Embeth Davidtz
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Embeth Jean Davidtz is an American-born actress who spent much of her early life in South Africa.
, while her father was studying chemical engineering
at Purdue University
. Her parents, John and Jean, later moved to Trenton, New Jersey
, and then back to their native South Africa, when Davidtz was nine years old. Davidtz's mother is of French and her father English descent; she had to learn Afrikaans
before attending school classes in South Africa, where her father took up a teaching post at Potchefstroom University. She graduated from The Glen High School
in Pretoria
in 1983, and earned a degree in Drama & English Literature from Rhodes University
in Grahamstown
.
, playing "Juliet" in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet
, at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
. Performing in English and Afrikaans, the bilingual actress also starred in other local plays, including Stille Nag (Silent Night) and A Chain of Voices, both earning her nominations for the South African equivalent of the Tony Award
.
Her film debut came in 1988 in the South African-filmed American horror film, Mutator, and shortly after won a major role in the politically sensitive South African made-for-television film A Private Life, as the daughter of an interracial couple. She garnered a South African equivalent of an Oscar
nomination playing a rape
victim who becomes deaf and mute
, in the psychologically intense Afrikaans feature film, Nag van die 19de (Night of the 19th) in 1992.
's Army of Darkness
. Soon after, she appeared in two NBC projects, the made-for-television film Till Death Do Us Part
and the miniseries Deadly Matrimony. She was also seen in Laura Ziskin
's short film Oh, What A Day, opposite Viggo Mortensen
. Director Steven Spielberg
spotted the actress in Deadly Matrimony and cast her in Schindler's List
as Helen Hirsch, the Jewish maid.
Davidtz next had a high-profile central role in the fact-based film Murder in the First
(1995), followed by the Merchant Ivory production Feast of July
(also 1995). In Matilda (1996), a feature based on Roald Dahl
's children's fantasy, she played the role of Miss Honey, the grade one teacher of the title character.
In 1998, Davidtz played a theologian helping Denzel Washington
crack a supernatural wave of crimes in the mystery drama Fallen
and a femme fatale linked to Kenneth Branagh
in Robert Altman
's take on a previously unused John Grisham
manuscript, The Gingerbread Man
. The following year, Davidtz portrayed a 19th-century woman of the world in Patricia Rozema
's reworking of the Jane Austen
comedy Mansfield Park
, and played a dual role opposite Robin Williams
in the futuristic fable Bicentennial Man
.
A supporting role in the film adaptation of Bridget Jones' Diary
(2001) saw Davidtz play Natasha. a colleague and one of the love interests of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth
). That year, she began her run on the CBS drama Citizen Baines, playing the daughter of a defeated United States Senate
incumbent (James Cromwell
) who is herself leaning towards a career in politics. Other roles included horror thrillers like 2001's Thir13en Ghosts
. In 2002, she was cast in the Michael Hoffman drama, The Emperor's Club
, which co-starred Kevin Kline
and Emile Hirsch
.
In Junebug
(2005), Davidtz played an outsider art dealer from Chicago
brought to North Carolina
by her husband (Alessandro Nivola
) to meet his family for the first time. Davidtz has also guest-starred on the hit ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy
as Dr. Derek Shepherd's sister Nancy in the Season 3 episode "Let the Angels Commit". In 2008, she had a regular role on HBO's In Treatment
as Amy, part of a fractious couple alongside Josh Charles's Jake.
She portrayed the unfaithful and unfortunate wife of Anthony Hopkins
in the 2007 drama Fracture
.
In 2009, she played Rebecca Pryce, wife of Lane Pryce in the hit AMC's television show Mad Men
. She also played Felicia Koons, the wife of the dean and the mother of Becca's best friend, Chelsea on Showtime's Californication
.
Davidtz plays Annika Blomkvist in David Fincher
's adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
. She has also been cast in Marc Webb
's new Spiderman reboot due out in 2012.
