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 CΓ©sar 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.
Filmography (79)
The Great Arch
2025
13 Days, 13 Nights
2025
The Family Plan 2
2025
Prime Target
2025
Sons
2024
An Ordinary Case
2024
Danske tv-seriers bedste
2024
Oh My Goodness!
2023
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
2023
WOACA
2023
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
2023
Club Zero
2023
Agent
2023
Borgen - Power & Glory
2022
Wildland
2020
Limbo
2020
The Idiots Who Started The Party
2020
Ted Lasso
2020
Roadkill
2020
The Translators
2019
The Exception
2019
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
2019
Captain Bimse
2019
The Accident
2019
In Fabric
2018
Vitello
2018
Holly pΓ₯ SommerΓΈen
2018
50 Nuances de Grecs
2018
The Eternal Road
2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
A Hologram for the King
2016
Inferno
2016
150 Milligrams
2016
Westworld
2016
The Duke of Burgundy
2015
Courted
2015
Vitello Digs a Hole
2015
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014
Speed Walking
2014
1864: BrΓΈdre i krig
2014
1864
2014
Almost Perfect
2012
Therapy
2010
Borgen
2010
ZULU Comedy Galla
2010
Above the Street, Below the Water
2009
The Apple & The Worm
2009
Take the Trash
2008
With Your Permission
2007
After the Wedding
2006
SΓΈren Γstergaards 'internationale' tivoli varietΓ©
2006
Fakiren fra Bilbao
2004
Villa Paranoia
2004
Bernie and Bingo
2004
Proof
2004
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
2003
Dogville: The Pilot
2003
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
2002
Klonkadonka!
2002
Chop Chop
2001
Mona's World
2001
Miracle
2000
Max
2000
Mifune
1999
The One and Only
1999
Motello
1998
Let's Get Lost
1997
Fanny FarvelΓΈs
1997
A Quiet Death
1997
ThΓ©rapie russe
1997
Strisser pΓ₯ SamsΓΈ
1997
Taxa
1997
Charlot og Charlotte
1996
Charlot og Charlotte
1996
Debut
1995
Juletestamentet
1995
The Simpsons
1989
Good Mothers
Kill Jackie
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EspaΓ±ol
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