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.
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Movies (60)
What Lies Between Us
2026 · Anne Sofie
The Family Plan 2
2025 · Svetlana Romanova
The Great Arch
2025 · Liv von Spreckelsen
13 Days, 13 Nights
2025 · Kate
An Ordinary Case
2024 · Maître Annie Debret
Sons
2024 · Eva Hansen
Club Zero
2023 · Miss Dorset
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
2023 · The Grand Duchess
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
2023 · Self
WOACA
2023 · WOACA
Oh My Goodness!
2023 · Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
The Idiots Who Started The Party
2020 · Sig selv
En el limbo
2020 · Helga
Wildland
2020 · Bodil
The Translators
2019 · Helene Tuxen
The Exception
2019 · Anne-Lise
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
2019 · Ohlmann
Captain Bimse
2019 · Sophie
In Fabric: Vistiendo la muerte
2018 · Jill
Holly på Sommerøen
2018 · Charlotte skovmyre
Vitello
2018 · Vitello's Mother (voice)
The Eternal Road
2017 · Sara
150 Milligrams
2016 · Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
Inferno
2016 · Elizabeth Sinskey
Un holograma para el rey
2016 · Hanne
Courted
2015 · Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
Vitello Digs a Hole
2015 · Mother (voice)
El Duque de Burgundy
2015 · Cynthia
1864: Brødre i krig
2014 · Johanne L. Heiberg
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014 · Self
Speed Walking
2014 · Lizzi
Almost Perfect
2012 · Sandra
Therapy
2010 · Puk
The Apple & The Worm
2009 · Sylvia (voice)
Above the Street, Below the Water
2009 · Anne
Take the Trash
2008 · Lotte
With Your Permission
2007 · Bente
Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
2006
After the Wedding
2006 · Helene
Fakiren fra Bilbao
2004 · Louise
Bernie and Bingo
2004 · Bingo, The Penguin
Villa Paranoia
2004 · Olga Holmgård
Dogville: The Pilot
2003 · Grace
Dogville
2003 · Thanks
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
2003 · Katrine
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
2002 · Woman (voice)
Klonkadonka!
2002 · Molly
Chop Chop
2001 · Rita
Mona's World
2001 · Mona
Miracle
2000 · Dennis Ps mor
Max
2000 · Sarah 'Max' Engell
The One and Only
1999 · Sus
Mifune
1999 · Bibi
Motello
1998 · Julie
Thérapie russe
1997 · Mette
Let's Get Lost
1997 · Julie
A Quiet Death
1997 · Sally
Fanny Farveløs
1997 · Mother
Charlot og Charlotte
1996 · Helle
Debut
1995
TV shows (21)
Kill Jackie
2026 · Karenina
Prime Target: Objetivo clave
2025 · Professor Andrea Lavin
Danske tv-seriers bedste
2024 · Sig selv
Agent
2023 · Sidse Babett Knudsen
Borgen - Power & Glory
2022 · Birgitte Nyborg
Roadkill
2020 · Madeleine Halle
Ted Lasso
2020 · Bridget (voice)
The Accident
2019 · Harriet Paulsen
50 Nuances de Grecs
2018 · Freya
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · Jill
Westworld
2016 · Theresa Cullen
1864
2014 · Johanne Louise Heiberg
Borgen
2010 · Birgitte Nyborg
ZULU Comedy Galla
2010 · Vært, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Proof
2004 · Nina Kutpreka
Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery
1997 · Hulkende kvinde / Sobbing Woman
Taxa
1997 · Milla
Strisser på Samsø
1997 · Hanne Jensen
Charlot og Charlotte
1996 · Helle, gøgler
Juletestamentet
1995 · Mercedes
Los Simpson
1989 · a Danish Woman (voice)