Judi Dench
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1934 (age 91)
- Birthplace
- York, North Yorkshire, England
Biography
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is a retired 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
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Filmography
Joke
Movie
The Magic Faraway Tree
Movie · as The Fridge (voice)
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Movie · as Self
Letters to My Younger Future Self
Movie
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
Movie · as Self
The Twelfth Night Reunion
Movie · as Self - Performer
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
Movie · as Self
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Movie · as Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Movie · as Self
Allelujah
Movie · as Mary
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
TV · as Self · 3 eps
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Movie · as Self
Born to be The King
Movie · as Narrator
Quintessentially British
Movie · as Self
Spirited
Movie · as Dame Judi Dench
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Movie · as Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Movie · as Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Remembers…
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Off the Rails
Movie · as Diana
Belfast
Movie · as Granny
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Movie · as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Artemis Fowl
Movie · as Commander Root
Blithe Spirit
Movie · as Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight
Movie · as Miss Rocholl
The Big Night In
Movie · as Self
Staged
TV · as Judi · 1 ep
Cats
Movie · as Old Deuteronomy
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Red Joan
Movie · as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie · as Self
Palo Santo
Movie · as Mother of Palo Santo
All Is True
Movie · as Anne Shakespeare
Tulip Fever
Movie · as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul
Movie · as Queen Victoria
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Movie · as Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie · as Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie · as Self - Performer
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Movie · as Self
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Movie · as Mrs. Silver
The Vote
Movie · as Christine Metcalfe
Spectre
Movie · as M (uncredited)
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Movie · as Paulina
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive material)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Philomena
Movie · as Philomena
Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie · as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Six by Sondheim
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Vicious
TV · as Judi Dench (voice, uncredited) · 1 ep
Skyfall
Movie · as M
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Evelyn Greenslade
Everything or Nothing
Movie · as Self
Stars in Shorts
Movie · as Mary
Run For Your Wife
Movie · as Bag Lady
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Movie · as Self
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Cecily · 1 ep
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie · as Society Lady
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Mrs. Fairfax
My Week with Marilyn
Movie · as Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar
Movie · as Anna Marie Hoover
Friend Request Pending
Movie · as Mary
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
Movie · as M (voice)
Into the Woods
Movie · as The Giant (voice)
Nine
Movie · as Lilli
Rage
Movie · as Mona Carvell
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Return to Cranford
TV · as Matilda 'Matty' Jenkyns · 2 eps
Quantum of Solace
Movie · as M
Angelina Ballerina: Follows Her Dreams
Movie · as Ms. Lilly (voice)
Cranford
TV · as Miss Matilda Jenkyns · 7 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 16 eps
Notes on a Scandal
Movie · as Barbara Covett
Doogal
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Casino Royale
Movie · as M
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Movie · as Miss Lilly (voice)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Movie
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites
Movie · as Miss Lilly (voice)
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Movie · as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Pride & Prejudice
Movie · as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
Movie · as Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Movie · as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
Movie · as Miss Lilly (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
Movie · as Aereon
A Dairy Tale
Movie · as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
Ladies in Lavender
Movie · as Ursula
Home on the Range
Movie · as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Movie · as Miss Lilly (voice)
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Movie · as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Performer, Self - Guest (archive footage) · 2 eps
Bugs!
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
Movie · as Miss Lilly (voice)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Lady Bracknell
Die Another Day
Movie · as M
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Movie · as Self
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Movie · as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Best Ever Bond
Movie · as Self
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Movie · as Self
The Life of Shakespeare
Movie · as self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Movie · as Self
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Movie · as Self
Bond Girls Are Forever
Movie · as Herself
The Shipping News
Movie · as Agnis Hamm
Iris
Movie · as Iris Murdoch
Angelina Ballerina
TV · as Miss Lilly (voice) · 39 eps
Chocolat
Movie · as Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Movie · as Elizabeth
Tea with Mussolini
Movie · as Arabella
The World Is Not Enough
Movie · as M
Shakespeare in Love
Movie · as Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Movie · as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Movie · as Self
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Tomorrow Never Dies
Movie · as M
Mrs Brown
Movie · as Queen Victoria
Hamlet
Movie · as Hecuba
GoldenEye
Movie · as M
Jack & Sarah
Movie · as Margaret
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Movie · as Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Movie · as Self
Middlemarch
TV · 1 ep
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Movie · as Narrator
As Time Goes By
TV · as Jean Pargetter · 67 eps
HBO First Look
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Absolute Hell
Movie · as Christine Foskett
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Performance
TV · as Christine Foskett · 1 ep
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Movie · as Anne
Henry V
Movie · as Mistress Quickly
Behaving Badly
TV · as Bridget Mayor · 4 eps
Screen One
TV · as Anne · 1 ep
A Handful of Dust
Movie · as Mrs. Beaver
Countryfile
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Comic Relief
TV · 1 ep
84 Charing Cross Road
Movie · as Nora Doel
Ghosts
Movie · as Helene Alving
Make and Break
Movie · as Mrs. Rogers
The Angelic Conversation
Movie · as (voice)
Going Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Room with a View
Movie · as Eleanor Lavish
Wetherby
Movie · as Marcia Pilborough
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Movie · as Dorrie Edgehill
The Browning Version
Movie · as Millie Crocker-Harris
Theatre Night
TV · as Helene Alving, Mrs Rogers
Playing Shakespeare
TV · 9 eps
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Movie · as Barbara Dean
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently
Movie · as Sister Scarli
A Fine Romance
TV · as Laura Dalton · 26 eps
Love in a Cold Climate
TV · as Aunt Sadie · 8 eps
Macbeth
Movie · as Lady Macbeth
Village Wooing
Movie · as Z
On Giant's Shoulders
Movie · as Hazel Wiles
Langrishe, Go Down
Movie · as Imogen Langrishe
The Comedy of Errors
Movie · as Adriana
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Imogen Langrishe, Helen Wiles · 1 ep
My Homeland
Movie · as Reader
Dead Cert
Movie · as Laura Davidson
Luther
Movie · as Katharina
Playhouse
TV · as Sister Scarli · 1 ep
Confession
TV · as Woman · 1 ep
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Titania
Ooh La La!
TV · as Amélie · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · as Self - Reading Poetry · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Helen Payle, Z · 1 ep
Talking to a Stranger
TV · as Terry Stevens - Daughter · 4 eps
A Study in Terror
Movie · as Sally
Four in the Morning
Movie · as Wife ("Judi")
He Who Rides a Tiger
Movie · as Joanne
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Elizabeth Moris · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Gwyneth Evans · 1 ep
The Third Secret
Movie · as Miss Ada Humphries
Detective
TV · as Charlotte Revel · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Valentine Wannop, Terry Stevens · 3 eps
Festival
TV · as Angela Thwaites · 1 ep
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Anya
An Age of Kings
TV · as Katherine of Valois · 2 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter / Winner · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 7 eps
The BAFTA Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep