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Sidse Babett Knudsen
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 22, 1968 (56 years)
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.
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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Filmography
| 2025 | Prime Target (TV Series) · as Professor Andrea Lavin |
| 2024 | An Ordinary Case · as Maître Annie Debret |
| 2024 | Sons · as Eva Hansen |
| 2023 | Club Zero · as Miss Dorset |
| 2023 | Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction · as The Grand Duchess |
| 2022 | Oh My Goodness! · as Mère Joséphine De La Rédemption |
| 2022 | Borgen - Power & Glory (TV Series) · as Birgitte Nyborg |
| 2020 | Roadkill (2020) (TV Series) · as Madeleine Halle |
| 2020 | Limbo · as Helga |
| 2020 | Ted Lasso (TV Series) · as Bridget (voice) |
| 2020 | Wildland · as Bodil |
| 2019 | The Translators · as Helene Tuxen |
| 2019 | The Accident (2019) (TV Series) · as Harriet Paulsen |
| 2019 | The Exception · as Anne-Lise |
| 2019 | The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle · as Ohlmann |
| 2019 | Kaptajn Bimse · as Sophie |
| 2018 | In Fabric · as Jill |
| 2018 | Fifty Shades of Greeks (TV Series) · as Freya |
| 2018 | Vitello (TV Series) · as Vitellos Mor |
| 2018 | Vitello · as Vitello's Mother (voice) |
| 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV Series) · as Jill |
| 2017 | The Eternal Road · as Sara |
| 2016 | 150 Milligrams · as Dr Irène Frachon, Pulmonologist |
| 2016 | Inferno · as Elizabeth Sinskey |
| 2016 | Westworld (TV Series) · as Theresa Cullen |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King · as Hanne |
| 2016 | 1864: Brødre i krig · as Johanne L. Heiberg |
| 2015 | Courted · as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret |
| 2014 | The Duke of Burgundy · as Cynthia |
| 2014 | 1864 (TV Series) · as Johanne Louise Heiberg |
| 2014 | Speed Walking · as Lizzi |
| 2012 | Almost Perfect · as Sandra |
| 2010 | Borgen (TV Series) · as Birgitte Nyborg |
| 2010 | Couples Therapy · as Puk |
| 2009 | The Apple & The Worm · as Sylvia (voice) |
| 2009 | Above the Street, Below the Water · as Anne |
| 2008 | Take the Trash · as Lotte |
| 2007 | With Your Permission · as Bente |
| 2006 | After the Wedding · as Helene |
| 2004 | The Fakir · as Louise |
| 2004 | Bernie & Bingo · as Bingo, The Penguin |
| 2004 | Villa Paranoia · as Olga Holmgård |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Old, New, Borrowed and Blue · as Katrine |
| 2002 | The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear · as Woman (voice) |
| 2001 | Chop Chop · as Rita |
| 2001 | Mona's World · as Mona |
| 2000 | Miracle · as Mona Pedersen |
| 2000 | Max · as Sarah 'max' Engell |
| 1999 | The One and Only · as Sus |
| 1999 | Mifune · as Bibi |
| 1998 | Motello · as Julie |
| 1998 | Drengen de kaldte kylling (TV Series) · as Sandys Mor |
| 1997 | Let's Get Lost · as Julie |
| 1997 | A Quiet Death · as Sally |
| 1997 | Taxa (TV Series) · as Milla |
| 1997 | Strisser på Samsø (TV Series) · as Hanne Jensen |
| 1996 | Charlot og Charlotte · as Helle |
| 1996 | Charlot and Charlotte (TV Series) · as Helle, Gøgler |
| 1995 | Juletestamentet (TV Series) · as Mercedes |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as A Danish Woman (voice) |