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