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
- 2023 · Club Zero as Miss Dorset
- 2023 · Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction as The Grand Duchess
- 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 · Limbo as Helga
- 2020 · Ted Lasso as Bridget (voice)
- 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
- 2018 · In Fabric as Jill
- 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
- 2014 · The Duke of Burgundy as Cynthia
- 2014 · 1864 as Johanne Louise Heiberg
- 2014 · 1864: Brødre i krig as Johanne L. Heiberg
- 2014 · Speed Walking as Lizzi
- 2010 · Borgen as Birgitte Nyborg
- 2010 · ZULU Comedy Galla as Vært
- 2010 · ZULU Comedy Galla as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- 2006 · After the Wedding as Helene
- 2004 · Proof as Nina Kutpreka
- 2001 · Mona's World as Mona
- 1999 · The One and Only as Sus
- 1999 · Mifune as Bibi
- 1997 · Taxa as Milla
- 1997 · Strisser på Samsø as Hanne Jensen
- 1996 · Charlot og Charlotte as Helle, gøgler
- 1989 · The Simpsons as a Danish Woman (voice)
- Future · Borgen as Birgitte Nyborg
- 2024 · Danske tv-seriers bedste as
- 2023 · Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard as Self
- 2023 · WOACA as WOACA
- 2020 · The Idiots Who Started The Party as Herself
- 2020 · The Exception as Anne-Lise
- 2019 · Captain Bimse as Sophie
- 2018 · Holly på Sommerøen as Charlotte skovmyre
- 2018 · Vitello as Vitello's Mother (voice)
- 2015 · Vitello Digs a Hole as Mother (voice)
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2012 · Almost Perfect as Sandra
- 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
- 2004 · Fakiren fra Bilbao as Louise
- 2004 · Bernie and Bingo as Bingo, The Penguin
- 2004 · Villa Paranoia as Olga Holmgård
- 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
- 2000 · Miracle as Mona Pedersen
- 2000 · Max as Sarah 'Max' Engell
- 1998 · Motello as Julie
- 1997 · Thérapie russe as Mette
- 1997 · Let's Get Lost as Julie
- 1997 · A Quiet Death as Sally
- 1997 · Fanny Farveløs as Mother
- 1996 · Charlot og Charlotte as Helle
- 1995 · Juletestamentet as Mercedes
- Future · 13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul as
- Future · The Great Arch as Liv von Spreckelsen
- 1995 · Debut as