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