Sidse Babett Knudsen
Acting • Born 1968-11-22
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.
Filmography
80 credits
Mifune
Movie • 1999
Bibi
After the Wedding
Movie • 2006
Helene
Fakiren fra Bilbao
Movie • 2004
Louise
Oh My Goodness!
Movie • 2023
Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
Therapy
Movie • 2010
Puk
Above the Street, Below the Water
Movie • 2009
Anne
Take the Trash
Movie • 2008
Lotte
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
Movie • 2002
Woman (voice)
Chop Chop
Movie • 2001
Rita
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Movie • 2003
Katrine
With Your Permission
Movie • 2007
Bente
Sons
Movie • 2024
Eva Hansen
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Movie • 2023
The Grand Duchess
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Movie • 2014
Self
The Apple & The Worm
Movie • 2009
Sylvia (voice)
Villa Paranoia
Movie • 2004
Olga Holmgård
The One and Only
Movie • 1999
Sus
Let's Get Lost
Movie • 1997
Julie
Mona's World
Movie • 2001
Mona
WOACA
Movie • 2023
WOACA
Debut
Movie • 1995
Miracle
Movie • 2000
Dennis Ps mor
Max
Movie • 2000
Sarah 'Max' Engell
The Duke of Burgundy
Movie • 2014
Cynthia
An Ordinary Case
Movie • 2024
Maître Annie Debret
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
Movie • 2023
Self
Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
Movie • 2006
Club Zero
Movie • 2023
Miss Dorset
Speed Walking
Movie • 2014
Lizzi
A Hologram for the King
Movie • 2016
Hanne
Inferno
Movie • 2016
Elizabeth Sinskey
Courted
Movie • 2015
Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
Vitello Digs a Hole
Movie • 2015
Mother (voice)
1864: Brødre i krig
Movie • 2014
Johanne L. Heiberg
The Great Arch
Movie • 2025
Liv von Spreckelsen
13 Days, 13 Nights
Movie • 2025
Kate
150 Milligrams
Movie • 2016
Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
The Eternal Road
Movie • 2017
Sara
Fanny Farveløs
Movie • 1997
Mother
Dogville: The Pilot
Movie • 2003
Grace
Motello
Movie • 1998
Julie
Bernie and Bingo
Movie • 2004
Bingo, The Penguin
Charlot og Charlotte
Movie • 1996
Helle
The Translators
Movie • 2019
Helene Tuxen
A Quiet Death
Movie • 1997
Sally
In Fabric
Movie • 2018
Jill
Thérapie russe
Movie • 1997
Mette
Vitello
Movie • 2018
Vitello's Mother (voice)
The Exception
Movie • 2019
Anne-Lise
Wildland
Movie • 2020
Bodil
Holly på Sommerøen
Movie • 2018
Charlotte skovmyre
Limbo
Movie • 2020
Helga
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
Movie • 2019
Ohlmann
Captain Bimse
Movie • 2019
Sophie
Klonkadonka!
Movie • 2002
Molly
The Idiots Who Started The Party
Movie • 2020
Sig selv
Good Mothers
Movie
Anne Sofie
The Family Plan 2
Movie • 2025
Svetlana Romanova
Almost Perfect
Movie • 2012
Sandra
Proof
TV • 2004
Nina Kutpreka
Borgen
TV • 2010
Birgitte Nyborg
Ted Lasso
TV • 2020
Bridget (voice)
Westworld
TV • 2016
Theresa Cullen
1864
TV • 2014
Johanne Louise Heiberg
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV • 2017
Jill
Borgen - Power & Glory
TV • 2022
Birgitte Nyborg
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
a Danish Woman (voice)
Prime Target
TV • 2025
Professor Andrea Lavin
The Accident
TV • 2019
Harriet Paulsen
Charlot og Charlotte
TV • 1996
Helle, gøgler
ZULU Comedy Galla
TV • 2010
Vært
ZULU Comedy Galla
TV • 2010
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Strisser på Samsø
TV • 1997
Hanne Jensen
Roadkill
TV • 2020
Madeleine Halle
Taxa
TV • 1997
Milla
Agent
TV • 2023
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Danske tv-seriers bedste
TV • 2024
Sig selv
50 Nuances de Grecs
TV • 2018
Freya
Juletestamentet
TV • 1995
Mercedes
Kill Jackie
TV
Karenina