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1989
|Mutator
|Jennifer
|
|-
|1989
|Screen Two
|Older Karen
|Episode: "A Private Life"
|-
|1990
|Sweet Murder
|Laurie Shannon
|
|-
|1992
|Till Death Us Do Part
|Katherine Palliko
|TV movie
|-
|1992
|Nag van die 19de
|
|
|-
|1992
|Army of Darkness
|Sheila
|
|-
|1992
|Deadly Matrimony
|Dianne Masters
|TV movie
|-
|1993
|Schindler's List
|Helen Hirsch
|
|-
|1995
|Murder in the First
|Mary McCasslin
|
|-
|1995
|Feast of July
|Bella Ford
|
|-
|1996
|Matilda
|Miss Jennifer Honey
|
|-
|1997
|
|Adriana
|TV movie
|-
|1998
|Last Rites
|Dr. Lauren Riggs
|TV movie
|-
|1998
|Fallen
|Gretta Milano
|
|-
|1998
|
|Mallory Doss
|
|-
|1999
|Simon Magus
|Leah
|
|-
|1999
|Mansfield Park
|Mary Crawford
|
|-
|1999
|Bicentennial Man
|"Little Miss" Amanda Martin / Portia Charney
|
|-
|2001
|Bridget Jones's Diary
|Natasha
|
|-
|2001
|
|Dr. Philippa Horwood
|
|-
|2001
|Thir13en Ghosts
|Kalina Oretzia
|
|-
|2001
|Citizen Baines
|Ellen Baines Croland
|7 episodes
|-
|2002
|Shackleton
|Rosalind Chetwynd
|TV movie
|-
|2002
|
|Elizabeth
|
|-
|2004
|Scrubs
|Maddie
|Episode: "My Tormented Mentor"
|-
|2005
|Junebug
|Madeleine Johnsten
|
|-
|2006
|Grey's Anatomy
|Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
|Episode: "Let the Angels Commit
"
|-
|2007
|Fracture
|Jennifer Crawford
|
|-
|2008
|In Treatment
|Amy
|8 episodes
|-
|2009
|Fragments
|Joan Laraby
|
|-
|2009
|Mad Men
|Rebecca Pryce
|Episode: "Love Among the Ruins"
Episode: "The Color Blue"
|-
|2009
|Californication
|Felicia Koons
|9 episodes
|-
|2010
|3 Backyards
|The Actress
|
|-
|2011
|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
|Annika Blomkvist
|-}
, Viggo Mortensen
, Alessandro Nivola
, David Duchovny
and Ben Chaplin
.
Early life
Davidtz was born in Lafayette, IndianaLafayette, Indiana
Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...
, while her father was studying chemical engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
. Her parents, John and Jean, later moved to Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913...
, and then back to their native South Africa, when Davidtz was nine years old. Davidtz's mother is of French and her father English descent; she had to learn Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
before attending school classes in South Africa, where her father took up a teaching post at Potchefstroom University. She graduated from The Glen High School
The Glen High School
The Glen High School is a public, English medium co-ed high school located in Waterkloof Glen, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa...
in Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
in 1983, and earned a degree in Drama & English Literature from Rhodes University
Rhodes University
Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, established in 1904. It is the province’s oldest university, and is one of the four universities in the province...
in Grahamstown
Grahamstown
Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black,...
.
Early roles
Davidtz made her professional acting debut at age 21 with CAPAB (Cape Performing Arts Board now known as Artscape) in Cape TownCape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, playing "Juliet" in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
, at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
The Maynardville Open-Air Theater is an outdoor theater in Maynardville Park, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. It seats 720 people and is most well known for its annual Shakespeare in the Park plays.-Park grounds:...
. Performing in English and Afrikaans, the bilingual actress also starred in other local plays, including Stille Nag (Silent Night) and A Chain of Voices, both earning her nominations for the South African equivalent of the Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
.
Her film debut came in 1988 in the South African-filmed American horror film, Mutator, and shortly after won a major role in the politically sensitive South African made-for-television film A Private Life, as the daughter of an interracial couple. She garnered a South African equivalent of an Oscar
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
nomination playing a rape
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
victim who becomes deaf and mute
Speech disorder
Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorders where 'normal' speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, etc. Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute.-Classification:...
, in the psychologically intense Afrikaans feature film, Nag van die 19de (Night of the 19th) in 1992.
Hollywood career
After meeting with an agent in London, Davidtz moved to Los Angeles in 1992, and immediately landed a role in her first American film, Sam RaimiSam Raimi
Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The...
's Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness, also known as Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness or simply Evil Dead III, is a 1992 horror comedy fantasy action film directed by Sam Raimi. It is the third and final installment in The Evil Dead trilogy. The film was written by Raimi and his brother Ivan, produced by Robert Tapert,...
