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.
as Karenina(8 eps)
as Anne Sofie
as Svetlana Romanova
as Liv von Spreckelsen
as Kate
as Professor Andrea Lavin(8 eps)
as Maître Annie Debret
as Eva Hansen
as Sig selv(5 eps)
as Miss Dorset
as The Grand Duchess
as WOACA
as Sidse Babett Knudsen(1 ep)
as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
as Birgitte Nyborg(8 eps)
as Madeleine Halle(4 eps)
as Sig selv
as Helga
as Bridget (voice)(1 ep)
as Bodil
as Helene Tuxen
as Anne-Lise
as Harriet Paulsen(4 eps)
as Sophie
as Jill
as Freya(30 eps)
as Charlotte skovmyre
as Vitello's Mother (voice)
as Jill(1 ep)
as Sara
as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
as Elizabeth Sinskey
as Theresa Cullen(11 eps)
as Hanne
as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
as Mother (voice)
as Cynthia
as Johanne L. Heiberg
as Johanne Louise Heiberg(6 eps)
as Lizzi
as Sandra
as Birgitte Nyborg(30 eps)
as Vært(2 eps)
as Sidse Babett Knudsen(1 ep)
as Puk
as Sylvia (voice)
as Lotte
as Bente
as Helene
as Louise
as Bingo, The Penguin
as Olga Holmgård
as Nina Kutpreka(4 eps)
as Grace
as Katrine
as Woman (voice)
as Molly
as Rita
as Mona
as Dennis Ps mor
as Sarah 'Max' Engell
as Sus
as Bibi
as Julie
as Mette
as Hulkende kvinde / Sobbing Woman(1 ep)
as Julie
as Sally
as Milla(1 ep)
as Mother
as Hanne Jensen(2 eps)
as Helle
as Helle, gøgler(1 ep)
as Mercedes(24 eps)
as a Danish Woman (voice)(1 ep)