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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Embeth Davidtz (1966 - ) Actress Born: c.1966, Trenton, NJ Education: Rhodes University The American-born Davidtz was raised and educated in South Africa where she performed classical and contemporary drama in both English and Afrikaans. She made her professional acting debut at age 21 playing Juliet in a National Theatre Company production of Romeo and Juliet, which won her rave reviews. She twice earned the South African equivalent of a Tony nomination for her theater work. Davidtz distinguished herself in the politically sensitive South African feature A PRIVATE LIFE (1989), as the daughter of an interracial couple, and garnered a South African Oscar nomination playing a deaf-mute in the psychologically intense Afrikaaner feature NIGHT OF THE NINETEENTH. Davidtz moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and promptly landed major roles in TV projects, including the movie TIL DEATH US DO PART (NBC, 1992) with Arliss Howard and Treat Williams, and the crime drama miniseries DEADLY MATRIMONY (NBC, 1992) with Treat Williams y Brian Dennehy. Her first released American film was Sam Raimi's third EVIL DEAD movie, EL EJERCITO DE LAS TINIEBLAS (1993), in which she played the female lead as the lovely maiden Sheila and her demonic alter ego. Davidtz generated a lot of favorable press with her poignant portrayal of Helen Hirsch, the brutalized Jewish maid, in Steven Spielberg LA LISTA DE SCHINDLER (1993). Drawn to roles in films with strong political themes or overtones, she played Christian Slater's lawyer girlfriend in the fact-based film ASESINATO EN PRIMER GRADO (1995). Davidtz displayed her versatility in the Merchant/Ivory production FEAST OF JULY (1995); she garnered glowing critical praise for her deft portrayal of a young woman who, in searching for the lover who abandoned her, ultimately brings tragedy to the family that offered her refuge.
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