Sidse Babett Knudsen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1968-11-22 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sidse Babett Knudsen
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.
Acting
(2025)
(2025)
The Great Arch
as Liv von Spreckelsen
(2024)
Sons
as Eva Hansen
(2024)
An Ordinary Case
as Maître Annie Debret
(2023)
Club Zero
as Miss Dorset
(2023)
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
as The Grand Duchess
(2023)
Oh My Goodness!
as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
(2023)
WOACA
as WOACA
(2023)
(2020)
Limbo
as Helga
(2020)
Wildland
as Bodil
(2020)
The Exception
as Anne-Lise
(2020)
The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Herself
(2019)
(2019)
The Translators
as Helene Tuxen
(2019)
Captain Bimse
as Sophie
(2018)
In Fabric
as Jill
(2018)
Vitello
as Vitello's Mother (voice)
(2018)
Holly på Sommerøen
as Charlotte skovmyre
(2017)
The Eternal Road
as Sara
(2016)
Inferno
as Elizabeth Sinskey
(2016)
A Hologram for the King
as Hanne
(2016)
150 Milligrams
as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
(2015)
Courted
as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
(2015)
Vitello Digs a Hole
as Mother (voice)
(2014)
The Duke of Burgundy
as Cynthia
(2014)
Speed Walking
as Lizzi
(2014)
1864: Brødre i krig
as Johanne L. Heiberg
(2014)
(2012)
Almost Perfect
as Sandra
(2010)
Therapy
as Puk
(2009)
The Apple & The Worm
as Sylvia (voice)
(2009)
(2008)
Take the Trash
as Lotte
(2007)
With Your Permission
as Bente
(2006)
After the Wedding
as Helene
(2006)
(2004)
Villa Paranoia
as Olga Holmgård
(2004)
Fakiren fra Bilbao
as Louise
(2004)
Bernie and Bingo
as Bingo, The Penguin
(2003)
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
as Katrine
(2003)
Dogville: The Pilot
as Grace
(2002)
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
as Woman (voice)
(2002)
Klonkadonka!
as Molly
(2001)
Mona's World
as Mona
(2001)
Chop Chop
as Rita
(2000)
Max
as Sarah 'Max' Engell
(2000)
Miracle
as Mona Pedersen
(1999)
Mifune
as Bibi
(1999)
The One and Only
as Sus
(1998)
Motello
as Julie
(1997)
Let's Get Lost
as Julie
(1997)
Thérapie russe
as Mette
(1997)
A Quiet Death
as Sally
(1997)
Fanny Farveløs
as Mother
(1996)
Charlot og Charlotte
as Helle
(1995)
Crew
(2003)
Dogville
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