DAVIDTZ, Embeth 1966–

PERSONAL

Full name, Embeth Jean Davidtz; born January 1, 1966, in Lafayette, IN; raised in Trenton, NJ, and in South Africa; father, a university teacher of chemical engineering; married Jason Sloane, June 22, 2002. Education: Rhodes University, B.A., English literature, and M.F.A., drama and English literature (with highest honors).

Addresses: Agent— Joe Funicello, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager— Judy Hofflund, Hofflund/Polone, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 820, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actress. National Theatre Company, Johannesburg, South Africa, member of company for three years.

Awards, Honors: Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actress in a comedy, 2000, for Bicentennial Man.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Jennifer, Mutator (also known as Time of the Beast ), Prism Entertainment/Radiance Films International, 1991.

Laurie Shannon, Sweet Murder, Vidmark, 1993.

Helen Hirsch, Schindler's List, Universal, 1993.

Sheila/Evil Sheila, Army of Darkness (also known as Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3, Army of Darkness, the Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness, Captain Supermarket, Evil Dead 3, and The Medieval Dead ), Universal, 1993.

Oh, What a Day! 1914, Touchstone, 1994.

Mary McCasslin, Murder in the First (also known as Meurtre a Alcatraz ), Warner Bros., 1995.

Bella Ford, Feast of July, Buena Vista, 1995.

Miss Jennifer "Jenny" Honey, Matilda (also known as Roald Dahl's Matilda ), 1996.

Gretta Milano, Fallen, Warner Bros., 1998.

Mallory Doss, The Gingerbread Man, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998.

Leah, Simon Magus, Goldwyn Films, 1999, Fireworks Pictures, 2001.

Mary Crawford, Mansfield Park, Miramax, 1999.

Little Miss Amanda Martin/Portia Charney, Bicentennial Man (also known as Der 200 Jahre Mann ), Buena Vista, 1999.

Wayward Son, 1999.

Natasha Glenville, Bridget Jones's Diary (also known as Le journal de Bridget Jones ), Miramax, 2001.

Dr. Philippa Horwood, The Hole (also known as After the Hole ), Dimension Films, 2001.

Kalina Oretzia, Thir13en Ghosts, Warner Bros., 2001. Secret Passage, 2001.

Elizabeth, The Emperor's Club, MCA/Universal, 2002.

The Palace Thief, 2002.

Also appeared in Night of the Nineteenth.

Television Appearances; Series:

Ellen Baines Croland, Citizen Baines, CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Older Karen, A Private Life, 1988.

Katherine Palliko, Till Death Do Us Part (also known as Married for Murder ), NBC, 1992.

Adriana, The Garden of Redemption, Showtime, 1997.

Dr. Lauren Riggs, Last Rites, Starz!, 1998.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Dianne Masters, Deadly Matrimony (also known as Shattered Promises ), NBC, 1992.

Rosalind Chetwynd, Shackleton, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Stage Appearances:

Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre Company, Johannesburg, South Africa, c. 1988.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Drama–Logue, October 5, 1995.

Empire, August, 1998, pp. 58–59.

Madison, November, 1999, pp. 132–34.

Movieline, December, 1995; April, 1998, pp. 72–73. Premiere, December, 1993, p. 33.

Us, December, 1993.

Vanity Fair, January, 2000, pp. 108–09.