. Soon after, she appeared in two NBC projects, the made-for-television film Till Death Do Us Part
Till Death Do Us Part
Till Death Do Us Part is the seventh studio album by the Latino rap group Cypress Hill. This album showed Cypress Hill experiment with a reggae sound - especially in the lead single; "What's Your Number?" that sampled the bass line from The Clash song "The Guns of Brixton." Another song, "Ganja...
and the miniseries Deadly Matrimony. She was also seen in Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin
Laura Ellen Ziskin was an American film producer. In 1990, Ziskin was the sole executive producer of the hit comedy Pretty Woman...
's short film Oh, What A Day, opposite Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner , Carlito's Way , Crimson Tide , Daylight , The...
. Director Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
spotted the actress in Deadly Matrimony and cast her in Schindler's List
Schindler's List
Schindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark...
as Helen Hirsch, the Jewish maid.
Davidtz next had a high-profile central role in the fact-based film Murder in the First
Murder in the First
Murder in the First is a largely fictitious 1995 film, directed by Marc Rocco, about a petty criminal named Henri Young who is put on trial for murder in the first degree.-Plot:...
(1995), followed by the Merchant Ivory production Feast of July
Feast of July
Feast of July is a 1995 UK film produced by Merchant Ivory Productions, based on the novel by H. E. Bates, starring Embeth Davidtz and Ben Chaplin.-Plot:...
(also 1995). In Matilda (1996), a feature based on Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter.Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to the rank of Wing Commander...
's children's fantasy, she played the role of Miss Honey, the grade one teacher of the title character.
In 1998, Davidtz played a theologian helping Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
crack a supernatural wave of crimes in the mystery drama Fallen
Fallen (film)
Fallen is a 1998 supernatural thriller film, directed by Gregory Hoblit, and starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman and Donald Sutherland.-Plot:...
and a femme fatale linked to Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from...
in Robert Altman
Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and...
's take on a previously unused John Grisham
John Grisham
John Ray Grisham, Jr. is an American lawyer and author, best known for his popular legal thrillers.John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981 and practiced criminal law for about a decade...
manuscript, The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man (film)
The Gingerbread Man is a 1998 American legal thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript. The film stars Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Famke Janssen, and Robert Duvall.-Plot:Divorced lawyer Rick Magruder ...
. The following year, Davidtz portrayed a 19th-century woman of the world in Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:Rozema was born in Kingston, Ontario and raised in Sarnia, Ontario. Her parents, Jacoba Berandina and Jan Rozema, were Dutch Calvinists. Television was severely restricted and she didn’t go to a movie theatre until she...
's reworking of the Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...
comedy Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park (film)
Mansfield Park is a 1999 British romantic comedy-drama film loosely based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema. The film differs sharply from the original novel in many respects. For example, the life of Jane Austen is incorporated into the film and the...
, and played a dual role opposite Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
in the futuristic fable Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man (film)
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American drama and science fiction film starring Robin Williams and Sam Neill. Based on the novel The Positronic Man, co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg which is itself based on Asimov's original novella titled The Bicentennial Man, the plot explores issues...
.
A supporting role in the film adaptation of Bridget Jones' Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy...
(2001) saw Davidtz play Natasha. a colleague and one of the love interests of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth
Colin Firth
SirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
). That year, she began her run on the CBS drama Citizen Baines, playing the daughter of a defeated United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
incumbent (James Cromwell
James Cromwell
James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor. Some of his more notable roles are in Babe , for which he earned Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Star Trek: First Contact , L.A...
) who is herself leaning towards a career in politics. Other roles included horror thrillers like 2001's Thir13en Ghosts
Thir13en Ghosts
Thirteen Ghosts is a 2001 American horror film directed by Steve Beck. It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name by William Castle. It follows the remake of another one of Castle's films, House on Haunted Hill.-Plot:Ghost hunter Cyrus Kriticos Thirteen Ghosts (also known as 13 Ghosts and...
. In 2002, she was cast in the Michael Hoffman drama, The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club is a 2002 drama film that tells the story of a prep school teacher and his students. Based on Ethan Canin's short story "The Palace Thief," the film is directed by Michael Hoffman and stars Kevin Kline. The film is set at a fictional boys' prep school, St. Benedict's Academy,...
