Embeth Jean Davidtz (an haife tane a ranar 11 ga watan Agusta shekarar 1965) ƴar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Afirka ta Kudu. Matsayin allon ta sun haɗa da fina-finai kamar Army of Darkness, Schindler, Mansfield Park, Bicentennial Man, Fallen , Junebug , da Fracture, da jerin shirye shiryen talabijin Mad Men , Californication, In Treatment , da Ray Donovan . An haifi Davidtz a Lafayette, Indiana, yayin da mahaifinta ke karatun injiniyan sinadarai a Jami'ar Purdue . Iyayenta, John da Jean, daga baya sun ƙaura zuwa Trenton, New Jersey, sannan suka koma ƙasarsu ta Afirka ta Kudu lokacin Davidtz yana ɗan shekara tara. Davidtz yana da zuriyar Dutch, Ingilishi, da Faransanci. Dole ta koyi Afirkaans kafin ta halarci azuzuwan makaranta a Afirka ta Kudu, inda mahaifinta ya ɗauki matsayin koyarwa a Jami'ar Potchefstroom . Davidtz ya kammala karatun sakandaren Glen a Pretoria a shekarar 1983 kuma yayi karatu a Jami'ar Rhodes a Grahamstown . Davidtz ta fara yin wasan kwaikwayo na farko tun tana da shekaru 21 tare da CAPAB (Cape Performing Arts Board, wanda yanzu ake kira Artscape) a Cape Town, tana wasa Juliet a cikin wani matakin samar da Romeo da Juliet a gidan wasan kwaikwayon Open-Air na Maynardville.