Sidse Babett Knudsen

Actor, Producer

Birthdate: November 22

Birthplace: 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, and for her role as Theresa Cullen in the HBO science fiction-Western television series Westworld.

Sidse Babett Knudsen Movies

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2025 |
The Great Arch
The Great Arch
2025
1h 44m
Biography, Drama, History
6.9
The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen, who surprised the world when he won an open-call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.
asLiv von Spreckelsen
2024 |
An Ordinary Case
2024 |
Sons
2024 |
Let’s Get Lost
Let’s Get Lost
2024
Other
2h
Biography, Documentary, Music
7.7
Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
2024 |
Club Zero
Club Zero
2024
1h 50m
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
5.9
A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.
asMs. Dorset
2023 |
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
2022 |
Oh My Goodness!
2021 |
Limbo
Limbo
2021
R
1h 44m
Comedy, Drama
7.2
Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
asHelga
2019 |
Kaptajn Bimse
2019 |
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
2019 |
The Translators
2019 |
After the Wedding
After the Wedding
2019
PG-13
1h 52m
Drama
6.3
A manager of an orphanage in Kolkata travels to New York to meet a benefactor.
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2018 |
In Fabric
2018 |
Vitello
2017 |
The Eternal Road
2017 |
The Exception
The Exception
2017
R
1h 47m
Drama, History, Romance, War
6.8
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
2016 |
150 Milligrams
2016 |
Inferno
Inferno
2016
PG-13
2h 1m
Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.2
When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks and they race across Europe together against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.
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asElizabeth Sinskey
2016 |
A Hologram for the King
2016 |
A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King
2016
R
1h 38m
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.1
A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.
asHanne
2015 |
Courted
2015 |
Max
Max
2015
PG
1h 51m
Adventure, Drama, Family, War
6.6
A military dog that helped American Marines in Afghanistan returns to the United States and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.
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2014 |
The Duke of Burgundy
2015 |
The Duke of Burgundy
The Duke of Burgundy
2015
1h 44m
Drama, Romance
6.5
A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover.
asCynthia
2014 |
Speed Walking
2012 |
Almost Perfect
2010 |
Couples Therapy
2009 |
Above the Street, Below the Water
2009 |
The Apple & The Worm
2008 |
Take the Trash
2007 |
With Your Permission
2004 |
The Fakir
2003 |
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
2002 |
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
2001 |
Chop Chop
2001 |
Mona's World
2000 |
Miracle
1999 |
The One and Only
1998 |
Motello
1997 |
Thérapie russe