Sidse Babett Knudsen
Born: 1968-11-22 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- What Lies Between Us as Anne Sofie
2025
- The Family Plan 2 as Svetlana Romanova
- Prime Target as Professor Andrea Lavin
- 13 Days, 13 Nights as Kate
- The Great Arch as Liv von Spreckelsen
2024
- Sons as Eva Hansen
- Danske tv-seriers bedste as Sig selv
- An Ordinary Case as Maître Annie Debret
2023
- Agent as Sidse Babett Knudsen
- Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction as The Grand Duchess
- Club Zero as Miss Dorset
- Oh My Goodness! as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
- Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard as Self
- WOACA as WOACA
2022
- Borgen - Power & Glory as Birgitte Nyborg
2020
- Ted Lasso as Bridget (voice)
- Roadkill as Madeleine Halle
- Limbo as Helga
- Wildland as Bodil
- The Idiots Who Started The Party as Sig selv
2019
- The Translators as Helene Tuxen
- The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle as Ohlmann
- The Accident as Harriet Paulsen
- The Exception as Anne-Lise
- Captain Bimse as Sophie
2018
- 50 Nuances de Grecs as Freya
- In Fabric as Jill
- Holly på Sommerøen as Charlotte skovmyre
- Vitello as Vitello's Mother (voice)
2017
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Jill
- The Eternal Road as Sara
2016
- Westworld as Theresa Cullen
- Inferno as Elizabeth Sinskey
- A Hologram for the King as Hanne
- 150 Milligrams as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
2015
- The Duke of Burgundy as Cynthia
- Courted as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
- Vitello Digs a Hole as Mother (voice)
2014
- 1864 as Johanne Louise Heiberg
- Speed Walking as Lizzi
- Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 1864: Brødre i krig as Johanne L. Heiberg
2012
- Almost Perfect as Sandra
2010
- Borgen as Birgitte Nyborg
- ZULU Comedy Galla as Vært
- Therapy as Puk
2009
- The Apple & The Worm as Sylvia (voice)
- Above the Street, Below the Water as Anne
2008
- Take the Trash as Lotte
2007
- With Your Permission as Bente
2004
- Proof as Nina Kutpreka
- Bernie and Bingo as Bingo, The Penguin
- Fakiren fra Bilbao as Louise
- Villa Paranoia as Olga Holmgård
2003
- Dogville ... (Thanks)
- Dogville: The Pilot as Grace
- Old, New, Borrowed and Blue as Katrine
2002
- The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear as Woman (voice)
- Klonkadonka! as Molly
2001
- Chop Chop as Rita
- Mona's World as Mona
1999
- Mifune as Bibi
- The One and Only as Sus
1998
- Motello as Julie
1997
- Taxa as Milla
- Strisser på Samsø as Hanne Jensen
- Fanny Farveløs as Mother
- Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery as Hulkende kvinde / Sobbing Woman
- Thérapie russe as Mette
- Let's Get Lost as Julie
- A Quiet Death as Sally
1996
- Charlot og Charlotte as Helle, gøgler
- Charlot og Charlotte as Helle
1995
- Juletestamentet as Mercedes
- Debut
1989
- The Simpsons as a Danish Woman (voice)