Who is Embeth Davidtz?
Embeth Davidtz is known for her role as Miss Honey in the film Matilda (1996).
Davidtz studied at Rhodes University. Her acting started with the National Theatre Company's "Romeo & Juliet" for which she received good reviews.
She got a small role in South African-filmed American horror, Mutator (1989). She moved to Los Angeles in 1992, and landed a role in her first American film, Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness (1992). Also, she appeared Television film Till Death Us Do Part (1992). After Director Steven Spielberg cast her in Schindler's List (1993) as Helen Hirsch.
In Matilda (1996), based on Roald Dahl's children's book, she played the role of Miss Honey. She is most often recognized for her role in this film. She also starred in the Bicentennial Man (1999), which was released in 1999. She got a supporting role in the film Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), as Natasha. Also in 2001, her role included horror thrillers Thir13en Ghosts (2001).
In 2009, she played Felicia Koons on Californication season 3. Davidtz played in Marc Webb's Spider-Man reboots, as Peter Parker's mother, Mary Parker.
Trivia
- Studied at Rhodes University. That was where she earned her degree.
- She and actor Alessandro Nivola played brother and sister in Mansfield Park (1999) and husband and wife in Junebug (2005).
- Attended a very strict school. They had to wear uniforms and were not allowed to wear makeup.
- She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Schindler's List (1993).
- In 2016 she starred as 'Sonia Kovitzky', owner of an art gallery who's in cahoots with the Russian mob, in the fourth season of Ray Donovan.