Embeth Davidtz

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Embeth Davidtz
Davidtz in 2017
Born	Embeth Jean Davidtz (1965-08-11) August 11, 1965 (age 59) Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality	South African
Education	Rhodes University in Grahamstown
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Jason Sloane ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2

Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965)^[1] is an American-South African actress and director. She's appeared in movies such as Army of Darkness, Schindler's List, Matilda, Fallen, Mansfield Park, Bicentennial Man, Bridget Jones's Diary, Junebug, Fracture, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Old, and Not Okay, and in the television series In Treatment, Californication, Mad Men, Grey's Anatomy, Ray Donovan, and The Morning Show.

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 is having its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).^[2]