Acting

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Born 1968-11-22 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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.

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Kill Jackie
as Karenina
2026
What Lies Between Us
as Anne Sofie
2026
The Family Plan 2
as Svetlana Romanova
2025
The Great Arch
as Liv von Spreckelsen
2025
13 Days, 13 Nights
as Kate
2025
Prime Target
as Professor Andrea Lavin
2025
An Ordinary Case
as Maître Annie Debret
2024
Sons
as Eva Hansen
2024
Danske tv-seriers bedste
as Sig selv
2024
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
2023
Borgen - Power & Glory
as Birgitte Nyborg
2022
Roadkill
as Madeleine Halle
2020
The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Sig selv
2020
Limbo
as Helga
2020
Ted Lasso
as Bridget (voice)
2020
Wildland
as Bodil
2020
The Translators
as Helene Tuxen
2019
The Exception
as Anne-Lise
2019
The Accident
as Harriet Paulsen
2019
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
as Ohlmann
2019
Captain Bimse
as Sophie
2019
In Fabric
as Jill
2018
50 Nuances de Grecs
as Freya
2018
Holly på Sommerøen
as Charlotte skovmyre
2018
Vitello
as Vitello's Mother (voice)
2018
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Jill
2017
The Eternal Road
as Sara
2017
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
2016
Courted
as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
2015
Vitello Digs a Hole
as Mother (voice)
2015
The Duke of Burgundy
as Cynthia
2015
1864: Brødre i krig
as Johanne L. Heiberg
2014
1864
as Johanne Louise Heiberg
2014
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
as Self
2014
Speed Walking
as Lizzi
2014
Almost Perfect
as Sandra
2012
Borgen
as Birgitte Nyborg
2010
ZULU Comedy Galla
as Vært
2010
ZULU Comedy Galla
as Sidse Babett Knudsen
2010
Therapy
as Puk
2010
The Apple & The Worm
as Sylvia (voice)
2009
Above the Street, Below the Water
as Anne
2009
Take the Trash
as Lotte
2008
With Your Permission
as Bente
2007
Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
2006
After the Wedding
as Helene
2006
Fakiren fra Bilbao
as Louise
2004
Bernie and Bingo
as Bingo, The Penguin
2004
Villa Paranoia
as Olga Holmgård
2004
Proof
as Nina Kutpreka
2004
Dogville: The Pilot
as Grace
2003
Dogville
Thanks
2003
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
as Katrine
2003
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
as Woman (voice)
2002
Klonkadonka!
as Molly
2002
Chop Chop
as Rita
2001
Mona's World
as Mona
2001
Miracle
as Dennis Ps mor
2000
Max
as Sarah 'Max' Engell
2000
The One and Only
as Sus
1999
Mifune
as Bibi
1999
Motello
as Julie
1998
Thérapie russe
as Mette
1997
Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery
as Hulkende kvinde / Sobbing Woman
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
1997
Charlot og Charlotte
as Helle
1996
Charlot og Charlotte
as Helle, gøgler
1996
Juletestamentet
as Mercedes
1995