Sidse Babett Knudsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress. Following the critical success of her debut, Knudsen has been considered one of the top Danish actresses of her generation. In 2000, she again won both best actress awards for the comedy romance Den Eneste Ene (English title: The One and Only). In 2016, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Courted (L'Hermine). Knudsen has also received award nominations for her roles in Monas Verden (Mona's World) and Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding). Knudsen achieved international recognition for her leading role as fictional Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg in the Danish TV series Borgen.
Known For
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- 2025 · The Family Plan 2 as Svetlana Romanova
- 2025 · The Great Arch as Liv von Spreckelsen
- 2025 · 13 Days, 13 Nights as Kate
- 2025 · Prime Target as Professor Andrea Lavin
- 2024 · Sons as Eva Hansen
- 2024 · Danske tv-seriers bedste as Sig selv
- 2023 · Club Zero as Miss Dorset
- 2023 · Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction as The Grand Duchess
- 2023 · Agent as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- 2022 · Borgen - Power & Glory as Birgitte Nyborg
- 2020 · Roadkill as Madeleine Halle
- 2020 · Ted Lasso as Bridget (voice)
- 2019 · The Translators as Helene Tuxen
- 2019 · The Exception as Anne-Lise
- 2019 · The Accident as Harriet Paulsen
- 2019 · The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle as Ohlmann
- 2018 · In Fabric as Jill
- 2018 · 50 Nuances de Grecs as Freya
- 2017 · Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Jill
- 2016 · Inferno as Elizabeth Sinskey
- 2016 · Westworld as Theresa Cullen
- 2016 · A Hologram for the King as Hanne
- 2015 · The Duke of Burgundy as Cynthia
- 2014 · 1864 as Johanne Louise Heiberg
- 2014 · Speed Walking as Lizzi
- 2010 · Borgen as Birgitte Nyborg
- 2010 · ZULU Comedy Galla as Vært
- 2010 · ZULU Comedy Galla as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- 2010 · Therapy as Puk
- 2006 · After the Wedding as Helene
- 2004 · Proof as Nina Kutpreka
- 2003 · Dogville: The Pilot as Grace
- 2001 · Mona's World as Mona
- 1999 · Mifune as Bibi
- 1997 · Taxa as Milla
- 1997 · Strisser på Samsø as Hanne Jensen
- 1996 · Charlot og Charlotte as Helle, gøgler
- 1995 · Juletestamentet as Mercedes
- 1989 · The Simpsons as a Danish Woman (voice)
- Future · Kill Jackie as Karenina
- 2024 · An Ordinary Case as Maître Annie Debret
- 2023 · Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard as Self
- 2023 · WOACA as WOACA
- 2023 · Oh My Goodness! as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
- 2020 · The Idiots Who Started The Party as Sig selv
- 2020 · Limbo as Helga
- 2020 · Wildland as Bodil
- 2019 · Captain Bimse as Sophie
- 2018 · Holly på Sommerøen as Charlotte skovmyre
- 2018 · Vitello as Vitello's Mother (voice)
- 2017 · The Eternal Road as Sara
- 2016 · 150 Milligrams as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
- 2015 · Courted as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
- 2015 · Vitello Digs a Hole as Mother (voice)
- 2014 · 1864: Brødre i krig as Johanne L. Heiberg
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2012 · Almost Perfect as Sandra
- 2009 · The Apple & The Worm as Sylvia (voice)
- 2009 · Above the Street, Below the Water as Anne
- 2008 · Take the Trash as Lotte
- 2007 · With Your Permission as Bente
- 2006 · Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté as
- 2004 · Fakiren fra Bilbao as Louise
- 2004 · Bernie and Bingo as Bingo, The Penguin
- 2004 · Villa Paranoia as Olga Holmgård
- 2003 · Old, New, Borrowed and Blue as Katrine
- 2002 · The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear as Woman (voice)
- 2002 · Klonkadonka! as Molly
- 2001 · Chop Chop as Rita
- 2000 · Miracle as Dennis Ps mor
- 2000 · Max as Sarah 'Max' Engell
- 1999 · The One and Only as Sus
- 1998 · Motello as Julie
- 1997 · Thérapie russe as Mette
- 1997 · Let's Get Lost as Julie
- 1997 · Fanny Farveløs as Mother
- Future · Good Mothers as Anne Sofie
- 1997 · A Quiet Death as Sally
- 1996 · Charlot og Charlotte as Helle
- 1995 · Debut as




