Embeth Davidtz - Milestones

• 2002: Appeared in the drama feature "The Palace Thief"
• 2002: Reteamed with Kenneth Branagh in the historical miniseries "Shackelford" (A&E)
• 2002: Cast in the drama feature "The Emperor's Club"
• 2001: Featured in the haunted house thriller "13 Ghosts"
• 2001: Had a supporting role in the film adaptation of "Bridget Jones's Diary"
• 2001: Co-starred in the CBS drama series "Citizen Baines"
• 1999: Co-starred in Patricia Rozema's reworking of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park"
• 1999: Played a dual role in the futuristic drama "Bicentennial Man"
• 1999: Acted in the period drama "Wayward Son"; screened at Toronto
• 1998: Played a theology prpfessor embroiled in a murder invesitation in the supernatural mystery "Fallen"
• 1998: Essayed the part of a femme fatale in Robert Altman's adaptation of John Grisham's "The Gingerbread Man"
• 1996: Portrayed a heroic schoolteacher in the feature adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's fantasy "Matilda"
• 1995: Was the female lead in the fact-based drama "Murder in the First"
• 1995: Starred in the period costume drama "Feast of July"
• 1993: Had a memorable featured role in "Schindler's List"
• 1993: First released American feature, Sam Raimi's "Army of Darkness"
• 1992: American TV debut, "Till Death Us Do Part", an NBC TV-movie
• 1991: Moved to Los Angeles from South Africa
• 1989: Played a major supporting role in the progressive South African-produced film, "A Private Life"
• 1989: American feature debut, "Mutator/Time of the Beast" (released straight-to-video)
• 1988: Professional acting debut at age 21 as Juliet in the National Theatre Company production of "Romeo and Juliet" (date approximate)
• 1975: At age nine, moved with family to South Africa where her father taught at the University of Potchesstroom (near Johannesburg) (date approximate)
• Lived in Trenton, New Jersey
• Co-starred in the historical drmaa "Secret Passage" (lensed 2001)
• Won a contract with South African National Theatre; spent three years performing with the group
• Performed in numerous local plays
• Born in Indiana, where her father taught chemical engineering at Purdue University
• Raised, educated, and theatrically trained in South Africa