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Sidse Babett Knudsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Acting1968Copenhagen, Denmark

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 History

Future
Good Mothers
as Anne Sofie
Kill Jackie
TVas Karenina
2025
The Family Plan 2
as Svetlana Romanova
The Great Arch
as Liv von Spreckelsen
Prime Target
TVas Professor Andrea Lavin8 eps
2024
Sons
as Eva Hansen
An Ordinary Case
as Maître Annie Debret
2023
Oh My Goodness!
as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
WOACA
as WOACA
Club Zero
as Miss Dorset
Agent
TVas Sidse Babett Knudsen
2022
Borgen - Power & Glory
TVas Birgitte Nyborg8 eps
2021
ZULU Comedy Galla
TVas Sidse Babett Knudsen1 eps
Ted Lasso
TVas Bridget (voice)1 eps
2020
Wildland
as Bodil
Limbo
as Helga
Roadkill
TVas Madeleine Halle
2019
Captain Bimse
as Sophie
The Exception
as Anne-Lise
The Translators
as Helene Tuxen
The Accident
TVas Harriet Paulsen
2018
In Fabric
as Jill
Vitello
as Vitello's Mother (voice)
Holly på Sommerøen
as Charlotte skovmyre
The Simpsons
TVas a Danish Woman (voice)1 eps
2016
Inferno
as Elizabeth Sinskey
150 Milligrams
as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
Westworld
TVas Theresa Cullen11 eps
2015
Courted
as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
Vitello Digs a Hole
as Mother (voice)
2014
1864: Brødre i krig
as Johanne L. Heiberg
1864
TVas Johanne Louise Heiberg
2012
2010
Therapy
as Puk
Borgen
TVas Birgitte Nyborg30 eps
2008
2004
Villa Paranoia
as Olga Holmgård
Bernie and Bingo
as Bingo, The Penguin
Proof
TVas Nina Kutpreka
2001
Chop Chop
as Rita
2000
Miracle
as Dennis Ps mor
Max
as Sarah 'Max' Engell
1999
1998
Motello
as Julie
1997
Taxa
TVas Milla1 eps
Strisser på Samsø
TVas Hanne Jensen
1996
Charlot og Charlotte
TVas Helle, gøgler
1995

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/22/1968(57 years old)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark