Embeth Davidtz
Biography
Embeth Davidtz, who holds American and South African citizenship, began her career on stage in Cape Town, playing Juliet for the Cape Performing Arts Board at 21 and earning award nominations for English and Afrikaans roles. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, to South African parents, she moved to South Africa as a child. Her first screen part came in 1988, in the horror film Mutator, and Steven Spielberg spotted her in the South African film Nag van die Negentiende and cast her as Helen Hirsch in Schindler's List (1993). Her films include Army of Darkness (1992), Matilda (1996), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Junebug (2005), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), and on television she appeared in In Treatment, Mad Men, and The Morning Show. In 2024 she directed her first feature, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, drawn from Alexandra Fuller's memoir, which had its Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
61years old
Turns 62 on August 11in 297 days
- Born Lafayette
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Embeth Jean Davidtz
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 33 years1992 to 2025
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First role
Embeth Davidtz's first acting role came at 21, when she joined CAPAB in Cape Town. There she took the part of Juliet in a stage version of Romeo and Juliet staged at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre.
Big break
After seeing Davidtz act in the 1992 South African movie Nag van die Negentiende, Steven Spielberg gave her the part of Helen Hirsch in Schindler's List.
Embeth Davidtz movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Marc Webb directed two of these films, Gregory Hoblit two. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Marc WebbDirector, 2 films, 2012 to 2014
All films by Marc Webb
Gregory HoblitDirector, 2 films, 1998 to 2007
Also two films together3 more actors
- Andrew GarfieldThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- Max CharlesThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- Wendy CutlerFracture (2007) and Fallen (1998)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Embeth Davidtz's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.6 billion
20 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 20 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas.
- 20Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$759M29.3% of the total
- 2$717M27.7% of the total
- 3$321M12.4% of the total
- 4$282M10.9% of the total
- 5$91M3.5% of the total
- 6$90M3.5% of the total
- 7$87M3.4% of the total
- 8$68M2.6% of the total
$176 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total