About
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2025 | Prime Target | Actor | Professor Andrea Lavin | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | An Ordinary Case | Actor | Maître Annie Debret | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Sons | Actor | Eva Hansen | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Danske tv-seriers bedste | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2023 | Club Zero | Actor | Miss Dorset | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction | Actor | The Grand Duchess | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2023 | WOACA | Actor | WOACA | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Oh My Goodness! | Actor | Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Borgen - Power & Glory | Actor | Birgitte Nyborg | 73 Good |
| 2020 | Roadkill | Actor | Madeleine Halle | 66 Fair |
| 2020 | The Idiots Who Started The Party | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Limbo | Actor | Helga | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | The Exception | Actor | Anne-Lise | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Wildland | Actor | Bodil | 58 Average |
| 2019 | The Translators | Actor | Helene Tuxen | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | The Accident | Actor | Harriet Paulsen | 67 Fair |
| 2019 | The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle | Actor | Ohlmann | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Captain Bimse | Actor | Sophie | 58 Average |
| 2018 | In Fabric | Actor | Jill | 57 Average |
| 2018 | Holly på Sommerøen | Actor | Charlotte skovmyre | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Vitello | Actor | Vitello's Mother (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Eternal Road | Actor | Sara | 59 Average |
| 2016 | 150 Milligrams | Actor | Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Inferno | Actor | Elizabeth Sinskey | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | Actor | Hanne | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Courted | Actor | Ditte Lorensen-Coteret | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Vitello Digs a Hole | Actor | Mother (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Duke of Burgundy | Actor | Cynthia | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | 1864: Brødre i krig | Actor | Johanne L. Heiberg | 59 Average |
| 2014 | 1864 | Actor | Johanne Louise Heiberg | 67 Fair |
| 2014 | Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Speed Walking | Actor | Lizzi | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Almost Perfect | Actor | Sandra | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Borgen | Actor | Birgitte Nyborg | 77 Good |
| 2010 | Therapy | Actor | Puk | 58 Average |
| 2009 | The Apple & The Worm | Actor | Sylvia (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Above the Street, Below the Water | Actor | Anne | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Take the Trash | Actor | Lotte | 59 Average |
| 2007 | With Your Permission | Actor | Bente | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2006 | After the Wedding | Actor | Helene | 64 Fair |
| 2004 | Fakiren fra Bilbao | Actor | Louise | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Bernie and Bingo | Actor | Bingo, The Penguin | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Villa Paranoia | Actor | Olga Holmgård | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Dogville: The Pilot | Actor | Grace | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Old, New, Borrowed and Blue | Actor | Katrine | 58 Average |
| 2002 | The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear | Actor | Woman (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Klonkadonka! | Actor | Molly | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Chop Chop | Actor | Rita | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Mona's World | Actor | Mona | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Miracle | Actor | Mona Pedersen | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Max | Actor | Sarah 'Max' Engell | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The One and Only | Actor | Sus | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Mifune | Actor | Bibi | 60 Fair |
| 1998 | Motello | Actor | Julie | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Thérapie russe | Actor | Mette | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Let's Get Lost | Actor | Julie | 58 Average |
| 1997 | A Quiet Death | Actor | Sally | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Fanny Farveløs | Actor | Mother | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Charlot og Charlotte | Actor | Helle | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Juletestamentet | Actor | Mercedes | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Debut | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The Great Arch | Actor | Liv von Spreckelsen | N/A N/A |
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| 13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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| 2003 | Dogville | Crew | Thanks | 74 Good |