Place of Birth: København, Danmark
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen (born 22 November 1968) 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.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mifune | Bibi | 1999 |
| After the Wedding | Helene | 2006 |
| Fakiren fra Bilbao | Louise | 2004 |
| Oh My Goodness! | Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption | 2023 |
| Therapy | Puk | 2010 |
| Above the Street, Below the Water | Anne | 2009 |
| Take the Trash | Lotte | 2008 |
| Chop Chop | Rita | 2001 |
| The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear | Woman (voice) | 2002 |
| Old, New, Borrowed and Blue | Katrine | 2003 |
| With Your Permission | Bente | 2007 |
| Sons | Eva Hansen | 2024 |
| Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction | The Grand Duchess | 2023 |
| Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Self | 2014 |
| The Apple & The Worm | Sylvia (voice) | 2009 |
| Villa Paranoia | Olga Holmgård | 2004 |
| The One and Only | Sus | 1999 |
| Let's Get Lost | Julie | 1997 |
| Mona's World | Mona | 2001 |
| Almost Perfect | Sandra | 2012 |
| WOACA | WOACA | 2023 |
| Debut | 1995 | |
| Miracle | Mona Pedersen | 2000 |
| Max | Sarah 'Max' Engell | 2000 |
| The Duke of Burgundy | Cynthia | 2014 |
| An Ordinary Case | Maître Annie Debret | 2024 |
| Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard | Self | 2023 |
| Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté | 2006 | |
| Club Zero | Miss Dorset | 2023 |
| Speed Walking | Lizzi | 2014 |
| A Hologram for the King | Hanne | 2016 |
| Inferno | Elizabeth Sinskey | 2016 |
| Courted | Ditte Lorensen-Coteret | 2015 |
| Vitello Digs a Hole | Mother (voice) | 2015 |
| 1864: Brødre i krig | Johanne L. Heiberg | 2014 |
| The Great Arch | Liv von Spreckelsen | 1970 |
| 13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul | 1970 | |
| 150 Milligrams | Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist | 2016 |
| The Eternal Road | Sara | 2017 |
| Fanny Farveløs | Mother | 1997 |
| Dogville: The Pilot | Grace | 2003 |
| Motello | Julie | 1998 |
| Bernie and Bingo | Bingo, The Penguin | 2004 |
| Charlot og Charlotte | Helle | 1996 |
| The Translators | Helene Tuxen | 2019 |
| A Quiet Death | Sally | 1997 |
| In Fabric | Jill | 2018 |
| Thérapie russe | Mette | 1997 |
| Vitello | Vitello's Mother (voice) | 2018 |
| The Exception | Anne-Lise | 2020 |
| Wildland | Bodil | 2020 |
| Holly på Sommerøen | Charlotte skovmyre | 2018 |
| Limbo | Helga | 2020 |
| The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle | Ohlmann | 2019 |
| Captain Bimse | Sophie | 2019 |
| Klonkadonka! | Molly | 2002 |
| The Idiots Who Started The Party | Herself | 2020 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Proof | Nina Kutpreka | 2004 |
| Borgen | Birgitte Nyborg | 2010 |
| Ted Lasso | Bridget (voice) | 2020 |
| Juletestamentet | Mercedes | 1995 |
| Westworld | Theresa Cullen | 2016 |
| 1864 | Johanne Louise Heiberg | 2014 |
| Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Jill | 2017 |
| Borgen - Power & Glory | Birgitte Nyborg | 2022 |
| The Simpsons | a Danish Woman (voice) | 1989 |
| Prime Target | Professor Andrea Lavin | 2025 |
| Danske tv-seriers bedste | 2024 | |
| The Accident | Harriet Paulsen | 2019 |
| Charlot og Charlotte | Helle, gøgler | 1996 |
| ZULU Comedy Galla | Vært | 2010 |
| ZULU Comedy Galla | Sidse Babett Knudsen | 2010 |
| Strisser på Samsø | Hanne Jensen | 1997 |
| Roadkill | Madeleine Halle | 2020 |
| Taxa | Milla | 1997 |
| Agent | Sidse Babett Knudsen | 2023 |
| Borgen | Birgitte Nyborg | 1970 |
