Editing Embeth Davidtz (section)

== Early life ==
Davidtz was born on August 11, 1965, in [[Lafayette, Indiana]], to South African parents John and Jean, while her father was studying [[chemical engineering]] at [[Purdue University]]. The family later moved to [[Trenton, New Jersey]], and then to South Africa when Davidtz was nine years old.<ref name="findarticles">{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980726/ai_n14163482 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229235334/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980726/ai_n14163482 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2008-12-29 | title=Cinema: The star of Davidtz | work= The Independent}}</ref> Davidtz has Dutch, English, and French ancestry.<ref name="dlaot">{{Cite news|last=Schaeffer|first=Stephen|title=Movies; Actress Davidtz leaves out sweetness in 'Gingerbread Man'|work=Boston Herald|date=1998-03-03|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/26926935.html?dids=26926935:26926935&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+03%2C+1998&author=TEPHEN+SCHAEFER&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Movies%3B+Actress+Davidtz+leaves+out+sweetness+in+%60Gingerbread+Man%27&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724211048/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/26926935.html?dids=26926935:26926935&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+03%2C+1998&author=TEPHEN+SCHAEFER&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Movies%3B+Actress+Davidtz+leaves+out+sweetness+in+%60Gingerbread+Man%27&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2012|access-date=2011-01-11}}</ref> She had to learn [[Afrikaans]] before attending school classes in South Africa,<ref name="findarticles" /> where her father took up a teaching post at [[Potchefstroom University]]. Davidtz graduated from [[The Glen High School]] in [[Pretoria]] in 1983 and studied at [[Rhodes University]] in [[Grahamstown]].<ref name="oregon">{{cite web |title=Embeth Davidtz Biography And Images |work=Oregon Herald |url=http://www.oregonherald.com/bios/links/biography.cfm?NAME=Embeth-Davidtz |access-date=July 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107203811/http://www.oregonherald.com/bios/links/biography.cfm?NAME=Embeth-Davidtz |archive-date=January 7, 2016 }}</ref>