Name
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-11-22 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography
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.
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- 1999 Mifune as Bibi
- 2006 After the Wedding as Helene
- 2004 Fakiren fra Bilbao as Louise
- 2023 Oh My Goodness! as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
- 2010 Therapy as Puk
- 2009 Above the Street, Below the Water as Anne
- 2008 Take the Trash as Lotte
- 2002 The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear as Woman (voice)
- 2001 Chop Chop as Rita
- 2003 Old, New, Borrowed and Blue as Katrine
- 2007 With Your Permission as Bente
- 2024 Sons as Eva Hansen
- 2023 Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction as The Grand Duchess
- 2014 Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2009 The Apple & The Worm as Sylvia (voice)
- 2004 Villa Paranoia as Olga Holmgård
- 1999 The One and Only as Sus
- 1997 Let's Get Lost as Julie
- 2001 Mona's World as Mona
- 2023 WOACA as WOACA
- 1995 Debut
- 2000 Miracle as Dennis Ps mor
- 2000 Max as Sarah 'Max' Engell
- 2015 The Duke of Burgundy as Cynthia
- 2024 An Ordinary Case as Maître Annie Debret
- 2023 Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard as Self
- 2006 Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
- 2023 Club Zero as Miss Dorset
- 2014 Speed Walking as Lizzi
- 2016 A Hologram for the King as Hanne
- 2016 Inferno as Elizabeth Sinskey
- 2015 Courted as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
- 2015 Vitello Digs a Hole as Mother (voice)
- 2014 1864: Brødre i krig as Johanne L. Heiberg
- 2025 The Great Arch as Liv von Spreckelsen
- 2025 13 Days, 13 Nights as Kate
- 2016 150 Milligrams as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
- 2017 The Eternal Road as Sara
- 1997 Fanny Farveløs as Mother
- 2003 Dogville: The Pilot as Grace
- 1998 Motello as Julie
- 2004 Bernie and Bingo as Bingo, The Penguin
- 1996 Charlot og Charlotte as Helle
- 2019 The Translators as Helene Tuxen
- 1997 A Quiet Death as Sally
- 2018 In Fabric as Jill
- 1997 Thérapie russe as Mette
- 2018 Vitello as Vitello's Mother (voice)
- 2019 The Exception as Anne-Lise
- 2020 Wildland as Bodil
- 2018 Holly på Sommerøen as Charlotte skovmyre
- 2020 Limbo as Helga
- 2019 The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle as Ohlmann
- 2019 Captain Bimse as Sophie
- 2002 Klonkadonka! as Molly
- 2020 The Idiots Who Started The Party as Sig selv
- 2026 What Lies Between Us as Anne Sofie
- 2025 The Family Plan 2 as Svetlana Romanova
- 2012 Almost Perfect as Sandra
- 2004 Proof ( 4 episodes ) as Nina Kutpreka
- 2010 Borgen ( 30 episodes ) as Birgitte Nyborg
- 2020 Ted Lasso ( 1 episode ) as Bridget (voice)
- 2016 Westworld ( 11 episodes ) as Theresa Cullen
- 2014 1864 ( 8 episodes ) as Johanne Louise Heiberg
- 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams ( 1 episode ) as Jill
- 2022 Borgen - Power & Glory ( 8 episodes ) as Birgitte Nyborg
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as a Danish Woman (voice)
- 2025 Prime Target ( 8 episodes ) as Professor Andrea Lavin
- 2019 The Accident ( 4 episodes ) as Harriet Paulsen
- 1996 Charlot og Charlotte ( 1 episode ) as Helle, gøgler
- 2010 ZULU Comedy Galla ( 2 episodes ) as Vært
- 2010 ZULU Comedy Galla ( 1 episode ) as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- 1997 Strisser på Samsø ( 2 episodes ) as Hanne Jensen
- 2020 Roadkill ( 4 episodes ) as Madeleine Halle
- 1997 Taxa ( 1 episode ) as Milla
- 2023 Agent ( 1 episode ) as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- 2024 Danske tv-seriers bedste ( 5 episodes ) as Sig selv
- 2018 50 Nuances de Grecs ( 30 episodes ) as Freya
- 1995 Juletestamentet ( 24 episodes ) as Mercedes
- 1997 Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery ( 1 episode ) as Hulkende kvinde / Sobbing Woman
- 2026 Kill Jackie ( 8 episodes ) as Karenina