, which co-starred Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline is an American theatre, voice, film actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award.- Early life :...
and Emile Hirsch
Emile Hirsch
Emile Davenport Hirsch is an American television and film actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television films and series, and became known as a film actor after roles in Lords of Dogtown, The Emperor's Club, The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, and Into the Wild. In...
.
In Junebug
Junebug (film)
Junebug is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by Phil Morrison. It was released on August 3, 2005 and stars Amy Adams, Alessandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz, and Benjamin McKenzie...
(2005), Davidtz played an outsider art dealer from Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
brought to North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
by her husband (Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Face/Off, and the first two films of the Goal! trilogy.-Personal life:...
) to meet his family for the first time. Davidtz has also guest-starred on the hit ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
as Dr. Derek Shepherd's sister Nancy in the Season 3 episode "Let the Angels Commit". In 2008, she had a regular role on HBO's In Treatment
In Treatment
In Treatment is an American HBO drama, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, about a psychologist, 50-something Dr. Paul Weston, and his weekly sessions with patients, as well as those with his own therapist at the end of the week. The program, which stars Gabriel Byrne as Paul, debuted on...
as Amy, part of a fractious couple alongside Josh Charles's Jake.
She portrayed the unfaithful and unfortunate wife of Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, KBE , best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television...
in the 2007 drama Fracture
Fracture (2007 film)
Fracture is a 2007 legal/crime suspense film from New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment, directed by Gregory Hoblit, starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling...
.
In 2009, she played Rebecca Pryce, wife of Lane Pryce in the hit AMC's television show Mad Men
Mad Men
Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
. She also played Felicia Koons, the wife of the dean and the mother of Becca's best friend, Chelsea on Showtime's Californication
Californication (TV series)
Californication is an American comedy-drama that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody , is a troubled novelist whose move to California, coupled with his writer's block, complicates his relationships with his longtime girlfriend...
.
Davidtz plays Annika Blomkvist in David Fincher
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...
's adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an upcoming English-language drama thriller film that is the second film based on the Swedish novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. The first film was the 2009 Swedish-language adaptation. The upcoming film is written by Steven Zaillian and directed by David...
. She has also been cast in Marc Webb
Marc Webb
Marc Preston Webb is an American music video, short film and major motion picture director. He directed the 2009 romantic comedy-drama Days of Summer and is currently directing the 2012 Spider-Man reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.-Life and career:Webb was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of...
's new Spiderman reboot due out in 2012.
Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable"|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1989
|Mutator
|Jennifer
|
|-
|1989
|Screen Two
|Older Karen
|Episode: "A Private Life"
|-
|1990
|Sweet Murder
|Laurie Shannon
|
|-
|1992
|Till Death Us Do Part
|Katherine Palliko
|TV movie
|-
|1992
|Nag van die 19de
|
|
|-
|1992
|Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness, also known as Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness or simply Evil Dead III, is a 1992 horror comedy fantasy action film directed by Sam Raimi. It is the third and final installment in The Evil Dead trilogy. The film was written by Raimi and his brother Ivan, produced by Robert Tapert,...
|Sheila
|
|-
|1992
|Deadly Matrimony
|Dianne Masters
|TV movie
|-
|1993
|Schindler's List
Schindler's List
Schindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark...
|Helen Hirsch
|
|-
|1995
|Murder in the First
Murder in the First
Murder in the First is a largely fictitious 1995 film, directed by Marc Rocco, about a petty criminal named Henri Young who is put on trial for murder in the first degree.-Plot:...
|Mary McCasslin
|
|-
|1995
|Feast of July
Feast of July
Feast of July is a 1995 UK film produced by Merchant Ivory Productions, based on the novel by H. E. Bates, starring Embeth Davidtz and Ben Chaplin.-Plot:...
|Bella Ford
|
|-
|1996
|Matilda
|Miss Jennifer Honey
|
|-
|1997
|
|Adriana
|TV movie
|-
|1998
|Last Rites
|Dr. Lauren Riggs
|TV movie
|-
|1998
|Fallen
Fallen (film)
Fallen is a 1998 supernatural thriller film, directed by Gregory Hoblit, and starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman and Donald Sutherland.-Plot:...
|Gretta Milano
|
|-
|1998
|
|Mallory Doss
|
|-
|1999
|Simon Magus
Simon Magus (film)
-Story:A Jew named Dovid Bendel tries to revive his dwindling village by building a railway station next to it. The squire agrees to provide the land, on the condition that Dovid will read his poetry. A cunning business man is also interested in the land and he tries to compete using money and...
