Judi Dench
Biography
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
Known For
Armande Voizin
Chocolat
Barbara Covett
Notes on a Scandal
M
GoldenEye
M
Tomorrow Never Dies
Lilli
Nine
Hecuba
Hamlet
Society Lady
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Queen Elizabeth
Shakespeare in Love
Arabella
Tea with Mussolini
Margaret
Jack & Sarah
Mistress Quickly
Henry V
Aereon
The Chronicles of Riddick
M
Quantum of Solace
Mrs. Laura Henderson
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Pride & Prejudice
Agnis Hamm
The Shipping News
Eleanor Lavish
A Room with a View
Narrator (voice)
Doogal
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
A Dairy Tale
Iris Murdoch
Iris
Lady Bracknell
The Importance of Being Earnest
Ursula
Ladies in Lavender
Mary
Allelujah
M (archive footage)
Bond Girls Are Forever
Mona Carvell
Rage
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Home on the Range
Lady Macbeth
A Performance of Macbeth
M
Casino Royale
M (archive footage)
Being James Bond
M
The World Is Not Enough
M
Die Another Day
Sally
A Study in Terror
M
Skyfall
Self
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Nora Doel
84 Charing Cross Road
Narrator (voice)
Bugs!
Mrs. Fairfax
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Beaver
A Handful of Dust
Queen Victoria
Mrs Brown
Narrator
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
The Coronation Concert
Evelyn Greenslade
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Dame Sybil Thorndike
My Week with Marilyn
Narrator (voice)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Laura Davidson
Dead Cert
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Anna Marie Hoover
J. Edgar
Anya
The Cherry Orchard
Mme. Ranevsky
The Cherry Orchard
Imogen Langrishe
Langrishe, Go Down
Helene Alving
Ghosts
Wife ("Judi")
Four in the Morning
Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Marcia Pilborough
Wetherby
Self
Everything or Nothing
Mary
Stars In Shorts
Bag Lady
Run For Your Wife
Philomena
Philomena
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Self
Muse of Fire
Christine Foskett
Absolute Hell
Titania
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Mrs. Rogers
Make and Break
Evelyn Greenslade
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Abbess of St. Ursula
Tulip Fever
Self (uncredited)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Narrator
Born to be The King
Elizabeth
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Mary
Friend Request Pending
Narrator
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Mrs. Silver
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Self
Quintessentially British
Miss Avocet
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Christine Metcalfe
The Vote
Dame Judi Dench
Spirited
Self
Best Ever Bond
Self (archive footage)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Z
Village Wooing
M (uncredited)
Spectre
Paulina
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Sister Scarli
Going Gently
Self - Performer
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Anne
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Barbara Dean
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Self (archive material)
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Katharina
Luther
Princess Dragomiroff
Murder on the Orient Express
Queen Victoria
Victoria & Abdul
Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Self
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Dorrie Edgehill
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Self
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Reader
My Homeland
Millie Crocker-Harris
The Browning Version
M (voice)
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Red Joan
Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
Hazel Wiles
On Giant's Shoulders
Commander Root
Artemis Fowl
Self
Nothing Like a Dame
Mother of Palo Santo
Palo Santo
Old Deuteronomy
Cats
Anne Shakespeare
All Is True
Joanne
He Who Rides a Tiger
Miss Ada Humphries
The Third Secret
(voice)
The Angelic Conversation
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Madame Arcati
Blithe Spirit
Miss Rocholl
Six Minutes to Midnight
The Giant (voice)
Into the Woods
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Adriana
The Comedy of Errors
Diana
Off the Rails
Granny
Belfast
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Highly Classified: The World of 007
self
The Life of Shakespeare
Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Self
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Self
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
Self
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
132
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-12-09
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
Also Known As
Джуди Денч