Sidse Babett Knudsen

Nov 22, 1968 - Copenhagen, Denmark

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

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