is...

Feast of July

Feast of July

1995

as Bella Ford

5.9
Acting

After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.

Murder in the First

Murder in the First

1995

as Mary McCasslin

7.2
Acting

A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

Schindler's List

Schindler's List

1993

as Helen Hirsch

8.6
Acting

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during ...

Deadly Matrimony

Deadly Matrimony

1992

as Dianne Masters

5.3
Acting

Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. He marries Diane, a kind and gentle woman, and abuses and batters her vici...

Army of Darkness

Army of Darkness

1992

as Sheila

7.3
Acting

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty ...

Till Death Us Do Part

Till Death Us Do Part

1992

as Katherine Palliko

6.7
Acting

This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...

Nag van die 19de

1991

as Tessa van Dyk

Acting

Tessa walks through the small fishing community in her wedding dress every year on the night of the nineteenth, since she was raped on the eve of her ...

Sweet Murder

Sweet Murder

1990

3.3
Acting

A girl is having trouble making the rent, so she advertises for a female roommate. A seemingly sweet and shy girl named Laurie moves in, and proves to...

A Private Life

A Private Life

1989

as Older Karen

Acting

Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood...

Mutator

Mutator

1989

as Jennifer

3.3
Acting

A beast gets loose in a laboratory, killing all in it's way. A former scientist, now working as a custodian tries to stop it.