Sidse Babett Knudsen
Known for: Acting
Born: November 22, 1968
Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
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.
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Filmography
60 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
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Kill Jackie
2026
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What Lies Between Us
2026
6.6
The Family Plan 2
2025
6.9
The Great Arch
2025
6.8
13 Days, 13 Nights
2025
6.8
Prime Target
2025
6.5
An Ordinary Case
2024
6.6
Sons
2024
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Danske tv-seriers bedste
2024
5.9
Club Zero
2023
6.0
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
2023
8.0
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
2023
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WOACA
2023
6.4
Agent
2023
5.3
Oh My Goodness!
2023
8.0
Borgen - Power & Glory
2022
6.4
Roadkill
2020
6.0
The Idiots Who Started The Party
2020
7.0
Limbo
2020
8.4
Ted Lasso
2020
5.6
Wildland
2020
6.4
The Translators
2019
5.2
The Exception
2019
6.2
The Accident
2019
6.5
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
2019
5.2
Captain Bimse
2019
5.6
In Fabric
2018
7.0
50 Nuances de Grecs
2018
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Holly på Sommerøen
2018
6.0
Vitello
2018
7.0
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
6.6
The Eternal Road
2017
6.8
150 Milligrams
2016
6.1
Inferno
2016
8.0
Westworld
2016
5.9
A Hologram for the King
2016
6.1
Courted
20156.5
Vitello Digs a Hole
2015
6.3
The Duke of Burgundy
2015
6.4
1864: Brødre i krig
2014
6.3
1864
2014
8.0
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014
6.4
Speed Walking
2014
5.5
Almost Perfect
2012
8.1
Borgen
2010
10.0
ZULU Comedy Galla
2010
4.9
Therapy
2010
6.8
The Apple & The Worm
2009
4.8
Above the Street, Below the Water
2009
6.7
Take the Trash
2008
5.6
With Your Permission
2007
5.5
Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
2006
7.1
After the Wedding
2006
5.3
Fakiren fra Bilbao
20044.5
Bernie and Bingo
2004
6.3
Villa Paranoia
2004
6.0
Proof
2004
6.1
Dogville: The Pilot
2003
7.7
Dogville
2003
6.5
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
2003
7.6
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
2002
4.0
Klonkadonka!
2002
5.6
Chop Chop
2001
6.1
Mona's World
2001
6.2
Miracle
2000
5.6
Max
2000
6.5
The One and Only
1999
7.0
Mifune
1999
8.0
Motello
1998
10.0
Thérapie russe
1997
9.3
Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery
1997
5.3
Let's Get Lost
19977.0
A Quiet Death
1997
7.4
Taxa
1997
8.0
Fanny Farveløs
1997
7.0
Strisser på Samsø
19974.6
Charlot og Charlotte
1996
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Charlot og Charlotte
1996
9.0
Juletestamentet
19958.0
Debut
1995
8.0
The Simpsons
1989