Sidse Babett Knudsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Known for
Acting
Born
November 22, 1968 (age 57)
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
What Lies Between Us poster

What Lies Between Us

Movie · as Anne Sofie

2026
Kill Jackie poster

Kill Jackie

TV · as Karenina · 8 eps

2025
The Great Arch poster

The Great Arch

Movie · as Liv von Spreckelsen

2025
13 Days, 13 Nights poster

13 Days, 13 Nights

Movie · as Kate

2025
The Family Plan 2 poster

The Family Plan 2

Movie · as Svetlana Romanova

2025
Prime Target poster

Prime Target

TV · as Professor Andrea Lavin · 8 eps

2024
Sons poster

Sons

Movie · as Eva Hansen

2024
An Ordinary Case poster

An Ordinary Case

Movie · as Maître Annie Debret

2024
Danske tv-seriers bedste poster

Danske tv-seriers bedste

TV · as Sig selv · 5 eps

2023
Oh My Goodness! poster

Oh My Goodness!

Movie · as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption

2023
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction poster

Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction

Movie · as The Grand Duchess

2023
WOACA poster

WOACA

Movie · as WOACA

2023
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard poster

Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard

Movie · as Self

2023
Club Zero poster

Club Zero

Movie · as Miss Dorset

2023
Agent poster

Agent

TV · as Sidse Babett Knudsen · 1 ep

2022
Borgen - Power & Glory poster

Borgen - Power & Glory

TV · as Birgitte Nyborg · 8 eps

2020
Wildland poster

Wildland

Movie · as Bodil

2020
Limbo poster

Limbo

Movie · as Helga

2020
The Idiots Who Started The Party poster

The Idiots Who Started The Party

Movie · as Sig selv

2020
Ted Lasso poster

Ted Lasso

TV · as Bridget (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Roadkill poster

Roadkill

TV · as Madeleine Halle · 4 eps

2019
The Translators poster

The Translators

Movie · as Helene Tuxen

2019
The Exception poster

The Exception

Movie · as Anne-Lise

2019
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle poster

The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle

Movie · as Ohlmann

2019
Captain Bimse poster

Captain Bimse

Movie · as Sophie

2019
The Accident poster

The Accident

TV · as Harriet Paulsen · 4 eps

2018
In Fabric poster

In Fabric

Movie · as Jill

2018
Vitello poster

Vitello

Movie · as Vitello's Mother (voice)

2018
Holly på Sommerøen poster

Holly på Sommerøen

Movie · as Charlotte skovmyre

2018
50 Nuances de Grecs poster

50 Nuances de Grecs

TV · as Freya · 30 eps

2017
The Eternal Road poster

The Eternal Road

Movie · as Sara

2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams poster

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

TV · as Jill · 1 ep

2016
A Hologram for the King poster

A Hologram for the King

Movie · as Hanne

2016
Inferno poster

Inferno

Movie · as Elizabeth Sinskey

2016
150 Milligrams poster

150 Milligrams

Movie · as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist

2016
Westworld poster

Westworld

TV · as Theresa Cullen · 11 eps

2015
The Duke of Burgundy poster

The Duke of Burgundy

Movie · as Cynthia

2015
Courted poster

Courted

Movie · as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret

2015
Vitello Digs a Hole

Vitello Digs a Hole

Movie · as Mother (voice)

2014
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama poster

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

Movie · as Self

2014
Speed Walking poster

Speed Walking

Movie · as Lizzi

2014
1864: Brødre i krig poster

1864: Brødre i krig

Movie · as Johanne L. Heiberg

2014
1864 poster

1864

TV · as Johanne Louise Heiberg · 6 eps

2012
Almost Perfect poster

Almost Perfect

Movie · as Sandra

2010
Therapy poster

Therapy

Movie · as Puk

2010
Borgen poster

Borgen

TV · as Birgitte Nyborg · 30 eps

2010
ZULU Comedy Galla poster

ZULU Comedy Galla

TV · as Vært, Sidse Babett Knudsen · 2 eps

2009
Above the Street, Below the Water poster

Above the Street, Below the Water

Movie · as Anne

2009
The Apple & The Worm poster

The Apple & The Worm

Movie · as Sylvia (voice)

2008
Take the Trash poster

Take the Trash

Movie · as Lotte

2007
With Your Permission poster

With Your Permission

Movie · as Bente

2006
After the Wedding poster

After the Wedding

Movie · as Helene

2006
Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté poster

Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté

Movie

2004
Fakiren fra Bilbao poster

Fakiren fra Bilbao

Movie · as Louise

2004
Villa Paranoia poster

Villa Paranoia

Movie · as Olga Holmgård

2004
Bernie and Bingo

Bernie and Bingo

Movie · as Bingo, The Penguin

2004
Proof poster

Proof

TV · as Nina Kutpreka · 4 eps

2003
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue poster

Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Movie · as Katrine

2003
Dogville: The Pilot poster

Dogville: The Pilot

Movie · as Grace

2002
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear poster

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear

Movie · as Woman (voice)

2002
Klonkadonka! poster

Klonkadonka!

Movie · as Molly

2001
Chop Chop poster

Chop Chop

Movie · as Rita

2001
Mona's World poster

Mona's World

Movie · as Mona

2000
Miracle poster

Miracle

Movie · as Dennis Ps mor

2000
Max poster

Max

Movie · as Sarah 'Max' Engell

1999
Mifune poster

Mifune

Movie · as Bibi

1999
The One and Only poster

The One and Only

Movie · as Sus

1998
Motello poster

Motello

Movie · as Julie

1997
Let's Get Lost poster

Let's Get Lost

Movie · as Julie

1997
Fanny Farveløs poster

Fanny Farveløs

Movie · as Mother

1997
A Quiet Death

A Quiet Death

Movie · as Sally

1997
Thérapie russe poster

Thérapie russe

Movie · as Mette

1997
Strisser på Samsø poster

Strisser på Samsø

TV · as Hanne Jensen · 2 eps

1997
Taxa poster

Taxa

TV · as Milla · 1 ep

1997
Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery poster

Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery

TV · as Hulkende kvinde / Sobbing Woman · 1 ep

1996
Charlot og Charlotte

Charlot og Charlotte

Movie · as Helle

1996
Charlot og Charlotte poster

Charlot og Charlotte

TV · as Helle, gøgler · 1 ep

1995
Debut

Debut

Movie

1995
Juletestamentet poster

Juletestamentet

TV · as Mercedes · 24 eps

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as a Danish Woman (voice) · 1 ep