Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965) is an
American-born
South African
actress.
Biography
Early life
Davidtz was born in
Lafayette, Indiana, while her father was studying
chemical engineering at
Purdue University. Her parents, John and Jean, later moved to
Trenton, New Jersey, and then back to their native
South Africa when Davidtz was nine years old.
[Cinema: The star of Davidtz | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com] Davidtz is of English descent and had to learn
Afrikaans before attending school classes in South Africa,
where her father took up a teaching post at
Potchefstroom University. She graduated from The
Glen High School in
Pretoria in 1983, and earned a degree in Drama & English Literature from
Rhodes University in
Grahamstown.
