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Sidse Babett Knudsen

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 11/22/1968 (55) | Copenhagen (Denmark)
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Sidse Babett Knudsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈsisə ˈpæpet ˈkʰnusn̩]; 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, and for her role as Theresa Cullen in the HBO scien... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot. ...

Inferno

PG-13

2016 | 3.0/5 | 2h 1min
Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Action
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Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for ...

The Duke of Burgundy

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2014 | 3.2/5 | 1h 44min
Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love
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40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her life: how most effectively to use the n ...

Borgen

TV-MA

2010 | 4.0/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetit ...

Westworld

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2016 | 4.0/5 | 1h per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Western
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Awards & Nominations for Sidse Babett Knudsen

César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress Knight of The Order of The Dannebrog 2x Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres César Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Sidse Babett Knudsen as Actress(50)

2024 An Ordinary Case
as Eva2024 Sons
as Ms Dorset2023 Club Zero
as WOACA2023 WOACA
as Mère Joséphine de la Rédemption2023 Oh My Goodness!
2023 Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
as Helga2021 Limbo
as Bodil2020 Wildland
as Anne-Lise2020 The Exception
as Ohlmann2019 The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
as Helene Tuxen2019 The Translators
as Sophie2019 Captain Bimse
as Vitello's Mother (voice)2018 Vitello
as Charlotte skovmyre2018 Holly på Sommerøen
as Jill2018 In Fabric
as Sara2017 The Eternal Road
as Elizabeth Sinskey2016 Inferno
as Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist2016 150 Milligrams
as Hanne2016 A Hologram for the King
as Ditte Lorensen-Coteret2015 Courted
as Cynthia2014 The Duke of Burgundy
as Lizzi2014 Speed Walking
as Sandra2012 Almost Perfect
as Puk2010 Therapy
as herself2010 Nordic Noir: The Story of Scandinavian Crime Fiction
as Anne2009 Above the Street, Below the Water
as Sylvia (voice)2009 The Apple & The Worm
as Lotte2008 Take the Trash
as Bente2007 With Your Permission
2006 Søren Østergaards 'internationale' tivoli varieté
as Helene2006 After the Wedding
as Louise2004 Fakiren fra Bilbao
as Bingo, The Penguin2004 Bjørno & Bingo
as Olga Holmgård2004 Villa Paranoia
as Katrine2003 Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
as Grace2003 Dogville: The Pilot
as Molly2002 Klonkadonka!
as Woman (voice)2002 The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
as Mona2001 Mona's World
as Rita2001 Chop Chop
as Sarah 'Max' Engell2000 Max
as Mona Pedersen2000 Miracle
as Bibi1999 Mifune
as Sus1999 The One and Only
as Julie1998 Motello
as Sally1997 A Quiet Death
as Mother1997 Fanny Farveløs
as Julie1997 Let's Get Lost
as Mette1997 Thérapie russe
as Helle1996 Charlot og Charlotte

TV Shows/Series with Sidse Babett Knudsen as Actress(11)

2023 Agent
as Bridget (voice)2020 Ted Lasso
as Madeleine Halle2020 Roadkill
as Harriet Paulsen2019 The Accident
as Jill2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Theresa Cullen2016 Westworld
as Johanne Louise Heiberg2014 1864
as Birgitte Nyborg2010 Borgen
as Nina Kutpreka2004 Proof
as Mercedes1995 Juletestamentet
as a Danish Woman (voice)1989 The Simpsons

Full Name: Sidse Babett Knudsen
Born: Friday, 11/22 1968 (November) in Copenhagen (Denmark) (current age: 55 years + 157 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Danish (DA)
Father: Ebbe Knudsen
Other names for Sidse Babett Knudsen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"시세 바베트 크누센"
"シセ・バベット・クヌッセン"
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Kevin Michael Richardson (17x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Phil Hartman (9x, Actor)
Chris Edgerly (8x, Actor)
Nicolaj Kopernikus (7x, Actor)
Al Jean (7x, Crew)
Mike Reiss (7x, Crew)
Dawnn Lewis (7x, Actress)
Brendan Hunt (7x, Actor)
Jason Sudeikis (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9853, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/16/2024