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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Westworld

Ted Lasso

The Family Plan 2

Borgen

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Taxa

Prime Target

All Movies (59)

• The Family Plan 22025 · as Svetlana Romanova
• The Great Arch2025 · as Liv von Spreckelsen
• 13 Days, 13 Nights2025 · as Kate
• An Ordinary Case2024 · as Maître Annie Debret
• Sons2024 · as Eva Hansen
• Club Zero2023 · as Miss Dorset
• Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction2023 · as The Grand Duchess
• Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard2023 · as Self
• WOACA2023 · as WOACA
• Oh My Goodness!2023 · as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
• The Idiots Who Started The Party2020 · as Sig selv
• Limbo2020 · as Helga
• Wildland2020 · as Bodil
• The Translators2019 · as Helene Tuxen
• The Exception2019 · as Anne-Lise
• The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle2019 · as Ohlmann
• Captain Bimse2019 · as Sophie
• In Fabric2018 · as Jill
• Holly på Sommerøen2018 · as Charlotte skovmyre
• Vitello2018 · as Vitello's Mother (voice)
• The Eternal Road2017 · as Sara
• 150 Milligrams2016 · as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
• Inferno2016 · as Elizabeth Sinskey
• A Hologram for the King2016 · as Hanne
• Courted2015 · as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
• Vitello Digs a Hole2015 · as Mother (voice)
• The Duke of Burgundy2015 · as Cynthia
• 1864: Brødre i krig2014 · as Johanne L. Heiberg
• Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama2014 · as Self
• Speed Walking2014 · as Lizzi
• Almost Perfect2012 · as Sandra
• Therapy2010 · as Puk
• The Apple & The Worm2009 · as Sylvia (voice)
• Above the Street, Below the Water2009 · as Anne
• Take the Trash2008 · as Lotte
• With Your Permission2007 · as Bente
• Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté2006
• After the Wedding2006 · as Helene
• Fakiren fra Bilbao2004 · as Louise
• Bernie and Bingo2004 · as Bingo, The Penguin
• Villa Paranoia2004 · as Olga Holmgård
• Dogville: The Pilot2003 · as Grace
• Old, New, Borrowed and Blue2003 · as Katrine
• The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear2002 · as Woman (voice)
• Klonkadonka!2002 · as Molly
• Chop Chop2001 · as Rita
• Mona's World2001 · as Mona
• Miracle2000 · as Dennis Ps mor
• Max2000 · as Sarah 'Max' Engell
• The One and Only1999 · as Sus
• Mifune1999 · as Bibi
• Motello1998 · as Julie
• Thérapie russe1997 · as Mette
• Let's Get Lost1997 · as Julie
• A Quiet Death1997 · as Sally
• Fanny Farveløs1997 · as Mother
• Charlot og Charlotte1996 · as Helle
• Debut1995
• Good Mothers— · as Anne Sofie

All TV Shows (21)

• Prime Target2025 · as Professor Andrea Lavin
• Danske tv-seriers bedste2024 · as Sig selv
• Agent2023 · as Sidse Babett Knudsen
• Borgen - Power & Glory2022 · as Birgitte Nyborg
• Roadkill2020 · as Madeleine Halle
• Ted Lasso2020 · as Bridget (voice)
• The Accident2019 · as Harriet Paulsen
• 50 Nuances de Grecs2018 · as Freya
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams2017 · as Jill
• Westworld2016 · as Theresa Cullen
• 18642014 · as Johanne Louise Heiberg
• Borgen2010 · as Birgitte Nyborg
• ZULU Comedy Galla2010 · as Vært
• ZULU Comedy Galla2010 · as Sidse Babett Knudsen
• Proof2004 · as Nina Kutpreka
• Taxa1997 · as Milla
• Strisser på Samsø1997 · as Hanne Jensen
• Charlot og Charlotte1996 · as Helle, gøgler
• Juletestamentet1995 · as Mercedes
• The Simpsons1989 · as a Danish Woman (voice)
• Kill Jackie— · as Karenina