|Leah
|
|-
|1999
|Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park (film)
Mansfield Park is a 1999 British romantic comedy-drama film loosely based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema. The film differs sharply from the original novel in many respects. For example, the life of Jane Austen is incorporated into the film and the...
|Mary Crawford
|
|-
|1999
|Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man (film)
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American drama and science fiction film starring Robin Williams and Sam Neill. Based on the novel The Positronic Man, co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg which is itself based on Asimov's original novella titled The Bicentennial Man, the plot explores issues...
|"Little Miss" Amanda Martin / Portia Charney
|
|-
|2001
|Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy...
|Natasha
|
|-
|2001
|
|Dr. Philippa Horwood
|
|-
|2001
|Thir13en Ghosts
Thir13en Ghosts
Thirteen Ghosts is a 2001 American horror film directed by Steve Beck. It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name by William Castle. It follows the remake of another one of Castle's films, House on Haunted Hill.-Plot:Ghost hunter Cyrus Kriticos Thirteen Ghosts (also known as 13 Ghosts and...
|Kalina Oretzia
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|2001
|Citizen Baines
|Ellen Baines Croland
|7 episodes
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|2002
|Shackleton
|Rosalind Chetwynd
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|2002
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|Elizabeth
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|2004
|Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
|Maddie
|Episode: "My Tormented Mentor"
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|2005
|Junebug
Junebug (film)
Junebug is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by Phil Morrison. It was released on August 3, 2005 and stars Amy Adams, Alessandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz, and Benjamin McKenzie...
|Madeleine Johnsten
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|2006
|Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
|Nancy Shepherd (uncredited)
|Episode: "Let the Angels Commit
Let the Angels Commit
"Let the Angels Commit" is the sixth episode of the third season of the ABC series, Grey's Anatomy. The episode was written by Stacy McKee and was directed by Jessica Yu. It originally aired on November 2, 2006, running for 43:13 min.-Starring:...
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|2007
|Fracture
Fracture (2007 film)
Fracture is a 2007 legal/crime suspense film from New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment, directed by Gregory Hoblit, starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling...
|Jennifer Crawford
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|2008
|In Treatment
In Treatment
In Treatment is an American HBO drama, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, about a psychologist, 50-something Dr. Paul Weston, and his weekly sessions with patients, as well as those with his own therapist at the end of the week. The program, which stars Gabriel Byrne as Paul, debuted on...
|Amy
|8 episodes
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|2009
|Fragments
|Joan Laraby
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|2009
|Mad Men
Mad Men
Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
|Rebecca Pryce
|Episode: "Love Among the Ruins"
Episode: "The Color Blue"
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|2009
|Californication
Californication (TV series)
Californication is an American comedy-drama that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody , is a troubled novelist whose move to California, coupled with his writer's block, complicates his relationships with his longtime girlfriend...
|Felicia Koons
|9 episodes
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|2010
|3 Backyards
3 Backyards
3 Backyards is a film written and directed by Eric Mendelsohn. It premiered at the 2010 Sundance International Film Festival, where it won the Directing Prize, as did Mendelsohn's first feature, Judy Berlin; Mendelsohn is the only director to have won the prize twice.The independent film was...
|The Actress
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|2011
|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an upcoming English-language drama thriller film that is the second film based on the Swedish novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. The first film was the 2009 Swedish-language adaptation. The upcoming film is written by Steven Zaillian and directed by David...
|Annika Blomkvist
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Personal life
Davidtz married entertainment attorney Jason Sloane on June 22, 2002. They have two children, daughter Charlotte Emily (born 2002) and son Asher Sloane (2005). She has previously had relationships with Harvey KeitelHarvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...
, Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner , Carlito's Way , Crimson Tide , Daylight , The...
, Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Face/Off, and the first two films of the Goal! trilogy.-Personal life:...
, David Duchovny
David Duchovny
David William Duchovny is an American actor, writer and director. He has won Golden Globe awards for his work as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files and as Hank Moody on Californication.-Early life:...
and Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin , is an English actor.-Early life:Chaplin, the youngest of four children, was born in London, the son of Cynthia , a drama teacher, and Peter Greenwood, an engineer. He took his stage name after his mother's maiden name. He was raised in Windsor, Berkshire, England and attended Hurtwood...
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