Sidse Babett Knudsen
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Family Plan 2 (2025)
as Svetlana Romanova
Inferno (2016)
as Elizabeth Sinskey
The Duke of Burgundy (2015)
as Cynthia
A Hologram for the King (2016)
as Hanne
13 Days, 13 Nights (2025)
as Kate
The Great Arch (2025)
as Liv von Spreckelsen
In Fabric (2018)
as Jill
After the Wedding (2006)
as Helene
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle (2019)
as Ohlmann
Sons (2024)
as Eva Hansen
The Translators (2019)
as Helene Tuxen
Club Zero (2023)
as Miss Dorset
Speed Walking (2014)
as Lizzi
Therapy (2010)
as Puk
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction (2023)
as The Grand Duchess
Oh My Goodness! (2023)
as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
Mona's World (2001)
as Mona
Limbo (2020)
as Helga
Wildland (2020)
as Bodil
The Eternal Road (2017)
as Sara
Courted (2015)
as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
150 Milligrams (2016)
as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
Dogville: The Pilot (2003)
as Grace
Mifune (1999)
as Bibi
Take the Trash (2008)
as Lotte
An Ordinary Case (2024)
as Maître Annie Debret
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002)
as Woman (voice)
1864: Brødre i krig (2014)
as Johanne L. Heiberg
The Exception (2019)
as Anne-Lise
The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020)
as Sig selv
Almost Perfect (2012)
as Sandra
The Apple & The Worm (2009)
as Sylvia (voice)
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama (2014)
as Self
Miracle (2000)
as Dennis Ps mor
The One and Only (1999)
as Sus
Chop Chop (2001)
as Rita
Max (2000)
as Sarah 'Max' Engell
Fanny Farveløs (1997)
as Mother
With Your Permission (2007)
as Bente
Charlot og Charlotte (1996)
as Helle
Fakiren fra Bilbao (2004)
as Louise
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard (2023)
as Self
Above the Street, Below the Water (2009)
as Anne
Debut (1995)
Actor
Bernie and Bingo (2004)
as Bingo, The Penguin
Thérapie russe (1997)
as Mette
Klonkadonka! (2002)
as Molly
Good Mothers (—)
as Anne Sofie
Let's Get Lost (1997)
as Julie
Vitello Digs a Hole (2015)
as Mother (voice)
Vitello (2018)
as Vitello's Mother (voice)
Villa Paranoia (2004)
as Olga Holmgård
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (2003)
as Katrine
Captain Bimse (2019)
as Sophie
Holly på Sommerøen (2018)
as Charlotte skovmyre
Motello (1998)
as Julie
WOACA (2023)
as WOACA
A Quiet Death (1997)
as Sally
Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté (2006)
Actor