Sidse Babett Knudsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen (born 22 November 1968) 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
Credits
- 2025 · Prime Target as Professor Andrea Lavin
- 2024 · An Ordinary Case as Maître Annie Debret
- 2024 · Sons as Eva Hansen
- 2024 · Danske tv-seriers bedste as
- 2023 · Club Zero as Miss Dorset
- 2023 · Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction as The Grand Duchess
- 2023 · Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard as Self
- 2023 · WOACA as WOACA
- 2023 · Agent as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- 2023 · Oh My Goodness! as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
- 2022 · Borgen - Power & Glory as Birgitte Nyborg
- 2020 · Roadkill as Madeleine Halle
- 2020 · The Idiots Who Started The Party as Herself
- 2020 · Limbo as Helga
- 2020 · Ted Lasso as Bridget (voice)
- 2020 · The Exception as Anne-Lise
- 2020 · Wildland as Bodil
- 2019 · The Translators as Helene Tuxen
- 2019 · The Accident as Harriet Paulsen
- 2019 · The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle as Ohlmann
- 2019 · Captain Bimse as Sophie
- 2018 · In Fabric as Jill
- 2018 · Holly på Sommerøen as Charlotte skovmyre
- 2018 · Vitello as Vitello's Mother (voice)
- 2017 · Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Jill
- 2017 · The Eternal Road as Sara
- 2016 · 150 Milligrams as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
- 2016 · Inferno as Elizabeth Sinskey
- 2016 · Westworld as Theresa Cullen
- 2016 · A Hologram for the King as Hanne
- 2015 · Courted as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
- 2015 · Vitello Digs a Hole as Mother (voice)
- 2014 · The Duke of Burgundy as Cynthia
- 2014 · 1864 as Johanne Louise Heiberg
- 2014 · 1864: Brødre i krig as Johanne L. Heiberg
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2014 · Speed Walking as Lizzi
- 2012 · Almost Perfect as Sandra
- 2010 · Borgen as Birgitte Nyborg
- 2010 · ZULU Comedy Galla as Vært
- 2010 · ZULU Comedy Galla as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- 2010 · Therapy as Puk
- 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
- 2006 · After the Wedding as Helene
- 2004 · Fakiren fra Bilbao as Louise
- 2004 · Bernie and Bingo as Bingo, The Penguin
- 2004 · Villa Paranoia as Olga Holmgård
- 2004 · Proof as Nina Kutpreka
- 2003 · Dogville: The Pilot as Grace
- 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
- 2001 · Mona's World as Mona
- 2000 · Miracle as Mona Pedersen
- 2000 · Max as Sarah 'Max' Engell
- 1999 · The One and Only as Sus
- 1999 · Mifune as Bibi
- 1998 · Motello as Julie
- 1997 · Thérapie russe as Mette
- 1997 · Let's Get Lost as Julie
- 1997 · A Quiet Death as Sally
- 1997 · Taxa as Milla
- 1997 · Fanny Farveløs as Mother
- 1997 · Strisser på Samsø as Hanne Jensen
- 1996 · Charlot og Charlotte as Helle, gøgler
- 1996 · Charlot og Charlotte as Helle
- 1995 · Juletestamentet as Mercedes
- Future · 13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul as
- Future · Borgen as Birgitte Nyborg
- 1995 · Debut as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as a Danish Woman (voice)
- Future · The Great Arch as Liv von Spreckelsen