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'''Embeth Davidtz''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeth_Davidtz]. (born 1965) Actress. | '''Embeth Davidtz''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeth_Davidtz]. (born 1965) Actress. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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=== Training === | === Training === | ||
Received an Honours degree from [[Rhodes University Drama Department|Rhodes University]], 1987. | Received an Honours degree from [[Rhodes University Drama Department|Rhodes University]], 1987. | ||
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=== Career === | === Career === | ||
| − | spent six months with [[CAPAB]] | + | She spent six months with [[CAPAB]] and one year with [[PACT]]. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | As a student she directed ''[[The Maids]]'' and had a | + | As a student she directed ''[[The Maids]]'' and had a role in ''[[Lysistrata]]''. |
She starred in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' at [[Maynardville]] in 1987. She starred in [[Deon Opperman]]’s ''[[Stille Nag]]'' at the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium|Adcock-Ingram Theatre]] in 1989. She starred as Emma in [[Reza de Wet]]’s ''[[A Worm in the Bud]]'' in 1990. She starred in [[Ilse van Hemert]]’s production of Chekhov’s ''[[The Seagull]]'' at the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium|Adcock-Ingram]] in 1990. | She starred in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' at [[Maynardville]] in 1987. She starred in [[Deon Opperman]]’s ''[[Stille Nag]]'' at the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium|Adcock-Ingram Theatre]] in 1989. She starred as Emma in [[Reza de Wet]]’s ''[[A Worm in the Bud]]'' in 1990. She starred in [[Ilse van Hemert]]’s production of Chekhov’s ''[[The Seagull]]'' at the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium|Adcock-Ingram]] in 1990. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:12, 8 June 2017
Embeth Davidtz [1]. (born 1965) Actress.
Contents
Biography
Training
Received an Honours degree from Rhodes University, 1987.
Career
She spent six months with CAPAB and one year with PACT.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As a student she directed The Maids and had a role in Lysistrata.
She starred in Romeo and Juliet at Maynardville in 1987. She starred in Deon Opperman’s Stille Nag at the Adcock-Ingram Theatre in 1989. She starred as Emma in Reza de Wet’s A Worm in the Bud in 1990. She starred in Ilse van Hemert’s production of Chekhov’s The Seagull at the Adcock-Ingram in 1990.
She went on to perform in Hollywood movies and television, with roles in films such as Schindler's List (1993) and Junebug (2006).
Awards, etc
For her role in Houd-den-Bek, she received a DALRO award.
Nominee 1991 Davidtz, Embeth in `Houd-den-bek' (Esther Roos Award for best actress in a supporting role in Afrikaans);
Sources
Sunday Times, 10 December 1995.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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