Sidse Babett Knudsen

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

a Danish Woman (voice)

Ted Lasso

Bridget (voice)

Westworld

Theresa Cullen

Borgen

Birgitte Nyborg

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Jill

Roadkill

Madeleine Halle

Prime Target

Professor Andrea Lavin

Taxa

Milla

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Great Arch	Liv von Spreckelsen
2025	13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul	Kate
2024	Sons	Eva Hansen
2024	An Ordinary Case	Maître Annie Debret
2023	Oh My Goodness!	Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption
2023	Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction	The Grand Duchess
2023	WOACA	WOACA
2023	Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard	Self
2023	Club Zero	Miss Dorset
2020	The Exception	Anne-Lise
2020	Wildland	Bodil
2020	Limbo	Helga
2020	The Idiots Who Started The Party	Herself
2019	The Translators	Helene Tuxen
2019	The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle	Ohlmann
2019	Captain Bimse	Sophie
2018	In Fabric	Jill
2018	Vitello	Vitello's Mother (voice)
2018	Holly på Sommerøen	Charlotte skovmyre
2017	The Eternal Road	Sara
2016	A Hologram for the King	Hanne
2016	Inferno	Elizabeth Sinskey
2016	150 Milligrams	Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
2015	Courted	Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
2015	Vitello Digs a Hole	Mother (voice)
2014	Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama	Self
2014	The Duke of Burgundy	Cynthia
2014	Speed Walking	Lizzi
2014	1864: Brødre i krig	Johanne L. Heiberg
2012	Almost Perfect	Sandra
2010	Therapy	Puk
2009	Above the Street, Below the Water	Anne
2009	The Apple & The Worm	Sylvia (voice)
2008	Take the Trash	Lotte
2007	With Your Permission	Bente
2006	After the Wedding	Helene
2006	Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
2004	Fakiren fra Bilbao	Louise
2004	Villa Paranoia	Olga Holmgård
2004	Bernie and Bingo	Bingo, The Penguin
2003	Old, New, Borrowed and Blue	Katrine
2003	Dogville: The Pilot	Grace
2002	The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear	Woman (voice)
2002	Klonkadonka!	Molly
2001	Chop Chop	Rita
2001	Mona's World	Mona
2000	Miracle	Mona Pedersen
2000	Max	Sarah 'Max' Engell
1999	Mifune	Bibi
1999	The One and Only	Sus
1998	Motello	Julie
1997	Let's Get Lost	Julie
1997	Fanny Farveløs	Mother
1997	A Quiet Death	Sally
1997	Thérapie russe	Mette
1996	Charlot og Charlotte	Helle
1995	Debut
	Good Mothers	Anne Sofie

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Prime Target	Professor Andrea Lavin
2024	Danske tv-seriers bedste	Sig selv
2023	Agent	Sidse Babett Knudsen
2022	Borgen - Power & Glory	Birgitte Nyborg
2020	Ted Lasso	Bridget (voice)
2020	Roadkill	Madeleine Halle
2019	The Accident	Harriet Paulsen
2017	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams	Jill
2016	Westworld	Theresa Cullen
2014	1864	Johanne Louise Heiberg
2010	Borgen	Birgitte Nyborg
2010	ZULU Comedy Galla	Vært
2010	ZULU Comedy Galla	Sidse Babett Knudsen
2004	Proof	Nina Kutpreka
1997	Strisser på Samsø	Hanne Jensen
1997	Taxa	Milla
1996	Charlot og Charlotte	Helle, gøgler
1995	Juletestamentet	Mercedes
1989	The Simpsons	a Danish Woman (voice)