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