Embeth Davidtz was born on Wednesday, August 11, 1965 in Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. She is a famous actress.
Biography and Career:
Embeth Davidtz was born in Lafayette, Indiana. She is the daughter of John and Jean. Her father John was doing his chemical engineering at Purdue University when Embeth was born. Later her family shifted to Trenton, New Jersey and back to their native South Africa. Embeth Davidtz belonged to the English descent so she has to learn Afrikaans before she started going to school in South Africa. Her father took up the teaching post at Potchesfstroom University. In 1983 she graduated from The Glen High School in Pretoria. She has got a degree in Drama and English Literature from Rhodes University in Grahamstown.
Embeth started acting when she was 21 ye
ars old. She first acted with Cape Performing Arts now as Artscape in Cape Town. She played the role of Juliet for the stage play "Romeo and Juliet" at the "Maynardville Open Air Theatre". She used to do plays in both and English and Afrikaans. Being a bilingual actress she used perform local plays too like Stille Nag (silent night) and A Chain of voices. For both the local plays she was nominated for the South African equivalent of Tony Award. Her first movie was released in 1988 an American horror film.
In 1992 she shifted to Los Angeles after she met an agent in London. As soon she landed in Los Angeles she got a chance to do an American movie. Her first American movie was Sam Raimi's "Army of Darkness". She also acted in Steven Spielberg's movie "Schindler's List" in which she plays the role of Helen Hirsch, a Jewish maid.
Short Info:
Birth name: Embeth Jean Davidtz
She was born in 11th August 1965 in Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
She got married on 22nd June 2002 to entertainment attorney Jason Sloane. They have two children, Charlotte Emily was born in 2002 and Asher Dylan was born in 2005.
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
Being born on Aug 11, Embeth is a Leo.
Embeth dated Harvey Keitel and amongst other amorous encounters was Jason Sloane.
Why do we like Embeth Davidtz?
We like Embeth Davidtz because of her acting skills and because she is very beautiful.
Why is Embeth Davidtz Famous?
She is famous because she acts in both English and Afrikaans movies. Apart from that she is also famous for her local plays.